3:30 Aintree 4 Apr 2025
My Pension Expert Melling Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race)
(Class 1) (2m3f200yds) 2m4f Mildmay Good 16 fences
1st
£144,716.66 2nd
£57,166.67 3rd
£30,766.67
Error
| Pos. (Draw) |
Horse / SP
Trainer / Jockey
|
Jockey
Trainer
|
Age | WGT | OR | TS | RPR | MR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
9 | 1110 | 169 | 161 | 173 | – | ||||
| b g Walk In The Park (IRE) - Star Face (FR) (Saint Des Saints) | ||||||||||
| Pressed leader, prominent after 2nd, led from 8th, went clear 2 out, comfortably (op 8/13) | ||||||||||
|
10 | 1110 t | 166 | 158 | 168 | – | ||||
| b g Saint Des Saints (FR) - Protektion (FR) (Protektor) | ||||||||||
| Led narrowly, headed and raced in second 8th, lost second 9th, left in second 5 out, lost ground 2 out, kept on well run-in, not pace to challenge (op 8/1) | ||||||||||
|
7 | 1110 | 161 | 115 | 141 | – | ||||
| b g Vadamos (FR) - Wattrey (Royal Academy) | ||||||||||
| Pressed leader, raced in third and prominent after 4th, went second 9th, bad mistake and lost second 5 out, lost ground 3 out, eased 2 out, tailed off (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake at 5th last fence) (op 18/1) | ||||||||||
|
8 | 1110 | 170 | – | – | – | ||||
| b g Spanish Moon (USA) - Sainte Mante (FR) (Saint Des Saints) | ||||||||||
| Didn't always jump with fluency, raced in fourth, mistake and detached 1st, jumped right 2nd, joined main group with one circuit to go, fell heavily 11th (tchd 9/4) | ||||||||||
- 4 ran Off time: 3:30:33 Winning time: 4m 53.73s (slow by 1.73s) Total SP: 107%
- 1st owner: John P McManus (Jonbon) 1st breeder: Lotfi Kohli
- 2nd owner: Sir A Ferguson G Mason J Hales & L Hales (Protektorat)
- 3rd owner: Simon Munir & Isaac Souede (Matata)
- Tote win: £1.67 Ex: £3.70 CSF: £5.28 Trifecta: £9.20
