Nacarat bowls over Denman Nacarat put up a superb round of jumping from the front to take the totesport Bowl Chase at Aintree, with Denman finishing a disappointing fifth of the six runners. Tom George's grey was soon powering along at the head of affairs in the Grade 1 event and always appeared to be enjoying himself out in front. A couple of prodigious leaps heading down the back earned him a decent advantage turning into the straight and, despite meeting the second last wrong, stayed on well for Paddy Brennan to beat Carole's Legacy by six lengths. Oliver McKiernan's Follow The Plan defied odds of 40/1 to finish three and three quarter lengths back in third. Denman was sent off the 5/4 favourite on the back of an excellent second in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, but he was never travelling particularly well. George said: "It's been a great 48 hours as we had a winner in France yesterday. A lot of hard work has gone into this horse and a lot of people deserve credit. "We were never going to go to Cheltenham, but the big key today is the good ground. He's only had it twice previously in three years and he's won a Charlie Hall and a Racing Post Chase. "Good horses do go on soft ground but he's so much better on good. Paddy gave him a great ride, he told me what he was going to do and I let him get on with it." Brennan added: "Obviously Denman was the one we had to beat, but he loved the ground and was a fresh horse. It's wonderful for Tom George and the owner, Simon Clarke. "He's a tremendous racehorse on that ground and he ran all the way to the line."
