12:30 Aintree

Saturday 7 December 2019

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Off time: 12:30 | Winning time: 5m 16.1s

1^st

Sammy Bill

611-1

5/2f

T: O SherwoodJ: L P Aspell

Held up in rear, headway approaching 3 out, went 2nd 2 out, led before last, stayed on well op 9/4 tchd 11/4

2^nd

3 ¼

Fixed Rate

611-12

16/1

T: C J MannJ: Harry Bannister

Led, clear briefly between from after 3 out until 2 out, headed before last, held flat, kept on op 12/1

3^rd

Charmix

911-0

66/1

T: Miss Lucinda V RussellJ: Callum Bewley

Chased leaders, not fluent 2nd, soon lost place, effort 3 out, not fluent 2 out, stayed on same pace, took 3rd flat op 50/1

4^th

1 ¼

Cap St Vincent

611-5

8/1

T: Tim VaughanJ: R Johnson

Held up in rear, headway on inside from 3 out, 3rd when not fluent last, one pace and lost 3rd flat op 11/1

5^th

Duhallow Lad

710-1

15/2

T: A E JonesJ: James Best

Tracked leaders, mistake and took 2nd 3 out until next, stayed on same pace op 7/1 tchd 6/1

6^th

Acdc

911-3

33/1

T: C GrantJ: Henry Brooke

Held up, closed 5th, ridden 3 out, weakened flat

7^th

Amoola Gold

611-2

9/2

T: D SkeltonJ: Bridget Andrews

Soon on touch in outside, not fluent 11th, ridden approaching 3 out, beaten from 2 out op 4/1

8^th

Cracking Find

811-9

11/1

T: J Parkinson & S SmithJ: Danny Cook

Chased leader until 3 out, weakened from next tchd 10/1

Also Ran

Rebel Royal

611-4

3/1

T: A KingJ: Tom Cannon

Not fluent in rear, mistake and behind 11th, pulled up before 4 out op 9/2 tchd 7/2

Monsieur Co

611-2

14/1

T: K DalgleishJ: Craig Nichol

Mid-division, hit 4th, effort 9th, hit 12th, mistake when struggling 3 out, soon weakened, pulled up after 2 out op 16/1

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Non-Runners

Lake Takapuna¹²⁵

Weight: 11-5| Age: 8

T: J Ewart J: Sam Twiston-Davies

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.30Pl:£1.70, £2.00, £23.00EX:£48.40Trifecta:£567.50Tricast:£2,145.06SF:£41.90Swingers:£7.70, £29.90, £0.00

Forecasts

Sammy Bill (5/2), Rebel Royal (3/1), Amoola Gold (9/2), Duhallow Lad (15/2), Cap St Vincent (8/1), Cracking Find (11/1), Monsieur Co (14/1), Lake Takapuna (14/1), Fixed Rate (16/1), Acdc (33/1), Charmix (66/1)

There was plenty to like about SAMMY BILL's debut over fences at Kempton last month and while this is a step up in grade, there could still be plenty of improvement to come from the six-year-old. Rebel Royal is another last time out winner who has a rise in the weights to cope with but he's another who looks well suited to the chasing game. Amoola Gold has to be the main danger after his encouraging effort at Newbury last time out.

Sammy Bill
Amoola Gold
Rebel Royal

Previous Winners

2018

Ballyhill

Weight: 11-11 |Age: 7

J: Sam Twiston-Davies | T: N & W Twiston-Davies

7/2

Prize Money

1st: £10,397.002nd: £3,053.003rd: £1,526.004th: £763.005th: £350.006th: £350.007th: £350.008th: £350.00