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Aintree Result

Fri, 8th Apr, 2011

Going: Good (Good to Soft in places).

Jackpot: Not Won. Pool £24,218.66 carried forward to Aintree on Sat, 9th Apr
Placepot: Pool £442544 | Units £1291.43 | Dividend £250.1
Quadpot: Pool £25851 | Units £523.76 £36.5

Summary

3.05

John Smith´s Melling Chase (Grade 1) of £175,000.00 5-y-o plus(Class 1 ) 2m. 4f.

3.05 2m. 4f. (Class 1 ) 5-y-o plus10 Ran
John Smith´s Melling Chase (Grade 1) of £175,000.00 5-y-o plus

1st - £98,910.00, 2nd - £37,292.00, 3rd - £18,638.00, 4th - £9,310.00 10 Ran

1st

Master Minded (FR) 8, b g 11-10 (Mr Clive D Smith)
(4:57.50 10.13 secs faster on today's going )
Nikos - Haute Tension (FR)(Garde Royale)
Breeder - Marie-Christine Gabeur

(Morning price: 5/1 11/2)
(Ring price: 5/1 11/2 6/1 11/2) SP 11/2

Paul Nicholls

R Walsh

Tote Win £5.40 Place £2.00

held up towards rear, headway before 4 out pressed leaders 3 out, led and drew clear before last, pushed out, eased towards finish

16th Mar, 11 Cheltenham
8th Chs This
Race 22nd Oct, 11 Aintree
3rd Hcp Chs Rated 178

2nd

Albertas Run (IRE) 10, b g 11-10 (Mr Trevor Hemmings)

Accordion - Holly Grove Lass(Le Moss)
Breeder - Oliver and Salome Brennan

(Morning price: 3/1 11/4)
(Ring price: 3/1 11/4) SP 11/4fav

Jonjo O'Neill

A P McCoy

Place £1.30

tracked leaders, pushed along before 4 out, every chance before 2 out, ridden and hung left before last, kept on, no chance with winner

17th Mar, 11 Cheltenham
1st Chs This
Race 22nd Oct, 11 Aintree
1st Hcp Chs Rated 168

3rd

0.5L

Somersby (IRE) 7, b g 11-10 (Mrs T P Radford)

Second Empire (IRE) - Back To Roost (IRE)(Presenting (GB))

(Morning price: 11/2 5/1 11/2 5/1)
(Ring price: 5/1 11/2 5/1) SP 5/1

Miss H C Knight

R Thornton

Place £2.20

held up mid-division on outer, headway before 5 out, pressed leaders before 3 out, ridden before last, kept on

16th Mar, 11 Cheltenham
5th Chs This
Race 31st Oct, 11 Kempton
1st Chs Rated 166

4th

2.75L

Tartak (FR) 8, b g 11-10 (Power Panels Electrical Systems Ltd)

Akhdari (USA) - Tartamuda (FR)(Tyrnavos)

(Morning price: 14/1 16/1 14/1)
(Ring price: 16/1 14/1 16/1 14/1) SP 14/1

Tom George

P J Brennan

mid-division, reminder after 8th, headway to lead 10th, blundered and headed 5 out, mistake next, ridden after 2 out, kept on same pace

17th Mar, 11 Cheltenham
7th Chs This
Race 8th Dec, 11 Huntingdon
6th Chs Rated 161

5th

3.75L

French Opera (GB) 8, b g 11-10 (Mrs Judy Wilson & Martin Landau)

Bering - On Fair Stage (IRE)(Sadler's Wells (USA))
Breeder - N P Bloodstock Ltd

(Morning price: 9/1 12/1 11/1 12/1 11/1)
(Ring price: 11/1 12/1 11/1) SP 11/1

Nicky Henderson

B J Geraghty

with leader, not fluent 2nd, ridden before last, no extra

16th Mar, 11 Cheltenham
6th Chs This
Race 23rd Apr, 11 Sandown
1st Chs

6th

0.75L

Mad Max (IRE) 9, b g 11-10 (Carole Skipworth & Paul Murphy)

Kayf Tara (GB) - Carole's Crusader (GB)(Faustus (USA))

(Morning price: 14/1 12/1 11/1)
(Ring price: 14/1 12/1 11/1) SP 11/1

Nicky Henderson

P Carberry

led to 10th, led again 5 out, ridden and headed before last, soon weakened

16th Mar, 11 Cheltenham
10th Chs This
Race 21st Jan, 12 Haydock
3rd Chs Rated 152

7th

30L

Tranquil Sea (IRE) 9, b g 11-10 (D Cox/nelius Hayes)

Sea Raven (IRE) - Silver Valley (IRE)(Henbit (USA))
Breeder - Edward Curtin

(Morning price: 7/1 13/2 15/2 8/1)
(Ring price: 15/2 8/1 15/2 8/1) SP 8/1

E J O'Grady

Andrew J McNamara

prominent, ridden before 2 out, soon weakened

15th Dec, 10 Fairyhouse
1st Chs Rated 157 This
Race 4th May, 11 Punchestown
u.r. Chs Rated 159

8th

10L

Made In Taipan (IRE) 9, br g 11-10 (Mrs Paul Duffin/sean Corby)

Taipan (IRE) - No Easy Way (IRE)(Mandalus)
Breeder - J And J Lawler

(Morning price: 33/1 66/1 40/1)
(Ring price: 66/1 50/1 40/1) SP 40/1

Thomas Mullins

R M Power

held up in rear, not fluent 5 out, soon weakened

26th Mar, 11 Navan
6th Chs Rated 147 This
Race 26th Apr, 11 Fairyhouse
6th Hcp Chs Rated 145

ref

Chaninbar (FR) 8, b g 11-10 (Watts)

Milford Track (IRE) - Logicia (FR)(Homme De Loi (IRE))
Breeder - SCI Cercy

(Morning price: 100/1 150/1 100/1)
SP 100/1

M Harris

S Quinlan

refused to race

7th Apr, 11 Aintree
ref Hcp Chs This
Race 23rd Apr, 11 Sandown
2nd Chs

p.u.

Kalahari King (FR) 10, b g 11-10 (Mrs J Morgan)

Kahyasi - Queen Of Warsaw (FR)(Assert)
Breeder - Henri Malard

(Morning price: 9/2 4/1 9/2)
(Ring price: 9/2 5/1 9/2) SP 9/2

Ferdy Murphy

G Lee

held up towards rear, outpaced before 11th, mistake 5 out, never dangerous, pulled up before 2 out

17th Mar, 11 Cheltenham
2nd Chs This
Race 5th Nov, 11 Kelso
5th Hcp Chs Rated 166

Off 3.06
Time 4m. 57.50 secs, which is 10.13 secs faster than the course average on today's going

2010 Albertas Run 9 11-10 A P McCoy 8/1 (Jonjo O'Neill)

2009 Voy Por Ustedes 8 11-10 R Thornton 11/8Fav (Alan King)

2008 Voy Por Ustedes 7 11-10 R Thornton 5-1 (Alan King)

2007 Monet's Garden 9 11-10 A Dobbin 4/1 (N Richards)

2006 Hi Cloy 9 11-10 A J McNamara 14/1 (Michael Hourigan)

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