Sandown 21/08/2009 Good to Firm 3.50 Furniture Village Celebration Handicap (Class 3) £12000 added, 3yo plus, 1m 14yds, penalty £7771, 15 ran. 1st Drawn 2   Bab Al Salam (USA) 3 T E Durcan 9-2 8 12 S bin Suroor Slowly into stride, soon prominent, ridden to lead over 1f out, edged right inside final furlong, just prevailed Opened 9/2, touched 11/2 2nd Drawn 12 hd Isphahan   David Probert 16-1 9 3 A M Balding Held up towards rear, pushed along on outside 3f out, hanging right 2f out, soon pulled out left and headway, hung right, ran on well to press winner well inside final furlong, just 3rd Drawn 14 1½  l Light From Mars 4 J Millman(3) 7-1 9 13 B R Millman Prominent, ridden and switched left over 2f out, every chance entering final furlong, edged right, not quicken Opened 8/1 4th Drawn 9 1¼  l Rainbow Mirage (IRE)   S Sanders 20-1 9 12 E S McMahon Held up in rear, headway on outside over 2f out, ridden to challenge and edged right just over 1f out, kept on same pace 5th Drawn 5 1l Romany Princess (IRE)   R Hughes 9-2 9 12 R Hannon Mid-division, trying to close when not clear run over 1f out, ran on entering final furlong, edged right and no impression final 100 yards Opened 9/2, touched 5/1 6th Drawn 8 nk Salient   Kirsty Milczarek 20-1 9 1 M J Attwater In touch, hampered and snatched up just over 1f out, checked briefly inside final furlong, no impression after Opened 25/1 7th Drawn 6 2l Reel Buddy Star   Jamie Kyne(5) 12-1 9 2 G M Moore Pressed leader, ridden over 2f out, every chance over 1f out, faded inside final furlong Opened 14/1 8th Drawn 16 ½l Marajaa (IRE)   C Catlin 14-1 9 13 W J Musson Slowly into stride, towards rear, nudged along from 3f out, headway over 1f out, never dangerous Opened 10/1, touched 14/1 9th Drawn 11 1½  l Southandwest (IRE)   Luke Morris 25-1 9 5 J S Moore Always in rear Opened 22/1, touched 25/1 10th Drawn 13 2½  l Resurge (IRE) 4 D Sweeney 15-2 9 10 W S Kittow Led until over 1f out, weakening when hampered inside final furlong Opened 10/1 11th Drawn 17 3½  l Spirit Of Sharjah (IRE) 4 T P O'Shea 20-1 9 11 Miss J Feilden Mid-division, headway on inside well over 1f out, not quicken when hampered inside final furlong, eased Opened 16/1, touched 20/1 12th Drawn 15 1¾  l Ellemujie   J D O'Reilly(5) 8-1 9 12 D K Ivory Held up in rear, switched left over 2f out, always behind Opened 11/1 13th Drawn 7 nk Tudor Key (IRE)   S W Kelly 50-1 9 5 Mrs A J Perrett In touch, raced keenly, looking for room over 2f out, switched left well over 1f out, hampered entering final furlong, beaten after Opened 33/1, touched 50/1 14th Drawn 3 1l Kings Troop   I Mongan 50-1 9 2 H R A Cecil In touch, weakened over 1f out 15th Drawn 10 20l Gold Express   N Mackay 15-2 9 3 P J O'Gorman Dropped out start, always in rear, eased final furlong Opened 8/1 Non Runner Elliptical(USA) Non Runner Bravo Echo Winning time: 01:43.620 Sandown results 2.05   2.40   3.15   3.50   4.25   5.00