Saphir Sparkles at Aintree
Cossack Dances Round in
Melling
Express Steams home in
Topham
Whisper wins Stayers
Clouds Lands National
Report
We start at Aintree on Friday where in the 3m 1f grade 1
Mildmay Novice chase, Saphir Du Rheu (Bob, Cliff, Lee), went to post, tracked leaders,
close 2nd at 12th, led 4 out, went clear between last 2,
eased closing stages, winning impressively by 15l. He
gets 27.4 points.
In the 2m 4f Grade 1 Melling
chase Don Cossack (
Tony), took his chance, tracked
leaders, 2nd 8th, led 3 out, driven clear 2 out, eased
closing stages, winning impressively by 26l. He
gets 58.2 points.
In the 2m 5f handicap chase, Rajdhani
Express ( Cod) , went to post, held
up in rear, headway 6th, tracking leaders 11th, left
handy 2nd 14th, upsides over last 2, soon led run in and
driven clear wining by 10. He gets 73.8 points.
On Saturday in the 3m grade
1 stayers hurdle Whisper
(Peej, Steve), took his chance, held up in mid division, handy 3rd 8th,
2nd and driven approaching 3 out, led 2 out, driven right out run in , winning by 3 ½ l. He gets 30.7 points.
In the 4m 3 ½ f Grand National handicap chase, Many Clouds (Cod, Lee),
went to post,
Soon prominent, left in lead 5 out, clear soon after last,
driven right ot from elbow, held on well close home winning by 1 ¾ l. He gets 82.9 points,
At Cheltenham today in the 3m 2f handicap chase, Lamb or Cod (Cod), went
to post, Pressed leader to after 2nd,
tracked leading pair, mistake 5th, slightly outpaced in 3rd after 3 out,
rallied on inside approaching last, ridden to lead flat, kept on well, winning
by 3 ¾ l. He gets 32.4 points.
The John
Torpey Memorial Trophy
April Total
Lee 174.9 785.1
Cliff 108.2 779.5
Tony 160.5 773. 2
Cod 263.8 648.9
Peej 83.9
583.8
Martin 27.6 414.5
Bob 48.9
395.6
Neil 27.6 395.1
Steve 30.7
327.8
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