Aintree Races
Aintree
16:40
Cavani Menswear Sefton Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
Aintree
Date: Fri, 08 Apr 2022
Distance: 3m½f
Type: Hurdle
Going: Good To Soft
Class: Class 1
Surface: Turf
Win: £4.70
Place: £1.80 £7.60 £20.70
Exacta: £122
Tricast: £8090.87
Trifecta: £9542.80
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 8 | Gelino Bello (FR) | 8 G | Good | Paul Nicholls | 161 lbs | 7/2 | Won | Prominent - led 3 out - joined and ridden 2 out - edged left run-in - kept on strongly and went clear final 110yds(op 4/1) | ||
| 2nd | 9 | Gentleman At Arms (IRE) | N/A | AVG | Stuart Edmunds | 161 lbs | 28/1 | 4.5 | Chased leaders - ridden 3 out - hampered but disputed lead 2 out - every chance after last - soon switched right - held final 110yds(op 25/1) | ||
| 3rd | 14 | Haute Estime (IRE) | 8 M | AVG | Lucinda Russell | 154 lbs | 100/1 | 4 | Prominent - lost position and midfield 3rd - dropped to rear 5th - switched left and ridden 3 out - headway 2 out - went third last - stayed on - not reach leaders(op 80/1) | ||
| 4th | 5 | Crystal Glory (GB) | 6 G | AVG | Nicky Richards | 161 lbs | 11/2 | 3 | Midfield - not fluent 5th - chased leaders 4 out - ridden 3 out - disputing third but held after 2 out - stayed on(op 6/1 tchd 5/1) | ||
| 5th | 4 | Bridge North (IRE) | 8 G | AVG | Henry Daly | 161 lbs | 80/1 | 10 | Held up in rear - ridden before 3 out - mistake 2 out - stayed on but not pace to challenge(op 66/1) | ||
| 6th | 7 | Fair Frontieres (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | Kim Bailey | 161 lbs | 40/1 | 1.75 | Towards rear - headway into midfield 9th - ridden after 4 out - disputing fourth and 4 lengths down 2 out - weakened approaching last(op 33/1) | ||
| 7th | 11 | My Bobby Dazzler (GB) | 10 G | AVG | Mel Rowley | 161 lbs | 20/1 | 6.5 | Midfield - hampered and lost position after 1st - mistake 8th - ridden before 3 out - stayed on from 2 out(op 25/1) | ||
| 8th | 13 | Stag Horn (GB) | 4 G | Elite | Archie Watson | 161 lbs | 20/1 | 0.1 | Close up - led after 1st - headed 3 out - ridden when swerved left and lost second 2 out - soon lost third and weakened(op 16/1) | ||
| 9th | 10 | Green Book (FR) | N/A | AVG | Venetia Williams | 161 lbs | 14/1 | 9.5 | Prominent - pecked on landing 8th - lost position 4 out - weakened 3 out(op 12/1) | ||
| 10th | 12 | Skytastic (FR) | N/A | Good | Sam Thomas | 161 lbs | 11/2 | 8 | Led - headed but prominent after 1st - mistake and ridden 3 out - weakened 2 out | ||
| 11th | 3 | Bowtogreatness (IRE) | 9 G | AVG | Ben Pauling | 161 lbs | 40/1 | 7 | Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - pecked on landing 1st - shaken up 3 out - soon weakened (jockey said gelding ran too freely)(op 25/1 tchd 50/1) | ||
| 12th | 1 | Banbridge (IRE) | 8 G | Good | Joseph Patrick O'Brien | 161 lbs | 5/2F | 49 | Towards rear - hampered on turn after 1st - headway into midfield 5th - lost position 4 out - soon ridden - weakened before 2 out (trainer could offer no explanation for the gelding's apparent poor performance other than the horse was unsuited by being crowded for room on a number of occasions throughout the race; jockey said gelding was never travelling and had ran flat; vet reported that a post-race examination of the gelding failed to reveal any abnormalities)(op 9/4 tchd 11/4) | ||
| 13th | 6 | Duke Of Bronte (GB) | 8 G | Good | Dan Skelton | 161 lbs | 33/1 | .5 | Held up in rear - pushed along and some headway when mistake 3 out - weakened 2 out | ||
| 99th | 2 | Bold Endeavour (GB) | 9 G | AVG | L J Morgan | 161 lbs | 12/1 | - | Stumbled 2nd - in rear - soon pulled up - lame (jockey said gelding made a mistake at the first hurdle in the back straight; vet reported that the gelding was found to be lame on his right-fore) |