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Stratford Upon Avon 28 May (Evening)

Choc aboard Looks Like Slim in the Parade Ring ahead of the Handicap Hurdle 28 May 2011	Choc and Looks Like Slim canter to the start; leading them is Jimmy McCarthy aboard Maslak 28 May 2011
The runners canter to the start, cutting across mid-field to reach it. Left to right: American Art (AP McCoy); Looks Like Slim (Choc); Maslak (Jimmy McCarthy); First In The Queue (Andrew Tinkler) 28 May 2011	Choc finishes 5th aboard Looks Like Slim 28 May 2011
Choc debriefs connections of Looks Like Slim; trainer Ben De Haan (right) 28 May 2011	Choc canters to the start of the 2 miles 5½ furlongs Handicap Chase aboard Nikos Extra 28 May 2011
Nikos Extra’s girth is tightened at the start 28 May 2011	Nikos Extra’s girth is tightened at the start 28 May 2011
Choc and Nikos Extra at the start 28 May 2011	Popular chaser, Swing Bill; today ridden by Conor O’Farrell 28 May 2011
Choc and Nikos Extra at the start 28 May 2011	The start is impending ... 28 May 2011
All ten runners circle at the start: Left to right: Rebel Du Maquis (Mr Ryan Mahon) – winner; The Jigsaw Man (A Conlon) – 4th; Chicago Alley (Lee Edwards); Qianshan Leader (Jack Doyle); Intac (Joe Tizzard); Nikos Extra (Choc); Sunday City (Jamie Moore); Swing Bill (Conor O’Farrell) – 3rd; Invisible Man (Paddy Brennan) – 2nd; Commemoration Day (Felix De Giles). 28 May 2011	And they are off ... racing! 28 May 2011
Over the water-jump with one circuit to go; Choc and Nikos Extra second left. 28 May 2011	Choc and Nikos Extra finish 5th; ahead of Commemoration Day. 28 May 2011
Although too dark to take a photograph ... but to prove I was still at Stratford for the last race – here is Choc cantering to the start of the Maiden Open NH Flat Race aboard Rayavadee! 28 May 2011