Pyatigorsk Hippodrome, Russia
September 30, 2001

Entrants: Ashley Long (ALO), Nicole Perrault (NPE), Corianna Hart (CHT), Candida Miskell (CMI), Heather Tripp (HTR), Laura Bacon (LBA), Satu Marttila (SMA),Beth Gustas (BGU), Jen Reid (JRD), Sue Stahl (SST), Amber Berdie (ABE), Sandra Martinek (SMK), Lissa Lyonne(LLY), Dana Renzi (DRZ)
# Horses: 62

Weather: mostly cloudy, 64 degrees
Track condition: wetfast. Please note that horses breaking from post position 1 were in a strip of much sloppier track.

Purse Breakdowns
Purse --- 1st / 2nd / 3rd / 4th / 5th
13,000 --- 7410 / 2990 / 1430 / 780 / 390
21,000 --- 11,970 / 4830 / 2310 / 1260 / 630
76,000 --- 43,320 / 17,480 / 8360 / 4560 / 2280
115,000 --- 65,550 / 26,450 / 12,650 / 6900 / 3450

1. Maiden 2yo 1000m 13,000 rubles all carry 57kg
Winner: Little Kompakt, 1999 grey colt(Little Piastr x Little Kometa, Naftalin-r ) owned by Satu Marttila, bred by Little Stables RUS, winning time=1:06.8
1/6 Little Kompakt,99 g c,SMA,pl, pp6, by 1L, stalked, strong late move to win it
2/6 Little Kasanova,99 g c,SMA,unpl, pp4, by nose, stalked, got up in last strides for 2nd
3/6 Little Accord, 99 ch c,SMA,pl, pp2, by nose, pressed pace, led in stretch, just overtaken late
4/6 Nastil , 99 b c, LBA,unpl, pp1, by head, stalked, moving up quickly late
5/6 Naspek, 99 g c, BGU,fts, pp3, by nose,dueled w/ Vencel, tired late
6/6 Vencel, 99 b c, LLY,pl,**pp5, dueled w/ Naspek, tired late


2. Maiden 2yo fillies 1000m 13,000 rubles all carry 55kg
Winner: Little Karamba, 1999 bay filly(Little Piastr x Little Kadrina, Drug-r ) owned by Satu Marttila, bred by Little Stables RUS, winning time=1:06.7
1/4 Little Karamba,99 b f,SMA, pl, pp3, by 2L, flew up late from off pace
2/4 Padrenku,99 ch f, NPE,unpl, **pp1, by neck, pressed pace, led late but surprised by closer
3/4 Niyara, 99 ch f, LBA, unpl, pp2, by 1L, set pace, still strong late but not enough left
4/4 Khatyrka 99 ch f, LLY, unpl, pp4, left far behind, moving up fast at the line


3. Maiden 3/up 2000m 13,000 rubles
Winner: Palasha, 1998 chestnut filly(Platan x Palika,Topol-r ) owned by Lissa Lyonne, bred by Polet L'va Konyushnya RUS, winning time=2:18.8
1/10 Palasha,98 ch f, LLY, fts 56kg, pp6, by head, hard-fought w-t-w
2/10 Nadula, 98 g f, BGU, fts 56kg, pp9, by neck, flying up just a stride too late
3/10 Katarina,97 g f, DRZ, unpl 57kg, pp10, by neck, pressed pace, couldn't get past
4/10 Vypir, 98 ch f, HTR, pl 56kg, **pp7,by nose, pressed pace, stayed close all the way
5/10 Navana, 97 g f, BGU, fts 57kg, pp4, by nose, steadily, tried for better
6/10 Little Magarena,98 g f,SMA,unpl 56kg, pp8, by 1/2L, slow break, moving up late
7/10 Pippi, 97 ch f, CMI,pl 57kg, pp3, by 1L, moving well late
8/10 Nechetny,98 ch c, CMI,fts 58kg, pp5, by head, starting to move when bumped in turn
9/10 Nikosia,97 ch f,SMK,pl, 57kg, pp2 by nose, well placed, bumped in the turn
10/10 Major Innovation, 98 b c,CHT,pl,58kg,pp1, slipped at the start, bumped into rail, not pushed


4. Allowance 2yo 1200m 21,000 rubles all carry 57kg
Winner: Little Nimbus, 1999 bay colt(Little Piastr x Little Nadja, Armaniak-r ) owned by Satu Marttila, bred by Little Stables RUS, winning time=1:22.6
1/4 Little Nimbus, 99 b c,SMA, mw, pp3, by 2L, w-t-w never touched
2/4 Myakit,99 ch c, LLY, allw, **pp2,by nose, flying up with great finishing speed
3/4 Napari, 99 b c, ABE, mw, pp4, by neck, pressed leader all the way home
4/4 Little Kupol, 99 ch c,SMA,mw, pp1, slow break, moving up to challenge late


5. Allowance 2yo fillies 1200m 21,000 rubles all carry 55kg
Winner: Norilsk, 1999 chestnut filly(Platan x Nolcha, Murmansk-r ) owned by Lissa Lyonne, bred by Polet L'va Konyushnya RUS, winning time=1:24.2
1/3 Norilsk, 99 ch f,LLY, mw,pp2, by 1/2L, went w-t-w under heavy pressure
2/3 Nanda, 99 b f,ABE, SpW, **pp3,by head, pressed leader but couldn't pass her
3/3 Pern, 99 g f,LLY, mw, pp1, slipped at break, charged up furiously to get close


