2:20 Aintree 10 Apr 2026
William Hill Mildmay Novices' Chase (Grade 1) (GBB Race)
(Class 1) (3m210yds) 3m1f Mildmay Good To Soft 19 fences
1st
£67,724 2nd
£25,640 3rd
£12,932 4th
£6,560 5th
£3,392 6th
£1,796
Error
| Pos. (Draw) |
Horse / SP
Trainer / Jockey
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Jockey
Trainer
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Age | WGT | OR | TS | RPR | MR | ||
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7 | 117 t | 153 | 147 | 161 | – | ||||
| b g Doctor Dino (FR) - Steel Dancer (FR) (Kaldounevees) | ||||||||||
| Took keen hold, prominent, pressed leader from 4th, not fluent 3 out, led 2 out, soon went clear, bad mistake and reduced lead last, ridden and kept on run-in, fatally injured (inquiry held into riding of winner from jumping final fence up until rounding bend towards pull up area after which gelding was immediately assessed by vets and subsequently euthanised on welfare grounds; jockey and Director of Equine Regulation, Safety, and Welfare were both interviewed and shown recordings of incident; jockey said gelding had made a bad mistake at last fence after which it had taken a stride or two for gelding to gather himself before, in his opinion, running on in a straight line to winning line where he felt sound; jockey added that it was only until rounding bend towards pull up area that gelding's action changed when gelding went from a canter to a trot after which he immediately dismounted from gelding; after reviewing footage, Director of Equine, Safety, and Welfare explained that gelding's action was typical of a 3m chaser in final stages of a race and supported evidence of jockey; after hearing all of their evidence, the stewards noted jockey's explanation) (op 3/1) | ||||||||||
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7 | 117 h | 145 | 143 | 152 | – | ||||
| b g Walk In The Park (IRE) - Pretty Puttens (IRE) (Snurge) | ||||||||||
| Soon led, pestered from 4th, not fluent 5th, headed 2 out, soon lost ground, kept on run-in (tchd 9/2) | ||||||||||
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6 | 117 p | 152 | 138 | 145 | – | ||||
| b g Motivator - Salve Evita (Monsun) | ||||||||||
| In touch with leaders, left in third 4 out, some headway after 3 out, weakening when mistake last (op 7/2) | ||||||||||
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8 | 117 | 144 | 130 | 136 | – | ||||
| ch g Doyen (IRE) - Queen Of Questions (IRE) (Bob Back) | ||||||||||
| Didn't always jump with fluency, towards rear, some headway 5 out, left in fourth 4 out, disputing third 3 out, soon weakened (op 16/1 tchd 12/1) | ||||||||||
| 6 | 117 t | 135 | 122 | 127 | – | |||||
| b g Doyen (IRE) - Ravello Bay (Supreme Leader) | ||||||||||
| In rear, not fluent 9th, mistake 12th, not fluent and struggling 13th, soon lost touch | ||||||||||
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7 | 117 | 149 | 107 | 110 | – | ||||
| br g Great Pretender (IRE) - Biche D'Oo (FR) (Martaline) | ||||||||||
| Kicked before start, in touch with leaders, outpaced 5 out, struggling when hampered 4 out, soon weakened (op 15/2) | ||||||||||
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6 | 117 t | 140 | – | – | – | ||||
| b g Berkshire (IRE) - Mrs Jordan (IRE) (King's Theatre) | ||||||||||
| Soon in touch with leaders, disputing fourth and 5 lengths down when brought down 4 out | ||||||||||
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7 | 117 | 145 | – | – | – | ||||
| ch g Leading Light (IRE) - Rose De Beaufai (FR) (Solon) | ||||||||||
| Prominent, raced in third from 4th, hit 5 out, 4 lengths down when fell 4 out (tchd 10/3) | ||||||||||
- 8 ran Off time: 2:21:06 Winning time: 6m 14.66s (slow by 2.16s) Total SP: 114%
- 1st owner: Gigginstown House Stud (Gold Dancer) 1st breeder: Scea De Maulepaire & M C De Saint Seine
- 2nd owner: Ferguson, Mason, Hales, Hogarth & Vogt (Regent's Stroll)
- 3rd owner: Keith Graves (Salver)
- Tote win: £4.34 PL: £1.50 £1.80 £1.40 Ex: £20.20 CSF: £20.21 Tricast: £58.13 Trifecta: £77.10
