battle line

In a statement issued here on the 10th anniversary of Karsaz tragedy, the Pakistan People's Party (PPP) co-chairman said those battle lines had only sharpened during the past nine years and beckon us to continue the fight till final victory.

ARENA RACING said yesterday it would not be reimbursing either Andrew Reid or Kevin McAuliffe for the costs incurred in claiming back and buying in Dispol Evita and Battle Line.

On October 14, Harold watched as the Norman soldiers marched to the base of the hill and formed a battle line. A bloody battle, later known as Senlac -meaning 'the river of blood' -began.

McAuliffe, whose string is finally emerging from a virus problem, said: "I have accepted what happened on Friday and my only gripe is that we bought Battle Line back for 4,900gns after he was awarded the Lingfield race, so my owner is 950gns out of pocket.

Her trainer, Andrew Reid, called for a centralised, immediate appeals operation at Portman Square, while Kevin McAuliffe, trainer of Battle Line, who lost out at the appeal, insisted his horse would not have been demoted yesterday but for the desire to appear consistent over the recent Boring Goring ruling.

Reid appealed after the Lingfield stewards demoted Dispol Evita to second following her half-length defeat of Battle Line in the Littlewoods Bet Direct On 0800 329393 Selling Stakes on Tuesday.

However, the Disciplinary Committee of the Jockey Club overturned the decision yesterday, placing Dispol Evita first and Battle Line second.

KEVIN McAULIFFE, trainer of Battle Line, said yesterday that the furore over the Boring Goring case at Exeter influenced the Jockey Club's Disciplinary Committee when it overturned the decision to demote Dispol Evita at Lingfield.

The 4-5 favourite, trained by Andrew Reid, appeared to run out a comfortable half-a-length winner of the one-mile contest in the hands of Martin Dwyer from Jimmy Fortune's mount Battle Line despite interfering with the second past the post inside the final furlong.

The Lingfield panel got it well and truly wrong when they threw out Dispol Evita for accidentally brushing past Battle Line on Tuesday.

THE Lingfield stewards left punters and racing professionals in a state of shock yesterday when they disqualified the odds-on favourite Dispol Evita and placed her second following her half-length defeat of Battle Line.

The 4-5 favourite, trained by Andrew Reid, appeared to run out a comfortable half-a-length winner from Battle Line despite interfering with the runner-up inside the final furlong.

Dispol Evita (Martin Dwyer) passed the post a half-length in front of Battle Line (Jimmy Fortune), the latter having made ground after having to be pulled around his rival just inside the furlong marker.

At Exeter, where Boring Goring almost knocked over the runner-up Keltic Heritage, the officials decided it hadn't, but at Lingfield yesterday, when Dispol Evita edged left and caused Jimmy Fortune on Battle Line to switch, they decided it had.

Reporters near the town of Dras could see the soldiers in white snow boots and helmets making their way up the precipitous slopes toward the battle line.