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left 3:10 right Aintree 9 Apr 2010

John Smith's Melling Chase Grade 1

(Class 1) (5yo+) (2m3f200yds) 2m4f Mildmay Good 15 fences 1 omitted
1st £99,767.50 2nd £37,432.50 3rd £18,742.50 4th £9,345 5th £4,690 6th £2,345
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John Smith's Melling Chase Grade 1, 2m4f - Good, Class 1 5yo+
John Smith's Melling Chase Grade 1, 2m4f - Good, Class 1 5yo+
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Pos. (Draw)
Horse / SP
Trainer / Jockey
Jockey
Trainer
Age WGT OR TS RPR MR
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1   
9 1110 168 152 170 right
b g Accordion (IRE) right - Holly Grove Lass (IRE) right (Le Moss) right
Chased leader from 3rd, upsides 9th, hit 5 out, led after next, hard driven and stayed on well (op 15-2)
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2 
8 1110 167 149 166 right
b g Moscow Society (USA) right - Run Artiste right (Deep Run) right
Held up, hit 5th, headway 5 out, went 2nd and hung left from 3 out, upsides last, stayed on same pace (tchd 9-2 and 5-1 in places)
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3  [4½]
12 1110 165 148 164 right
gr g Roselier (FR) right - Royal Remainder (IRE) right (Remainder Man) right
Led, joined 9th, headed after 4 out, kept on gamely from 2 out (op 7-1 tchd 8-1)
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4  ¾ [5¼]
7 1110 147 147 164 right
b g Akhdari (USA) right - Tartamuda (FR) right (Tyrnavos) right
Chased leaders, kept on same pace from 3 out (op 16-1)
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5  11 [16¼]
8 1110 b 150 136 154 right
b g Kahyasi (IRE) right - Mahogany River right (Irish River) right
In rear, headway 5 out, hit 2 out, weakened last (op 66-1)
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6  [20¾]
9 1110 163 132 149 right
b g Halling (USA) right - Seal Indigo (IRE) right (Glenstal) right
With leaders, lost place 4 out, broke blood vessel (trainer said gelding bled from the nose)
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7  [22]
7 1110 160 130 148 right
ch g Nikos right - Other Crik (FR) right (Bigstone) right
Held up, headway 9th, chasing leaders 3 out, soon weakened (op 25-1)
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8  61 [83]
8 1110 153 67 93
b g Giant's Causeway (USA) right - State Crystal (IRE) right (High Estate) right
Not jump well, hit 1st, blundered 5th, struggling and out of contention 5 out, tailed off next, virtually pulled up (jockey said gelding never travelled) (op 14-1)
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F   
9 1110 165 right
bb g Kahyasi (IRE) right - Queen Of Warsaw (FR) right (Assert) right
Held up last, fell 2nd (op 7-2 tchd 5-1 in places)
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F   
10 1110 v 156
ch g Oscar Schindler (IRE) right - Snipe Hunt (IRE) right (Stalker) right
In rear when fell 3rd, dead (op 18-1)
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UR   
7 1110 164 right
bl g Lahint (USA) right - Babolna (FR) right (Tropular) right
Tracked leaders, lost place and hit 8th, behind from 10th, tailed off when blundered and unseated rider 4 out (op 6-1)
6th last fence omitted on final circuit; injured horse
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