| Great Leighs11 September 2008 Race Time:18:20 | Purebred Arabian | Group Race Race | |||
| The Royal Cavalry of Oman Arabian Racing Stakes (Group 3 PA) | |||||
| For purebred arabians, 3 yrs old & upwards. | |||||
| Winning Time: 01:20:88 | To race over six furlongs or thereabouts | Dirt: Standard | |||
| Pos | Dist | Horse | Eqp | Wgt | Rat | Age | S/P | Trainer/Jockey |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nokomys (GB) | 9-8 | 112 | 6 | 6-11f | Mr W M Smith | ||
| Mr Simon Walker | ||||||||
| Settled behind leaders. 3rd 3f out. Led 1f out. Strongly challenged final furlong. Just prevailed. | ||||||||
| 2 | hd | Angel Picamer (GB) | cp | 9-3 | 99 | 8 | 5-1 | Mr W M Smith |
| Mr A Holdsworth | ||||||||
| Soon prominent. 4th half-way and under pressure. Ran on well to take 2nd inside final furlong and drew clear with winner. Just held. | ||||||||
| 3 | 4.5 | Aberfeldy (GB) | 9-3 | 90 | 5 | 14-1 | Mr W M Smith | |
| Mr Stephen Harrison | ||||||||
| Midfield. 5th entering straight. Progress under pressure to go 3rd 1f out. No chance with first 2. | ||||||||
| 4 | 0.50 | Shuhood (GB) | 9-8 | 81 | 5 | 9-1 | Mrs B Paterson | |
| A Daly | ||||||||
| Led at fast pace until headed approaching final furlong and weakened. Kept on gamely to hold 4th. | ||||||||
| 5 | 1.00 | Merwah (GB) | 9-3 | 88 | 6 | 7-1 | Mrs H L Bona | |
| R Kennemore | ||||||||
| Soon 2nd until 1f out and weakened into 5th. Ran on but no further impression. | ||||||||
| 6 | 3.25 | Benamer (GB) | 9-8 | 85 | 5 | 14-1 | Mr D M Batteate | |
| Nicky Mackay | ||||||||
| Started slowly. Last until 3f out. 6th entering straight. Never nearer. | ||||||||
| 7 | 1.75 | WFA Leopard (GB) | 9-8 | 77 | 10 | 20-1 | Miss S Davison | |
| Mr P Collington | ||||||||
| Midfield until dropped to 7th entering straight. Outpaced closing stages. | ||||||||
| 8 | hd | Tidarbret (GB) | 8-12 | 3 | 20-1 | Mr D M Batteate | ||
| N Pollard | ||||||||
| Towards rear and soon struggling. Finished well final furlong although never a factor. | ||||||||