4:55
Aintree
7 Apr 2005
John Smith's Mersey Novices' Hurdle Class A Grade 2
(Class 1) 2m4f Good To Soft 11 hurdles
1st
£29,000 2nd
£11,000 3rd
£5,500 4th
£2,500 5th
£1,250 6th
£750
Pos. (Draw) |
Horse / SP
Trainer / Jockey
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Jockey
Trainer
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Age | WGT | OR | TS | RPR | MR | ||
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6 | 110 | 130 | 118 | 146 | – |
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Presenting |
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Held up, in touch, pulled hard, led approaching 3 out, soon headed, led 2 out, ridden approaching last, stayed on (op 11-1) | ||||||||||
5 | 118 | 142 | 120 | 148 | – |
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b g
Assessor (IRE) |
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Tracked leaders, ridden approaching 2 out, stayed on same pace last (op 10-1) | ||||||||||
6 | 118 | – | 118 | 146 | – |
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Machiavellian (USA) |
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Held up, raced keenly, headway to join leaders 3rd, mistake 7th, led 3 out, headed next, ridden and weakened flat (jockey said gelding had breathing problem) (op 11-10) | ||||||||||
7 | 110 | 144 | 101 | 131 | – |
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bb g
Polar Falcon (USA) |
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Held up, headway approaching 3 out, ridden after next, weakened last (jockey said gelding lost his action in closing stages) (tchd 11-4 and 3-1 in places) | ||||||||||
5 | 110 | 133 | 72 | 102 | – |
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Diesis |
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Held up, mistake 7th, not fluent next, effort approaching 3 out, soon weakened (op 16-1 tchd 20-1) | ||||||||||
6 | 110 t | 112 | 52 | 92 | – |
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br g
Anshan |
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Led, jumped right 5th, mistake next, headed and weakened approaching 3 out (jockey said gelding had breathing problem) | ||||||||||
7 | 110 | – | – | – | – |
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Aristocracy (IRE) |
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Held up, raced keenly, headway 4th, ridden and weakened after 4 out (trainer said gelding was scoped and found to have mucus in its lungs) | ||||||||||
6 | 115 | 137 | – | – | – |
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Moscow Society (USA) |
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Chased leaders, mistake 3rd, pulled up before next (trainer said gelding pulled up lame but was sound) | ||||||||||
6 | 113 | 132 | – | – | – |
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Faustus (USA) |
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Chased leaders, close 3rd when blundered and unseated rider 6th | ||||||||||
- 9 ran Off time: 4:58:00 Winning time: 5m 11.60s (slow by 26.60s) Total SP: 115%
- Non-runners: Bagan (unsuitable ground)
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1st owner:
Trevor Hemmings (Turpin Green)
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2nd owner:
B Winfield,A Longman,J Wright & C Fenton (My Way De Solzen)
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3rd owner:
Andrea & Graham Wylie (MephistoI)
- Tote win: £13.40 PL: £2.10 £2.50 £1.10 Ex: £160.10 CSF: £156.99