Full Result 2.05 Aintree | 9 November 2019

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(Class 2) (0-150, 4yo+) (2m3f200yds) 2m4f Mildmay Soft 16 fences

1st £49,520 2nd £14,704 3rd £7,352 4th £3,664 5th £1,840 6th £928 7th £464 8th £224

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Pos. (Draw)	Horse / SP Trainer / Jockey	Jockey Trainer	Age	WGT	OR	TS	RPR	MR
1	7. Riders Onthe Storm (IRE) 4/1C Sam Twiston-Davies Nigel Twiston-Davies	Sam Twiston-Davies Nigel Twiston-Davies	6	115	140	118	154	–
br g Scorpion (IRE) - Endless Moments (IRE) (Saddlers' Hall)
Held up, headway 11th, led next, mistake 3 out, narrow lead 2 out, pushed 3 lengths clear last, ridden out run-in (op 9/2)

2 1¾	1. Cepage (FR) 4/1C Charlie Deutsch Venetia Williams	Charlie Deutsch Venetia Williams	7	1112	147	124	158	–
b g Saddler Maker (IRE) - Sience Fiction (FR) (Dom Alco)
Prominent, led 8th, headed 12th, close 2nd 3 out and 2 out, 3 lengths down and ridden approaching last, kept on run-in (tchd 7/2)

3 12 [13¾]	9. Oldgrangewood 4/1C Harry Skelton Dan Skelton	Harry Skelton Dan Skelton	8	111 tp	136	100	136	–
b g Central Park (IRE) - Top Of The Class (IRE) (Rudimentary)
Mid-division on inner, ridden and headway after 4 out, went 3rd 2 out, no extra approaching last (op 9/2)

4 ½ [14¼]	5. Duke Street (IRE) 9/2 Brian Hughes Dr Richard Newland	Brian Hughes Dr Richard Newland	7	116 p	141	105	140	–
b g Duke Of Marmalade (IRE) - Act Of The Pace (IRE) (King's Theatre)
Held up on outer, went prominent 9th, 3rd 4 out, reminder 2 out, ridden and weakened approaching last (op 4/1)

5 9 [23¼]	10. Copper West (IRE) 14/1 Jonathan Burke Tom George	Jonathan Burke Tom George	8	1010	131	85	120	–
b g Westerner - Printing Copper (IRE) (Blueprint)
Held up, pushed along 4 out, soon driven and lost touch (op 12/1)

6 1 [24¼]	2. Bigmartre (FR) 25/1 Page Fuller ³ Harry Whittington	Page Fuller ³ Harry Whittington	8	119	147	100	135	–
b g Montmartre (FR) - Oh La Miss (FR) (Le Balafre)
Led, headed 8th, soon lost place, ridden and weakened before 4 out (tchd 28/1)

7 1½ [25¾]	8. War Sound 17/2 Tom O'Brien Philip Hobbs	Tom O'Brien Philip Hobbs	10	113	138	90	127	–
b g Kayf Tara - Come The Dawn (Gunner B)
Held up, blundered 10th, driven and effort after 4 out, no extra from 3 out (op 8/1 tchd 9/1)

8 13 [38¾]	4. Indian Temple (IRE) 40/1 Harry Reed ³ Tim Reed	Harry Reed ³ Tim Reed	10	116 p	144	82	118	–
b g Indian River (FR) - Ballycraggan (IRE) (Beneficial)
Prominent early, soon tracking leaders, lost place halfway, driven and lost touch 4 out

PU	3. The West's Awake (IRE) 25/1 Phillip Enright E J O'Grady	Phillip Enright E J O'Grady	8	1110 b¹	145	–	–	–
b g Yeats (IRE) - Bilboa (FR) (Phantom Breeze)
Chased leaders, driven and lost place 4 out, soon ridden and lost touch, pulled up before 2 out

PU	6. The Russian Doyen (IRE) 8/1 Tom Scudamore Colin Tizzard	Tom Scudamore Colin Tizzard	6	115	140	–	–	–
b g Doyen (IRE) - Namloc (IRE) (Phardante)
Held up, blundered 7th, behind from 4 out, pulled up before 2 out, lame (vet said gelding was lame on its left hind) (op 7/1 tchd 9/1)

10 ran Off time: 2:05:19 Winning time: 5m 7.50s (slow by 15.50s) Total SP: 117%
1st owner: Carl Hinchy And Mark Scott (Riders Onthe Storm) 1st breeder: Tom Taaffe
2nd owner: The Bellamy Partnership (Cepage)
3rd owner: Chris Giles & Sandra Giles (Oldgrangewood)
Tote win: £4 PL: £1.80 £1.70 £1.60 Ex: £23.70 CSF: £20.62 Tricast: £68.03 Trifecta: £106.40

2:05 Aintree 9 Nov 2019

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