Aintree Result
04 Apr 2003
Martell Cognac Melling Chase (Class A) Grade 1
- (Class 1) (5yo+) 2m4f Good 16 fences
- £87,000.00, £33,000.00, £16,500.00, £7,500.00, £3,750.00, £2,250.00
| HORSE/SP | AGE | WGT | TRAINER/JOCKEY | OR | TS | RPR | |||||||
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Native Upmanship
(IRE) 5/4F
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10 | 11-10 | A L T Moore | — | * | * | » | ||||
| ch g Be My Native (USA) - Hi' Upham (Deep Run) | Conor O'Dwyer | ||||||||||||
Held up, hit 8th, tracked leaders going well from 9th, led on bit between last 2, smoothly (op 6-4 tchd 6-5) |
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1 | Seebald (GER) 4/1 | 8 | 11-10 | M C Pipe | 162 | * | * | » | |||
| b g Mulberry (FR) - Spartina (USA) (Northern Baby) | A P McCoy | ||||||||||||
Held up, headway to track leaders 9th, led 3 out, soon ridden, headed between last 2, no match for winner (op 3-1 tchd 9-2 in a place) |
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3 |
18 | Kadarann (IRE) 12/1 | 6 | 11-10 | Paul Nicholls | 167 | * | * | » | |||
| b g Bigstone (IRE) - Kadassa (IRE) (Shardari) | Joe Tizzard | ||||||||||||
With leaders, led after 13th, headed next, weakened between last 2 (tchd 14-1) |
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5 | Cenkos (FR) 11/2 | 9 | 11-10 | Paul Nicholls | 169 | * | * | » | |||
| ch g Nikos - Vincenza (Grundy) | R Walsh | ||||||||||||
Led 4th, mistake 13th, soon headed, weakened 2 out (op 5-1 tchd 6-1, 13-2 in places) |
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5 |
20 | Wahiba Sands 16/1 | 10 | 11-10 | M C Pipe | 149 | * | * | » | |||
| b g Pharly (FR) - Lovely Noor (USA) (Fappiano) | Norman Williamson | ||||||||||||
Blundered 2nd, blundered and lost place 10th, soon behind (tchd 20-1) |
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6 |
dist | Edredon Bleu (FR) 5/1 | 11 | 11-10 t | Henrietta Knight | 165 | * | * | » | |||
| b g Grand Tresor (FR) - Nuit Bleue III (FR) (Le Pontet) | J Culloty | ||||||||||||
Led to 4th, soon pushed along, outpaced 10th, soon lost place, tailed off from 12th, completed in own time (op 6-1, after 7-1 in places) |
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