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16:55 Aintree

Martell Cognac Beefeater Restaurants Handicap Hurdle (Class A)

  • 23 Runners
  • Distance: 2m 4f
  • Going: Good
Weighed In
  • Winning Time: 4m 57.70s
  • 23 Ran
1
Silk - Orange, Red seams, Orange cap, Red stars
16/1
  • Form 222135-
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-12

held up in rear, headway 7th, hampered after 8th, soon ridden, weakened 3 out

2
Silk - YELLOW, MAROON and YELLOW hooped sleeves, quartered cap

Copeland

14 v
25/1
  • Form 62-3403
  • Age 9
  • Weight 11-8

prominent, led 8th, ridden and headed 2 out, weakened last

3
Silk - BEIGE, BROWN hooped sleeves, ORANGE cap
  • Form P6P-4PP
  • Age 11
  • Weight 11-8

always towards rear

4
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, EMERALD GREEN sleeves, WHITE cap, EMERALD GREEN spots
14/1
  • Form 4336P0
  • Age 6
  • Weight 11-5

led, mistake 5th, headed 8th, soon ridden and weakened

5
Silk - ROYAL BLUE, ORANGE hoop, ORANGE sleeves, ROYAL BLUE armlets, quartered cap
12/1
  • Form F1U500
  • Age 9
  • Weight 11-5

held up in rear, headway 7th, every chance 2 out, soon ridden, weakened last

6
Silk - PINK, PURPLE cross belts, hooped sleeves, PURPLE cap
5/1
  • Form 3311-12
  • Age 5
  • Weight 11-3

held up, headway 8th, ridden to lead 2 out, hung left approaching last, headed and no extra flat

7
Silk - Pink and White diamonds, White sleeves, Pink cap
  • Form 0P-2P10
  • Age 8
  • Weight 11-2

always towards rear

8
Silk - WHITE, large BLACK spots, BLACK cap
16/1
  • Form 10-1601
  • Age 7
  • Weight 11-0

mid-division, ridden after 8th, soon weakened

9
Silk - Purple, Yellow sleeves, Purple spots and spots on cap
  • Form 6511-15
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-13

held up, headway after 5th, ridden approaching 3 out, weakened next

10
Silk - Emerald Green, Orange star and sleeves, White cap

Bound

14
33/1
  • Form 0-F1320
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-10

mid-division, ridden after 8th, soon weakened

11
Silk - White, White cap, Royal Blue star
66/1
  • Form 5120
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-8

behind, ridden and headway approaching 2 out, hit last, stayed on never nearer

12
Silk - Yellow, Grey sleeves
66/1
  • Form U21264
  • Age 9
  • Weight 10-8

in touch, hit 7th, ridden after next, soon weakened

13
Silk - Light Blue, Maroon chevron, halved sleeves, Light Blue and Maroon quartered cap
20/1
  • Form 5-F002P
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-6

mid-division, headway 8th, ridden approaching 3 out, soon weakened

14
Silk - DARK GREEN and ORANGE (quartered), WHITE sleeves and cap
12/1
  • Form 134540
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-6

held up, keen, in rear, headway approaching 3 out, ridden approaching last, led flat, ran on

15
Silk - Red, Pink sleeves and cap
  • Form 213115
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-5

keen, held up, headway 8th, not fluent 3 out, ridden and every chance 2 out, weakened flat

16
Silk - RED, emerald green sleeves, purple cap
12/1
  • Form 151213
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-5

mid-division, headway 8th, ridden 3 out, weakened approaching last

17
Silk - Light Blue, Red stars, Light Blue sleeves
16/1
  • Form 420466
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-5

prominent, hit 3rd and 7th, weakening when not much room after next

18
Silk - White, Red and Black striped sleeves, White cap
  • Form 505615
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-5

mid-division, ridden after 8th, weakening when hit 3 out

19
Silk - Emerald Green, Pink hollow box, sleeves and star on cap
25/1
  • Form 124241
  • Age 7
  • Weight 10-4

towards rear, headway 8th, ridden and every chance 2 out, weakened last

20
Silk - Pink, Dark Blue spots
  • Form 6-00053
  • Age 8
  • Weight 10-3

mid-division, headway 8th, ridden approaching 3 out, kept on flat

21
Silk - LIGHT BLUE and ORANGE diamonds, LIGHT BLUE sleeves, LIGHT BLUE cap, ORANGE star
  • Form 4211/00
  • Age 8
  • Weight 10-2

tracked leaders, ridden when hampered after 8th, soon weakened

22
Silk - RED, EMERALD GREEN epaulets, EMERALD GREEN sleeves, RED armlets, RED cap, EMERALD GREEN diamond
  • Form 0056F2
  • Age 6
  • Weight 10-0

always behind

23
Silk - White, large Red spots and armlets, Red and White quartered cap
  • Form 311-606
  • Age 5
  • Weight 10-0

tracked leaders, ridden and every chance 3 out, weakened after next

In depth

Verdict

With 23 runners set to line up, this is a very tricky race. It's hard to be too dogmatic in trying to identify the winner but we'll nominate Gin Palace ahead of Copeland, Dancing Bay and Colourful Life, Spectrometer was a decent Flat handicapper and hurdler for Philip Hobbs and Mark Johnston and, if freshened up by the move to Richard Guest's stable, could run well although he lacks a recent run. Copeland has been dropped two pounds for a very good run in the County Hurdle - Bound was well behind him that day - and has to be respected from his current mark. Crazy Horse won this race from a mark of 145 in 2001 so, theoretically, from a mark of 140 he can be given a chance. That said, he has shown little in a couple of races since returning from injury this season. Korelo ran well from a two-pound higher mark when seventh in the Coral Cup last time but remains eight-pounds higher in the weights than for his last win. Redemption and Inca Trail were well behind Korelo at Cheltenham but could show in a better light if the going is good or faster today. Dancing Bay bounced back to form on better going at Newbury last time and, raised just four pounds for that effort, can go well again, while Timmy Murphy could be just what the doctor ordered for the enigmatic Gin Palace, who ran well on going that had gone against him in Sandown's Imperial Cup last time. He meets Shalako on the same terms for having beaten him a length-and-a-quarter at Sandown while, if you factor in his amateur rider's allowance, Just In Time is one horse that is back to near a winning mark. The form of Gone Far's Newbury second on March 6 reads pretty well, but other pieces of form around it not so well but, if Tony McCoy elects to ride him. Lotus des Pictons from the Martin Pipe contingent, he could yet run a good race off a low weight. Of the others, market support for either Charlie Swan's Old Flame or the Jonjo O'Neill-trained Golden Rambler, who looked decent a couple of years back before injury caused an absence, would be interesting, while Colourful Life remains consistent from his current mark and Ruby Walsh has been booked to ride. Mythical King is fairly lightly raced over hurdles and now tries this trip, over which he has won, for only the third time. As he seems to have been targeted at this race, do not rule out a bold showing, even though he has a couple of lengths to find with Colourful Life based on Haydock form in February.. Nathos has the scope to keep on improving and has a five-pound pull for the nine lengths he finished behind Gin Palace at Kempton in February, but it might not be enough to see him reverse the tables with selection which is, once again, Gin Palace.