Jumps Profile - Grand Crus

Grand Crus   7 y gr g Dom Alco – Fee Magic (Cod,  Martin, Neil, Steve, Tony)

LIFETIME RECORD	STARTS	WINS	2NDS	3RDS	WINNINGS	EARNINGS	BEST TS	BEST RPR	OR†
NHF	2	0	0	0	£0	£0	46	87	—
Hurdle	9	4	4	0	£81,338	£172,275	136	171	167
Chase	4	3	0	0	£47,230	£54,159	159	168	157
Rules Races	15	7	4	0	£128,568	£226,434

Very decent chaser who has won 7 of his 15 starts, he got off the mark at his 4^th attempt, winning a 2m 5f novice hurdle at Plumpton in January 201, beating A’bey My Boy 8l. He was then second at Taunton over 2m 1f in another novice hurdle, beaten 4l by Sanctuaire, then went to Cheltenham in November and beat For Non Stop 6l, giving 1lb to the runner up. He then won a 3m listed brush hurdle at Haydock by 10 l from Barafundle, followed up at Cheltenham in January, in a 3m grade 2 hurdle, beating Knockara Beau 10l, then took on Big Bucks at the Festival, finishing 1 ¾ l 2^nd in the World Hurdle, and suffered the same fate at Aintree , this time 5l behind Big Bucks.. He then went to Auteil in June 2011,  and was 6^th behind Thousand Stars, beaten 11 ½ l in the 3m grade 1, Grande Course Des Haies, D’Auteuil hurdle. Sent chasing last season, he started in a 2m 4f novice chase at Cheltenham, beating Champion Court, giving 5lb, 10l, and followed up at Newbury in a 3m grade 2 novice chase, beating Sonofvic 2l, giving 7lb to the runner up. He then took the 3m grade Feltham Novice chase at Kempton on Boxing Day, beating Silviniaco Conti 2 1/4l. He went to the RSA Chase at the festival as a strong favourite, but faded badly at the bottom of the hill and finished 4^th, beaten 17 ½ l.  He reportedly scoped dirty after that, so if you put a line through that he can be expected to take top rank this season.