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First Avenue Snatches Imperial Cup Glory
09/03/13

1 First Avenue 20/1
2 Tanerko Emery 11/1
3 Kazlian 10/1
4 Barizan 20/1
NR: Changing The Guard, Claret Cloak (IRE), First In The Queue (IRE), Paintball (IRE), Solaras Exhibition (IRE)
19 ran Distances: 3½l, 3¾l, 6l
TIME 4m 15.33s (slow by 30.33s)

First Avenue came from the clouds to cause a 20-1 surprise in the Paddy Power Imperial Cup at Sandown to give Laura Mongan the biggest winner of her career.

First Avenue
© Racehorse Photos

First Avenue

With more in front of him than behind him as he turned into the straight some 15 lengths behind the runaway leader Kazlian, his young jockey Nathan Adams refused to panic.

Kazlian was still some five lengths clear when he crashed through the second-last, losing his momentum and letting his challengers close the gap, and First Avenue hit top gear to power away and win by three and and a half lengths from the staying-on Tanerko Emery. Kazlian finished third.

Mongan said: "I was screaming pretty loudly coming to the last and just hoped he jumped it safe and sound. To win this is surreal. You've got to have a bit of confidence, but we'd have been over the moon if he'd been placed. To win is incredible.

"This is my biggest win by some distance. Nathan gave him a smashing ride and knows him inside out."

 

Paddy Power Imperial Cup Handicap Hurdle (Listed)
£70,000 added, 4yo plus, 2m 110y, Class 1
19 ran
Going: Soft, heavy in places.

Position
Horse
Trainer
Jockey
Weight
Starting Price
Beaten Distance
1
First Avenue
Mrs L J Mongan
Nathan Adams
11st 1lbs
20 - 1
Winner
2
Tanerko Emery
D Pipe
Kieron Edgar
11st 12lbs
11 - 1
3 1/2 lengths
3
Kazlian
D Pipe
T Scudamore
11st 3lbs
10 - 1
3 3/4 lengths
4
Barizan
Evan Williams
Paul Moloney
10st 11lbs
20 - 1
6 lengths
5
Pine Creek
J P Ferguson
D F O'Regan
11st 1lbs
13 - 2
3 lengths
6
Rockawango
J Ewart
James Banks
10st 11lbs
25 - 1
1 length
7
Le Bacardy
A W Carroll
Josh Hamer
11st 3lbs
20 - 1
28 lengths
8
General Miller
N J Henderson
B J Geraghty
11st 7lbs
12 - 1
3 lengths
9
Minella Definitely
N P Mulholland
D A Jacob
11st 2lbs
33 - 1
3 1/2 lengths
10
Stormy Weather
B Ellison
J Reveley
11st 1lbs
50 - 1
8 lengths
11
Valdez
A King
W Hutchinson
11st 6lbs
20 - 1
2 3/4 lengths
12
Arnaud
C Byrnes
D N Russell
11st 6lbs
14 - 1
36 lengths
NonRunner
Claret Cloak
Miss E C Lavelle
D Elsworth
11st 6lbs
-
NonRunner
Changing The Guard
Dr R D P Newland
Christopher Ward
11st 2lbs
-
NonRunner
First In The Queue
N J Henderson
D Bass
11st 1lbs
-
NonRunner
Paintball
C E Longsdon
N Fehily
11st 0lbs
-
NonRunner
Solaras Exhibition
Tim Vaughan
Aidan Coleman
10st 13lbs
-
       
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