Falcon swoops for Meyrick glory at Wetherby

It may be 364 days before he hangs his stocking again, but there were no St Stephen's Day blues for Peter Maddison as Lothian Falcon flew to victory in the £50,000 skybet.com Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase at Wetherby.

Falcon swoops for Meyrick glory at Wetherby
Wed, 26 Dec, 2007 - 16:08

It may be 364 days before he hangs his stocking again, but there were no St Stephen's Day blues for Peter Maddison as Lothian Falcon flew to victory in the £50,000 skybet.com Rowland Meyrick Handicap Chase at Wetherby.

The North Yorkshire track’s festive highlight attracted only six runners, with higher-rated entrants side-stepping the contest, yet an open race looked in prospect with last year’s winner Leading Man among the opposition.

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CourtsRacingHeathrowPlace: WetherbyPlace: North YorkshirePlace: DoncasterPlace: AlbanyPerson: FalconPerson: MeyrickPerson: Peter MaddisonPerson: Lothian FalconPerson: MaddisonPerson: Rowland MeyrickPerson: RobertPerson: WalfordPerson: Keith MercerPerson: HoldPerson: MercerPerson: Sue SmithPerson: Peter BuchananPerson: Jimmy BondPerson: HarveyPerson: Paul NichollsPerson: Howard JohnsonPerson: Denis O’ReganPerson: JohnsonPerson: GordonPerson: BrownPerson: WetherbyEvent: St Stephen's DayEvent: Rowland Meyrick Handicap ChaseEvent: Great Yorkshire ChaseEvent: St. John Ambulance “Caring For Life” Handicap HurdleEvent: New Bramham Hall For Conferences & Banqueting Novices’ Handicap ChaseEvent: TurfTV Handicap ChaseEvent: Handicap HurdleEvent: Again Here Tomorrow Novices’ Handicap HurdleOrganisation: TheOrganisation: Albany
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