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The feature race at the Radnor Hunt Races was the $75,000 Grade II National Hunt Cup. It was won by Randleston Farm's Top Of The Bill, ridden by Carl Rafter and trained by James Day. (Good Night Shirt, who finished off the board, leads the eventual winner Top of the Bill (yellow and black colors) early in the 2 3/8 mile race.)

Barracuda Stables' The Next Man, who was bred in Ireland, was ridden by James Massey and trained by Ricky Hendricks to place second. He was beaten by 1 1/2 lengths. The time of the 2 3/8 miles race, 16 fences over the W. Burling Cocks Memorial racecourse, was 4:35.3/5.

Tom Voss, of Monkton, MD, trained the third place finisher Ginz, owned by Fitzhuh, LLC and ridden by Cyril Murphy.

(Top of the Bill, (right) ridden by Carl Rafter, leads The Next Man, ridden by Robert Massey after the last fence in the National Hunt Cup. He went on to win by a length and a half.)

The second feature the Radnor Hunt Cup Timber race for a purse of $40,000 Guaranteed, was the longest race on the card at more than three miles. The winner, who led all the way with the exception of a few lengths on the second circuit, was the 10 year old chestnut horse Salmo, by Northern Baby from a

(Salmo,
pictured at the right, jumped well on the lead for jockey Robbie Walsh.)

Vast Empire mare. Jack Fisher, also from Monkton, Maryland, trained the winner for owner Irvin Naylor. Robert Walsh rode Salmo, who had previously won an Allowance race at Winterthur, on May 6th, in which he led all the way as well.

Augustin Stables' grey Ghost Valley finished second in The Radnor Hunt Cup. He was trained by Sanna N. Hendricks and ridden by Jody Petty. Mr. Fater, trained by former eventer and winner of the Kentucky CCI*** Julie Gomena, finished third under Paddy Young.

(Salmo leads Ghost Valley in the stretch and went on to win
the Radnor Hunt Cup.)

Sadly Sham Aciss, the winner of the My Lady's Manor timber race when ridden by Roger Horgan, fell on the third circuit and died.

In other races at Radnor, Augustin Stable's Dynamite Flyer won the first race, the $30,000 Milfern Cup Sport of Kings Maiden Hurdle, and Augustin Stables South Monarch won the last race, the Henry Collins Steeplechase, a $30,000 maiden claiming hurdle race. Interestingly these two are half brothers. Both are out of the Storm Bird mare Just a Bird. South Monarch, a four year old and Dynamite Flyer, a six year old, were both were trained by Sanna N. Hendricks

The second race, the $25,000 Morris H. Dixon Steeplechase, was won by EMO Stable's Orison, ridden by Matthew McCarron. (At the left, Orison and Matt McCarron lead Best Attack and Chip Miller to the wire.)

The fifth race, the $15,000 Mary E. Carrier Sport of Kings Claiming hurdle race, was won by Mrs. George Sensor's Corruption, trained by Ricky Hendricks and ridden by Robert Massey.