6. Allowance 3/up 1800m 21,000 rubles
Winner: Vladivostok, 1997 chestnut colt (Krycek x Vyp, Temir-r) owned by Heather Tripp, bred by Cossack Fox RUS , winning time=2:06.3
1/8 Vladivostok,97 ch c, HTR,mw, 59kg, pp4, by nose, set pace, fought back when passed
2/8 Sterpik, 94 b h, SMK,SW, 59kg, pp3,by head, closed impressively for 2nd
3/8 Nasnan, 97 b f, LLY,mw, 57kg, pp2, by nose, got lead in the turn, almost held on
4/8 Nytkry, 98 b f, HTR,MSW, 56kg, **pp8, by head, pressed pace, came up empty in stretch
5/8 Sarabande,98 b f, ABE,mw, 56kg, pp6, by 1L, pressed pace, shuffled back late
6/8 Little Kafka,98 g f, SMA,SpW, 56kg, pp5, by nose, big move too late to factor
7/8 Pedra, 95 b m, SMK,allw, 57kg, pp7, by head, stumbled at break, moved up too late
8/8 Moonlight, 97 g c, HTR,mw 59kg, pp1, slipped at break, fought to the front but tired late


7. Allowance 3/up 2400m 21,000 rubles
Winner: Madisan, 1997 chestnut filly(Vatican-r x Marisha,Platan ) owned by Lissa Lyonne, bred by Polet L’va Konyushnya, RUS, winning time=2:54.9
1/7 Madisan, 97 ch f, LLY, mw, 57kg, pp7, by nose, won with incredible late move from off pace
2/7 Nekazanka, 97 g f, HTR, allw, 57kg, pp3, by 1L, set blazing pace, just barely nosed out at line
3/7 Narrun, 97 b f, CMI,unpl, 57kg, pp2, by head, moving up from off pace too late
4/7 Vivian, 98 b f, LLY, SpW, 56kg, pp1, by 1/2L, best move too early, couldn't keep the lead
5/7 Preston, 98 g c, LLY, pl, 58kg, pp4, by head, gearing up in stretch
6/7 Sphinx, 95 b g, SMK, SpW, 59kg, **pp6, by 2L, moved up too early, shuffled back
7/7 Sylvarefleks,96 g g, HTR, mw, 59kg, pp5, starting to get moving late


Autumn Classic 2yo 1600m 76,000 rubles all carry 57kg
Winners: Maslushni, 1998 bay colt(Neposlushni x Massovka,Gussar-r) owned by Amber Berdie, bred by Golovko Stud RUS, winning time=1:53.2
1/5 Maslushni,99 b c, ABE, MSW,**pp5, by nose, slow break, snuck up to win huge stretch battle
2/5 Kavu, 99 b c, BGU, SW, pp4,by 3L, rated just off the leader, just nosed out in stretch battle
3/5 Damar, 99 b c, ALO Sp,pp1, by 1L,slow break, got to the lead but couldn't hang on under pressure
4/5 Little Misca,99 ch c,SMA, Sp, pp2,by 1L, stalked, no move when asked
5/5 Sinner, 99 g c, LBA, mw, pp3, stalked,no late rally


Autumn Classic 2yo fillies 1600m 76,000 rubles all carry 55kg
Winners: Sirimar, 1999 bay filly(Minsk x Sorinka,Kumir-r) owned by Beth Gustas, bred byMonasetah International RUS , winning time=1:53.8
1/7 Sirimar, 99 b f, BGU, SW, pp2, by neck, bumped at break, charged to the front and held on tight
2/7 Little Karisma,99 g f,SMA, allw, pp3, by head, at leader's shoulder the entire race, couldn't pass her
3/7 Natascha, 99 ch f,SST,SpW, pp6, by 1/2L, stalked leaders, couldn't get past
4/7 Sanita, 99 br f, ALO, MSW, **pp1, by head, stumbled at break, smashed into rail, still fought back into contention
5/7 Magnesia, 99 g f,LLY, unpl, pp7, by 1L, moving up from off pace too late
6/7 Gorgona, 99 br f ALO, mw, pp4, by head, slow break, moving up late
7/7 Little Kazmyra,99 ch f,SMA allw, pp5, early leader, fell back tired


Season Closing Classic 3/up 3000m 115,000 rubles
Winner: Little Kira, 1998 grey filly (Little Piastr x Little Klassika, Vatican-r ) owned by Satu Marttila, bred by Little Stables, RUS, winning time=3:45.6
1/6 Little Kira,98 g f, SMA, MSW, 56kg, pp2, by 1L, dueled with Novegam, put her away at the last
2/6 Novegam, 98 g c, ABE, allw, 58kg, pp6, by nose, battled all the way with winner
3/6 Silverly,98 b f, SST, SpW, 56kg, pp4, by head, closing fast to almost get better
4/6 Biserica,98 br f, JRD, MSW, 56kg, **pp5, by 2L, moved up in stretch, couldn't pass leaders
5/6 Batik, 98 b c, ALO, SW, 58kg, pp1, by 1L, pressed pace, tired late
6/6 Nabroska,98 g f, JRD, SpW, 56kg, pp3, seemed disinterested, not pushed


Farewell Classic 4/up 3200m 115,000 rubles
Winner: Nalchik, 1994 grey horse (Pakistan-r x Nachinka,Mashuk-r)owned by Sue Stahl, bred by Stavropol Stud RUS, winning time=4:07.3
1/2 Nalchik, 94 g h, SST, MSW, 59kg, **pp1, by 5L, slow start, moving smoothly late to win handily
2/2 Derbist, 97 b c, DRZ, Spw, 59kg, pp2, out fast, couldn't match Nalchik's finish today