15:25 Aintree

Saturday 11 November 2017

All12:3013:0513:4014:1514:5015:2516:00

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Off time: 15:25 | Winning time: 4m 4.40s

1^st

Baby King

811-4

7/2

T: T R GeorgeJ: Adrian Heskin

Mid-division, headway 3 out, switched right before 2 out, went 2nd and 3 lengths to make up flat, stayed on well, led close home op 4/1

2^nd

Ut Majeur Aulmes

911-4

8/1

T: V R A DartnallJ: R Johnson

Tracked leaders, went 2nd 2 out, led before last, driven and 3 lengths clear flat, headed close home op 7/1

3^rd

1 ¼

Duke Of Navan

911-12

9/2

T: N G RichardsJ: R D Day (3)

Took keen hold, led 1st, ridden and headed before last, lost 2nd flat, kept on op 8/1

4^th

Workbench

910-9

8/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Held up in rear, headway when switched right then left after 3 out, 4th before last, unable to challenge, stayed on flat op 17/2 tchd 9/1

5^th

3 ¾

Ballyhill

611-5

6/4f

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: Mr Zac Baker (5)

Held up in rear, mistake 1st, headway on outside before 5th, close 3rd 2 out, soon ridden and beaten tchd 5/4

6^th

Imjoeking

1011-3

16/1

T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: Blair Campbell (7)

Held up towards rear, headway 6th, not much room and mistake next, soon lost place, well beaten 3 out op 12/1

7^th

Ink Master

711-5

40/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: Brendan Powell

Led until 1st, tracked leader, not fluent 5th, hit 8th, lost place 2 out, weakened op 33/1

8^th

Pain Au Chocolat

611-11

16/1

T: R MenziesJ: C O'Farrell

Tracked leaders, jumped left 7th, not fluent next, lost place before 4 out, well beaten 3 out op 12/1

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Non-Runners

Nicolas Chauvin²⁴

Weight: 11-1| Age: 9

T: James Moffatt J: S Bowen

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£4.70Pl:£1.30, £2.20, £1.50EX:£33.10Trifecta:£169.00Tricast:£128.86SF:£31.63Swingers:£6.10, £3.50, £6.70

Forecasts

Ballyhill (6/4), Baby King (7/2), Duke Of Navan (9/2), Nicolas Chauvin (6/1), Ut Majeur Aulmes (8/1), Workbench (8/1), Imjoeking (16/1), Pain Au Chocolat (16/1), Ink Master (40/1)

Duke Of Navan and Pain Au Chocolat have “previous” the latter getting the better of the former at Perth in the summer and they still look closely matched on that form with although the lightly-raced Nicky Richards runner comes from a yard in better form. Plenty of the others in this have question marks against then but one that doesn’t from a form perspective is BALLYHILL who has shown up well in two tough novice chases and now goes handicapping off what looks to be a fair mark although the trip could be sharp enough so it’s hoped they go a good pace. Imjoeking was going well on his last visit here and may find it easier to cope with these fences rather than the National variety and Baby King should enter the equation if he can repeat his debut form over fences.

Ballyhill
Baby King
Duke Of Navan

Previous Winners

2016

Raven's Tower

Weight: 11-1 |Age: 6

J: Tom Cannon | T: B Pauling

9/2

Prize Money

1st: £15,640.002nd: £4,620.003rd: £2,310.004th: £1,155.005th: £578.006th: £290.00