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15:10 Aintree

Saturday 9 December 2017

All11:5512:2512:5513:3014:0514:3515:10

188Bet Grand Sefton Handicap Chase (National Course)

Off time: 15:10 | Winning time: 6m 5.0s

1^st

Gas Line Boy

1111-10

9/2f

T: Ian WilliamsJ: R T Dunne

Mid-division, headway on inside 4th, not fluent 14th, hampered 15th, led last, soon clear, stayed on gamely op 4/1

2^nd

4 ½

Ultragold

911-9

16/1

T: C L TizzardJ: T J O'Brien

Held up in mid-division, headway 15th, disputing 2nd before elbow, no impression on winner, kept on op 14/1 tchd 20/1

3^rd

2 ½

Sametegal

811-12

5/1

T: P F NichollsJ: S Bowen

Held up in rear, mistake 6th and 9th, headway after 3 out, mistake 2 out, disputing 2nd before elbow, no impression on winner, 3rd and held final 100 yards op 9/2 tchd 4/1

4^th

Mystifiable

910-12

8/1

T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan

Chased leaders, mistake 7th, challenged 14th, left in lead next, headed after 3 out, no extra before elbow op 10/1

5^th

Imjoeking

1010-11

20/1

T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: D R Fox

Prominent, led 12th (canal turn), headed 14th, led after 3 out, headed last, no extra before elbow op 16/1

6^th

Captain Redbeard

811-5

9/1

T: W ColtherdJ: Sam Coltherd (5)

A few positions but never handy, mistake 1st, badly hampered 15th, mistake next, well beaten 2 out, tailed off op 17/2

7^th

Dresden

911-5

14/1

T: Henry OliverJ: L Treadwell

Soon towards rear, mistake 5th, blundered 13th (valentines), mistake next, well beaten 2 out, tailed off op 22/1 tchd 25/1

8^th

Mercian Prince

611-3

6/1

T: Miss A MurphyJ: J M Quinlan

Prominent, not fluent 10th (becher's brook), blundered baldy and weakened 2 out, tailed off

Also Ran

Rathlin Rose

911-0

8/1

T: D PipeJ: T Scudamore

Chased leaders on outside, lost place 3rd, closed before 5th, slow next, not fluent 14th, effort 15th, weakened and pulled up before 2 out

Arctic Gold

611-0

5/1

T: N A Twiston-DaviesJ: Thomas Bellamy

Led, jumped left 3rd (chair), blundered 11th, headed next (canal turn), led 14th, fell 15th tchd 9/2 and tchd 11/2

No No Mac

810-9

33/1

T: I A DuncanJ: Henry Brooke

Held up in rear, not fluent 1st, fell 8th tchd 25/1 and tchd 40/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.60Pl:£2.40, £4.60, £2.40EX:£84.70Trifecta:£467.10Tricast:£377.61SF:£71.56Swingers:£42.10, £5.80, £26.40

Forecasts

Gas Line Boy (9/2), Sametegal (5/1), Arctic Gold (5/1), Mercian Prince (6/1), Mystifiable (8/1), Rathlin Rose (8/1), Captain Redbeard (9/1), Dresden (14/1), Ultragold (16/1), Imjoeking (20/1), No No Mac (33/1)

The Coltherd family have an association with the Aintree National fences through shock 100/1 2013 Foxhunters winner Tartan Snow (also runner up in 2014), and their Captain Redbeard looks a likely contender. He finished 3¾L behind the runner up Arctic Gold when the pair were both beaten by the classy Cyrus Darius at Ayr last month, but with more experience as a chaser than the Nigel Twiston-Davies trained runner, he looks the preferred option here. Ultragold has tackled a couple of decent handicaps since winning the Topham over C&D in April, and he must enter calculations despite a 5lb higher mark and softer ground, whilst the classy Sametegal heads the weights for a good reason. However, others also have claims, including the hardy three-miler Rathlin Rose and the prominent racing GAS LINE BOY. The selection comes here in preference to the Becher Chase (held an entry), and that looks a wise move, as this is a weaker contest, and the 2m5f trip looks much more suitable. He held every chance when falling on his reappearance on the Mildmay Course here last month, but was a fine fifth to One For Arthur in the 2017 Grand National, so has proved he can safely negotiate these obstacles, and competes from a very fair handicap mark of 142.