Aintree
14:20
William Hill Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race)
Aintree Date: Fri, 12 Apr 2024 Distance: 2m4f Type: Hurdle Going: Soft Class: Class 1 Surface: Turf
Win: £6 Place: £1.80 £2.60 £2.30 Exacta: £70.20 Tricast: £338.18 Trifecta: £503.70
Non-Runners: Kamsinas (unsuitable ground), Santos Blue (unsuitable ground), West To The Bridge (self certificate)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 6 Kateira (GB) 8 M Good Dan Skelton 159 lbs 5/1C Won In rear - midfield 2nd - headway before 3 out - went second and ridden after 2 out - led last - kept on well
2nd 5 Jango Baie (FR) 5 G Elite Nicky Henderson 162 lbs 9/1 1.75 Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - lost ground when badly hampered 2 out - 6 lengths fourth last - ran on well run-in - went second towards finish(op 10/1)
3rd 21 Inthewaterside (FR) 6 G Elite Paul Nicholls 152 lbs 7/1 3.5 Led - headed last - weakened run-in - lost second towards finish(op 15/2 tchd 13/2)
4th 8 What's Up Darling (IRE) 7 G AVG Gordon Elliott 159 lbs 14/1 8.5 Midfield - slightly hampered 5th - headway and prominent before 3 out - disputing second 2 out - soon outpaced - weakened and lost third run-in(tchd 16/1)
5th 12 Spirit d'Aunou (FR) 6 G AVG Gary Moore 158 lbs 66/1 1.5 Towards rear - headway 4 out - slightly hampered 2 out - stayed on(op 50/1)
6th 4 Might I (IRE) 9 G AVG Harry Fry 163 lbs 20/1 1.75 In rear - still plenty to do 2 out - stayed on run-in(op 18/1)
7th 10 Uncle Bert (GB) 8 G AVG Nigel Twiston-Davies 151 lbs 16/1 9 Midfield - headway and pressed leaders after 4 out - weakened last(tchd 14/1)
8th 16 Ocastle Des Mottes (FR) 6 G AVG W P Mullins 155 lbs 5/1C 1.25 Took keen hold - held up in rear - headway into midfield after 4 out - weakened before last
9th 19 Champagne Twist (IRE) 6 G AVG Ben Pauling 154 lbs 5/1C 0.2 Raced in second - mistake and lost position 3 out - weakening when not fluent 2 out(op 6/1)
10th 9 Guard Your Dreams (GB) 8 G AVG Nigel Twiston-Davies 158 lbs 40/1 1.25 Prominent - badly hampered and weakened just after 2 out(op 33/1)
11th 17 Serious Operator (IRE) 8 G Good Lucinda Russell 151 lbs 28/1 1 Midfield - in rear from 6th(op 25/1)
12th 3 Sonigino (FR) 5 G AVG Paul Nicholls 159 lbs 22/1 3 Towards rear - slightly hampered 5th - headway after 4 out - weakened from 2 out(op 20/1)
13th 13 Theatre Man (IRE) 8 G AVG Richard J Bandey 156 lbs 12/1 26 Prominent - bad mistake 5th - weakened before 3 out(op 11/1)
14th 11 Boombawn (IRE) 7 G AVG Dan Skelton 158 lbs 22/1 9 In rear - slightly hampered 5th - headway into midfield after 4 out - weakened before 2 out(op 33/1)
15th 22 Making Headway (IRE) N/A Good Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero 151 lbs 13/2 1.5 Midfield - pecked on landing 3rd - bad mistake and dropped to rear 6th - lost touch 3 out (jockey said gelding made a number of jumping errors)(op 6/1 tchd 7/1)
16th 14 Playful Saint (FR) N/A Good Dan Skelton 156 lbs 40/1 5.5 Midfield - towards rear with one circuit to go - badly hampered by faller 3 out(op 33/1)
99th 20 Tronador (IRE) 8 G AVG Gordon Elliott 150 lbs 100/1 - In rear - struggling 4 out - fell 3 out(op 50/1)
99th 2 Icare Allen (FR) 7 G Poor Jonjo O'Neill 165 lbs 50/1 - In touch with leaders - ridden and lost position after 5th - soon in rear - pulled up 6th (jockey said gelding was never travelling)(op 33/1)
99th 1 Springwell Bay (GB) 8 G Good Jonjo O'Neill 168 lbs 25/1 - Prominent - mistake 2nd - disputing second when stumbled and unseated just after 2 out(op 20/1)