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2:40 totescoop6 Northern Sprint (Handicap) (2) (3yo+,0-100)

[off 2:40] £17,400.00, £6,600.00, £3,300.00, £1,500.00, £750.00, £450.00 6f

Comments In Running OR TS RPR

1 Sierra Vista (11) D W Barker 5 8-5 1 R Winston 16/1 77 — —

2 nk Ellens Academy (IRE) (3) E J Alston 10 8-7 D Tudhope(5) 11/1 84 — —

3 ¾ Rising Shadow (IRE) (4) T D Barron 4 8-13 A Mullen(5) 4/1J 90 — —

4 2 Mecca´s Mate (6) D W Barker 4 9-0 F Lynch 6/1 86 — —

5 1 Fantasy Believer (2) J J Quinn 7 9-2 S Sanders 4/1J 88 — —

6 1½ Tom Tun (1) J Balding 10 9-10 b Dean McKeown 28/1 96 — —

7 ½ Mr Malarkey (IRE) (9) Mrs C A Dunnett 5 8-9 b Hayley Turner(3) 25/1 84 — —

8 1 Dahteer (IRE) (8) M R Channon 3 8-8 A Culhane 25/1 87 — —

9 1¾ Wyatt Earp (IRE) (12) R A Fahey 4 8-10 P Hanagan 5/1 82 — —

10 5 Connect (5) M H Tompkins 8 8-11 b Saleem Golam(7) 10/1 90 — —

11 15 Spirit Of France (IRE) (10) M Johnston 3 8-9 K Darley 12/1 88 — —

12 17 Onlytime Will Tell (7) D Nicholls 7 9-9 J Fanning 40/1 95 — —

12 ran TIME 1m 13.16s (slow by 0.76s) TOTAL SP 115%

1st OWNER: David T J Metcalfe BRED: Mrs M Beddis TRAINER: D W Barker

2nd OWNER: K Lee And I Davies

3rd OWNER: G Morrill

TOTE TRIFECTA Pool: £742.07. 0.20 winning tickets. Pool of £593.65 carried over to 02/07/05 WIN £20.80 PL £4.70, £3.30, £2.00; Ex £122.80; CSF £168.96; TRICAST £856.56Pool: £742.07. 0.20 winning tickets. Pool of £593.65 carried over to 02/07/05

ANALYSIS: Again, not the strongest of gallops and the field raced far side. SIERRA VISTA gained the first win since her juvenile days when taking this race last season, but she hadn't won since. However, from a pound out of the handicap, she crossed over from a high draw, made all and kept on well. It's hard to know what to make of her.

Ellens Academy, second in this race last year, ran on strongly from well off the pace. Though he ran well, he is on a long losing run, with his last success coming back in 2003.

Rising Shadow wasn't disgraced but didn't pick up as he can in the last furlong and the suspicion is that the handicapper has his measure, having put him up 8lb for his win here this month.