Race Result Aintree Thu, 12th Apr, 2012

Going - Good to Soft (Good in places).

Jackpot Not Won. Pool of £38,079.25 carried forward to Aintree on Fri, 13th Apr. Placepot Pool - £382,521.38 Winning Units - 712.07 Dividend - £392.10. Quadpot Pool - £15,884.69 Winning Units - 56.92 Dividend - £206.50. Place Six Dividend - £115.38. Place Five Dividend - £83.67.

BGC Partners Liverpool Hurdle (Grade 1) of £100000.00 4-y-o plus

3m. 110yds. Hurdle 1st - £56270.00, 2nd - £21200.00, 3rd - £10610.00, 4th - £5300.00 OFF 14:01. 8 Ran.

1st		Big Buck's (FR) 11-7 (The Stewart Family) (Morning price: 1/5 2/9 1/5 2/11) SP 2/9fav Tote Win £1.30 Place £1.02	Paul Nicholls R Walsh
		tracked leading pair, went 2nd after 4 out, led next, pushed clear from 2 out, unchallenged
2nd	9L	Crack Away Jack (GB) 11-7 (GDM Partnership) (Tongue Strap) SP 33/1 Place £6.90	Tom George N Fehily
		held up in rear in touch, hampered 8th, left 4th 4 out, went 2nd 2 out, kept on same pace, no chance with winner
3rd	3.25L	Across The Bay (IRE) 11-7 (Scotch Piper Syndicate) (Blinkers) SP 50/1 Place £10.70	Donald McCain J M Maguire
		led, ridden after 4 out, headed next, kept on same pace, no chance with winner when lost 2nd 2 out
4th	7L	Tidal Bay (IRE) 11-7 (Andrea & Graham Wylie) (Morning price: 25/1) SP 14/1	Paul Nicholls Nick Scholfield
		held up behind in touch, badly hampered and lost touch 8th, no chance after, stayed on to go well beaten 4th flat
5th	3.75L	Poungach (FR) 11-7 (Morning price: 20/1) SP 12/1	Paul Nicholls D A Jacob
		tracked leader, driven and lost place after 4 out, 4th and ridden after next, soon no chance with leaders, lost well beaten 4th flat
fell		Smad Place (FR) 11-7 (Mrs Peter Andrews) (Morning price: 6/1) SP 5/1	A King R Thornton
		tracked leaders in 5th on inside, left 4th at 8th, in touch when fell 4 out
b.d.		Won In The Dark (IRE) 11-7 (Mr Gerard Crehan) SP 33/1	Miss Sabrina Joan Harty A E Lynch
		held up in touch, 6th when brought down 8th
fell		Restless Harry (GB) 11-7 (Mr R G Whitehead) SP 20/1	R Dickin C Poste
		tracked leaders in 4th, in touch when fell 8th

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