Sandown 15/02/2008 Good (Good to Soft on the home straight) 4.20 Facilitas Tes Novices' Handicap Hurdle (Class 4) £7000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 4f 110yds, penalty £4554, 17 ran. 1st   Exmoor Ranger (IRE)   James White(3) 14-1 11 4 V R A Dartnall Held up towards rear, hit 1st, headway approaching 3 out, went 2nd and hit 2 out, soon ridden, stayed on well, led towards finish, ridden out Opened 12/1, touched 14/1 2nd 1½  l Soixante (IRE)   S Thomas 7-1 11 6 Miss H C Knight Tracked leaders, led after 3 out, hit last, soon ridden, no extra when headed towards finish Opened 9/1 3rd 2½  l Mountain Oscar (IRE)   P J Brennan 13-2 10 11 T R George Held up towards rear, ridden and headway when hampered on bend approaching 2 out, stayed on, went 3rd last, not reached leaders Opened 8/1 £4000-£500 4th 5l Galantos (GER)   T Scudamore 16-1 11 4 Jane Southcombe Held up towards rear, ridden and headway approaching 2 out, stayed on, nearest finish 5th ½l Pamak D'airy (FR)   Mr T Greenall 4-1 11 12 N J Henderson Tracked leaders and keen, lost position when hampered on bend approaching 2 out, stayed on again approaching last Opened 3/1, touched 9/2 £4500-£1000, £4000-£1000, £1600-£400, £2100-£600 each way 6th 1¾  l Truckers Delight (IRE)   N Fehily 10-3 11 1 Jonjo O'Neill Mid-division, hung left on bend after 4th, headway after 3 out, soon ridden, held when mistake last Opened 7/2, touched 4/1 £4000-£1000, £2000-£500(x6), £1600-£400, £7000-£2000 7th nk Tarkesar (IRE) 6 Michael Murphy(7) 14-1 11 0 P A Blockley Mid-division, ridden after 3 out, kept on same pace from next 8th ¾l Wazalino   D Jacob 66-1 10 10 R H & Mrs S Alner Held up, ridden approaching 3 out, hampered on bend approaching 2 out, stayed on 9th 6l Pistol Desbois (FR)   R Walford 25-1 11 6 R H & Mrs S Alner Towards rear, some late progress, never a danger 10th ½l Tavalu (USA) 6 P Hide 16-1 11 4 G L Moore Hampered on bend approaching 2 out, never better than mid-division Opened 20/1 11th 7l Nicto De Beauchene (FR)   A Thornton 40-1 11 2 R H & Mrs S Alner Chased leaders, lost place after 6th, hit 3 out, behind when hampered on bend approaching 2 out Opened 50/1 12th 8l Sycho Fred (IRE)   R Johnson 40-1 11 5 R T Phillips Never better than mid-division Opened 50/1 13th 9l Inchloch 6 M A Fitzgerald 9-1 11 8 B G Powell Mistake 3 out, always towards rear Opened 8/1, touched 9/1 14th 5l Hareem (IRE)   T Siddall 20-1 10 13 M Keighley Led until 5th, ridden approaching 3 out, weakening when hampered on bend approaching 2 out Opened 28/1 15th 4l Ouragan Lagrange (FR) 6 J E Moore 14-1 11 3 G L Moore Chased leaders, not fluent 3 out, soon weakened Opened 16/1 £10000-£500 each way 16th 2½  l Prelude d'Estruval (FR)   Mr S Waley-Cohen(7) 100-1 11 7 R Waley-Cohen Prominent, led 5th until after 3 out, soon weakened 17th 4l Sarde (FR)   J M Maguire 40-1 11 2 K C Bailey In touch, effort after 3 out, weakened before next Non Runner Darwaz(IRE) Winning time: 04:55.500 Sandown results 2.05   2.35   3.10   3.45   4.20   4.50