Somerset 587 for 8 dec (Overton 138, Van der Merwe 102*, Abell 79) drew with Hampshire 338 (Ervine 103, McLaren 61, Leach 6-108) and 254 for 5 (Ervine 106, Adams 96)Scorecard Hampshire held on for a draw in their Specsavers County Championship game against Somerset at Taunton thanks to a spot of good fortune and a stand of 159 between Sean Ervine and Jimmy Adams.Needing 249 in their second innings to avoid an innings defeat, the visitors finished the day on 254 for 5. However, they had to ride their luck on several occasions over the course of the final day, with Ervine, who helped himself to a century, dropped three times during an innings that, in the end, was the difference.The day began with Craig Overton surviving a near run out, when on 99, to celebrate his maiden first-class hundred off 123 balls, with 10 fours.Overton, who with Roelof van der Merwe broke the countys record eighth-wicket partnership in the Championship, which had stood since 1983 when Ian Botham and Viv Richards put on 172 against Leicestershire at Grace Road, batted with typical aggression to reach 138.When the young Devonian finally departed, caught on the midwicket boundary by Adams off the bowling of Mason Crane, Somerset captain Chris Rogers declared. Van der Merwe, who passed three figures off 137 balls, with seven fours and two sixes, was left unbeaten on 102.Overtons early morning runs meant Hampshire required 249 in their second innings to make Somerset bat again. When opener Will Smith departed for 0, off 12 balls, lbw to Jack Leach, that initial target looked a long way off.Ervine and Adams joined forces and managed to steer Hampshire to lunch, albeit somewhat fortuitously. Ervine, who was quick to punish the short ball, was dropped by wicket keeper Ryan Davies, on 43, off the bowling of captain Jim Allenby, in the final over before the interval.The 32-year-old Zimbabwean made the most of that mistake and having been dropped again, on 78, by Overton, he went on to reach three figures off 148 balls. He was dropped again, on 100, before finally departing for 106 at 165 for 2. Adams, who was understandably watchful on a wicket that continued to turn, posted his half century off 169 balls with six fours.However, after tea and with the game seemingly drifting, Hampshire suffered a double blow when James Vince (13) and Adam Wheater (0) were dismissed by van der Merwe in the same over. 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Trainer Desleigh Forsters decision to miss the Melbourne spring with Too Good To Refuse is set to pay dividends after the horses impressive win at Eagle Farm.Too Good To Refuse ($4) came from last to beat Sony legend ($13) by 1-1/4 lengths in the Listed Keith Noud Quality (1200m) on Saturday, with Most Important ($3.60) half a length away in third.Forster has always had a huge opinion of Too Good To Refuse, which won the Toowoomba Guineas and was second in the Gunsynd Classic during the winter.The option was there to take him to Melbourne for the spring but in the end I decided to keep him here for our summer races, Forster said.I have decided to keep him to the sprint races and his next starts will be in the George Moore Stakes (1200m) and the Lough Neagh Stakes (1350m).I then have the choice of trying to qualify him for the Magic Millions in a wildcard race or starting him in the Bernborough Stakes at 1600 metres.No matter what, Forster is keen to get Too Good To Refuse into the Group One races in Brisbane next winter.I think he will make a good Stradbroke Handicap horse but lets just worry about the summer first, she said.Jockey Jim Byrne said Too Good To Refuse was a most promising horse that could sprint very quickly at the end of his races.The Stradbroke Handicap is a good way off but who knows if he keeps improving, Byrne sad.Trainer Tony Gollan is happy to keep his smart gallopers Another Sllipper and Tiyatrolani apart until late December after they won the divisions of the QTIS Three Year Old (1000m).ddddddddddddnother Slipper ($8) won the colts and geldings division, coming from well back in the field.He failed at 1400 metres at his last start but he over-raced. So I sent him out to Washpool Lodge for a few weeks and freshened him up, Gollan sad.The plan was also to have him ridden from behind and it worked perfectly.Tiyatrolani ($5) failed first up at Doomben two weeks ago and also had a few days at Washpool Lodge before going back to Gollans Eagle Farm stables.She was a lot more settled before the race today and it showed in the run. I think she can run a strong 1400 metres later in her career.Another Slipper ran 57.73 and Tiyatrolani clocked 57.80, winning the fillies division and confirming Gollans belief that there isnt much between them.They will stick to races for their own sex before they meet up in the Listed Gold Edition (on December 17), Gollan said.Trainer David Vandyke is close to taking Emerald City to Sydney for the Christmas Cup and Summer Cup in December.Emerald City has won four metropolitan races in a row and deserves a crack at better races. I just want to see how he comes up after this run before making a final decision, Vandyke said. ' ' '