2:05 Aintree 25 Oct 2008
intercasino.co.uk Veterans' Handicap Chase
(Class 2) (3m210yds) 3m1f Mildmay Good To Soft 19 fences
1st
£18,786 2nd
£5,550 3rd
£2,775 4th
£1,389 5th
£693 6th
£348
| 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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10 | 119 t | 142 | 122 | 153 | – | ||||
| b g Supreme Leader - Run For Shelter (Strong Gale) | ||||||||||
| In touch, hit 8th, led 13th, steadily drew clear from 3 out, stayed on well (op 5-1 tchd 11-2) | ||||||||||
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10 | 109 p | 125 | 100 | 130 | – | ||||
| b g Sadler's Wells (USA) - High Hawk (Shirley Heights) | ||||||||||
| In midfield, headway approaching 9th, went 2nd after 4 out, no danger to winner from next (op 11-2) | ||||||||||
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10 | 115 | 135 | 89 | 118 | – | ||||
| ch g Un Desperado (FR) - Marble Fontaine (Lafontaine I) | ||||||||||
| Jumped awkwardly, held up, plugged on to take 3rd after 2 out, never able to challenge (op 8-1 tchd 9-1) | ||||||||||
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10 | 100 p | 116 | 61 | 90 | – | ||||
| b g Zaffaran (USA) - Sharp Fashion VII (Bustineto) | ||||||||||
| Chased leaders, blundered 4th, lost place 6th, mistake 8th, toiling after 11th, well behind 13th, stayed on to take remote 4th close home (tchd 12-1) | ||||||||||
| 10 | 1110 | 140 | 85 | 113 | – | |||||
| b g Minster Son (IRE) - Howcleuch (Buckskin) | ||||||||||
| Always behind, struggling 13th stayed on to challenge for remote 4th close home (op 8-1) | ||||||||||
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10 | 111 | 131 | 75 | 104 | – | ||||
| ch g Presenting - My Grand Rose (IRE) (Executive Perk) | ||||||||||
| Chased leader, hit 12th, soon lost 2nd, weakened after 4 out, lost 4th close home (jockey said, regarding appearing to ease gelding on run-in, that it began to whinny after jumping the last. ) (op 13-2 tchd 7-1) | ||||||||||
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10 | 112 | 137 | – | – | – | ||||
| ch g Agent Bleu (FR) - Kelinda (FR) (Pot D'Or) | ||||||||||
| Led, clear to 8th, headed 13th, weakened approaching 3 out, behind when pulled up before last (jockey said gelding was unsuited by the good to soft ground) (op 9-4) | ||||||||||
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10 | 103 | 119 | – | – | – | ||||
| b g Perrault - Macyrienne (FR) (Saint Cyrien) | ||||||||||
| Jumped badly right throughout and mistakes, always behind, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out (op 16-1) | ||||||||||
- 8 ran Off time: 2:07:00 Winning time: 6m 40.80s (slow by 28.80s) Total SP: 114%
- Non-runners: Burntoakboy (vet's certificate), D'Argent (self certificate)
- 1st owner: C Cornes (Fundamentalist) 1st breeder: John Fowler
- 2nd owner: Grahame Liles (Aleron)
- 3rd owner: Andrea & Graham Wylie (El Vaquero)
- Tote win: £4.10 PL: £1.70 £1.60 £2.40 Ex: £21.70 CSF: £27.30 Tricast: £160.23 Trifecta: £37.70 Pool: £535.50 - 10.50 winning units.
