14:25 Aintree

Sunday 29 October 2017

All12:4013:1513:5014:2515:0015:3516:10

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  • 4YO plus  |   Class 2  |   2m 4f  |   Good to Soft (Good in places)  |   15 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:25  |   Winning time: 4m 55.4s
1st
Horse silk
9
3/1f
T: H FryJ: N D Fehily
Mid-division on outside, headway 7th, pressed front pair 4 out, led 2 out, ridden and stayed on well under pressure from last tchd 10/3
2nd
Horse silk
2 ¼
13
7/1
T: T R GeorgeJ: Adrian Heskin
Held up behind, headway and in touch on outside 4 out, ridden to chase winner after 2 out, kept on under pressure flat, always held
3rd
Horse silk
2 ¼
4
33/1
T: J NashJ: Mitchell Bastyan (5)
Held up towards rear, headway before 2 out, effort to chase winner between last 2, ridden and kept on same pace flat, no extra in 3rd closing stages op 28/1
4th
Horse silk
½
5
20/1
T: A KingJ: Wayne Hutchinson
Mid-division, tracked leaders after 4 out, driven and one pace after 2 out, no impression in 4th from last tchd 25/1
5th
Horse silk
4
2
25/1
T: D SkeltonJ: Bridget Andrews (3)
Held up behind on outside, switched inside and headway before 2 out, driven and kept on before last, not reach leaders
6th
Horse silk
1
3
12/1
T: Ian WilliamsJ: T J O'Brien
Held up behind, headway after 3 out, driven to chase leaders after next, kept on same pace, no impression op 11/1 tchd 10/1
7th
Horse silk
4 ½
7
20/1
T: Tim VaughanJ: Alan Johns
Led, headed 2 out, soon ridden and lost place, weakened flat
8th
Horse silk
5
12
25/1
T: T SymondsJ: J E Moore
Tracked leaders, driven and effort 2 out, soon ridden and one pace, weakened flat op 33/1 tchd 22/1
9th
Horse silk
3 ¾
11
12/1
T: N G RichardsJ: R D Day (3)
Mid-division, outpaced 3 out, never on terms op 16/1
10th
Horse silk
3 ¼
8
16/1
T: D McCain JnrJ: W T Kennedy
In touch on inside, lost place after 4 out, soon behind, no danger after op 25/1
11th
Horse silk
18
1
511-12
7/2
T: N J HendersonJ: J McGrath
Tracked leaders, driven and outpaced after 3 out, weakened after next, tailed off op 5/1 tchd 11/2
12th
Horse silk
30
15
14/1
T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton
Tracked leader, lost place when ridden before 2 out, soon weakened, tailed off tchd 16/1
13th
Horse silk
8
6
13/2
T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: R Johnson
In touch on outside, driven and lost place after 3 out, weakened next, tailed off op 7/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
10
33/1
T: H De BromheadJ: Jonathan Moore
Tracked leaders until eased and lost place before 3 out, behind when pulled up before next op 25/1
PU
Horse silk
14
50/1
T: James MoffattJ: B S Hughes
Not fluent 2nd, mid-division on inside, lost place and behind 4 out, soon lost touch, tailed off when pulled up before 2 out op 40/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.60Pl:£1.60, £2.60, £7.60EX:£22.90Trifecta:£864.90Tricast:£611.12SF:£23.39Swingers:£4.20, £19.30, £27.70

Forecasts

Bags Groove (3/1), Burbank (7/2), Sneaky Feeling (13/2), Stamp Your Feet (7/1), Ballyalton (12/1), Caius Marcius (12/1), Return Flight (14/1), Clondaw Kaempfer (16/1), Inner Drive (20/1), Theligny (20/1), Three Musketeers (25/1), Bobo Mac (25/1), Massini's Trap (33/1), Lion In His Heart (33/1), Wood Breizh (50/1)

Verdict

Ian Williams has his horses in good form at present (6/22) and his BALLYALTON can make a winning return from a lengthy absence in this handicap hurdle. The selection finished runner-up in a Grade 1 at Cheltenham a few years ago and having made up into a useful novice chaser subsequently he can defy the absence to get the better of Burbank who is another to have run well at the highest level while the lightly raced Inner Drive can finish third today.
  1. Ballyalton
  2. Burbank
  3. Inner Drive

Previous Winners

2016
Massini's Trap
Weight: 10-2  |Age: 7
J: P Townend  |  T: J Nash
25/1

Prize Money

1st: £17,204.002nd: £5,082.003rd: £2,541.004th: £1,270.005th: £635.006th: £319.00

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