14:55 Aintree

Thursday 13 April 2023

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Alder Hey Aintree Bowl Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race)

  • 5YO plus  |   Class 1  |   3m 210y  |   Good to Soft  |   5 Runners  |   Turf  |   Weighed In
  • Off time: 14:57  |   Winning time: 6m 20.94s
1st
Horse silk
6
911-10
7/4f
T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville
Chased leaders, not fluent 5th, went 2nd 11th until before 4 out, went 2nd again 3 out, driven and 6 lengths down after 2 out, closed last, led flat, stayed on well tchd 13/8
2nd
Horse silk
1 ½
1
11/4
T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: B S Hughes
Jumped right at times, led, mistake 6th, slow and headed 7th, led before next, not fluent 12, 13th or 14th, went 6 lengths clear after 2 out, reduced lead when in tight to last and not fluent, headed flat, no impression towards finish tchd 5/2 and tchd 3/1
3rd
Horse silk
16
2
10/3
T: H De BromheadJ: Rachael Blackmore
Held up in 4th and patiently ridden, closed on outside into 3rd 3 out, jumped right 2 out, soon ridden and beaten, weakened before last tchd 3/1

Also Ran

PU
Horse silk
4
911-10
9/2
T: G ElliottJ: K M Donoghue
Chased leader, led 7th, headed before next, lost 2nd 11th, switched right before 15th, went 2nd again before 4 out until mistake 3 out, weakened quickly, pulled up before last op 5/1 tchd 11/2
PU
Horse silk
5
711-10
25/1
T: Jamie SnowdenJ: J J Burke
Never really travelling in last, mistake 5th, reminder 8th, well behind when mistake 4 out, pulled up before 3 out tchd 28/1

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3
Horse silk
Bravemansgame27
Weight: 11-10|  Age: 8
T: P F Nicholls  J: Non Runner
NR

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.75Pl:£1.40, £1.70EX:£7.00Trifecta:£16.00SF:£6.83Swingers:£4.20

Forecasts

Shishkin (7/4), Bravemansgame (5/2), Ahoy Senor (11/4), A Plus Tard (10/3), Conflated (9/2), Ga Law (25/1)

Verdict

In what promises to be an absorbing renewal of this prestigious contest, A PLUS TARD is taken to emerge on top. Though pulled up both starts so far this season, he appeared to be travelling as well as any before being hampered when Ahoy Senor fell 6 out in the Gold Cup, and his imperious performance in that race last March remains fresh in the memory. Bravemansgame is a big player on the back of his fine Gold Cup second but if Shishkin puts it all together he will be an even bigger threat.

  1. A PLUS TARD (FR)
  2. SHISHKIN (IRE)
  3. BRAVEMANSGAME (FR)

Previous Winners

2022
Clan Des Obeaux
Weight: 11-7  |Age: 10
13/2

Prize Money

1st: £140,325.002nd: £52,775.003rd: £26,375.004th: £13,175.005th: £6,625.006th: £3,300.007th: £1,700.008th: £900.009th: £500.0010th: £250.00

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