18:25 Aintree

Friday 14 May 2021

All17:2017:5018:2519:0019:3520:0520:35

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Off time: 18:25 | Winning time: 4m 53.10s

1^st

Proschema

611-11

6/5f

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Held up in rear, switched left and closed before 2 out, soon pushed along, switched right before last, hard ridden and stayed on well flat, led close home op 13/8 tchd 11/10

2^nd

Sebastopol

711-9

9/1

T: T LaceyJ: J J Burke

Held up in mid-division, headway approaching 3 out, challenged last, soon led, driven flat, headed close home op 15/2 tchd 7/1

3^rd

Giovanni Change

611-2

9/2

T: M WalfordJ: Jamie Hamilton

Led into start, jumped right, led and wide early, ridden and joined last, soon headed, stayed on, lost 2nd towards finish tchd 4/1

4^th

2 ¼

Ask Paddington

711-5

7/1

T: T DavidsonJ: Harry Reed

Held up in rear, headway approaching 3 out, not much room on landing briefly last, held but kept on flat op 15/2

5^th

Shetland Bus

810-4

16/1

T: Justin LandyJ: Sean Quinlan

Held up towards rear, headway from 3 out, not fluent 2 out, held flat, kept on, no extra towards finish tchd 22/1

6^th

Black Mischief

911-4

50/1

T: H FryJ: Lorcan Murtagh (3)

Held up in mid-division on outside, headway when not fluent 2 out, held before last, kept on flat op 28/1 tchd 66/1

7^th

No Comment

1011-1

18/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: T J O'Brien

Mid-division, pushed along 3 out, not fluent last, kept on flat, never dangerous op 16/1

8^th

3 ¾

Courtandbould

711-12

16/1

T: F O'BrienJ: P J Brennan

Chased leader, not fluent 2 out, nudged along and lost 2nd before last, faded flat op 12/1 tchd 18/1

9^th

Present Ranger

810-12

100/1

T: D SkeltonJ: Bridget Andrews

Chased leaders, not fluent 4 out, ridden and no extra approaching last tchd 80/1

10^th

4 ½

Irish Roe

1010-12

14/1

T: P AtkinsonJ: Henry Brooke

Held up towards rear, pushed along after 4 out, struggling 2 out op 12/1

11^th

6 ½

Goobinator

511-1

40/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: B S Hughes

Chased leaders on inside, lost place 7th, well beaten when mistake 2 out op 50/1

12^th

Pileon

711-8

22/1

T: P Hobbs & J WhiteJ: M G Nolan

Chased leaders, not fluent 4th, lost place 3 out, weakened before next op 16/1

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Non-Runners

Constantine Bay⁴⁹⁹

Weight: 10-11| Age: 10

T: B Ellison J: Ryan Mania

Big Bad Bear²¹

Weight: 11-2| Age: 7

T: N G Richards J: Danny McMenamin

Flowery⁸⁸

Weight: 11-5| Age: 9

T: I Jardine J: C O'Farrell

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.10Pl:£1.30, £1.80, £1.80EX:£10.90Trifecta:£46.10Tricast:£40.21SF:£12.92Swingers:£3.50, £2.10, £6.10

Forecasts

Proschema (6/5), Giovanni Change (9/2), Ask Paddington (7/1), Sebastopol (9/1), Big Bad Bear (12/1), Irish Roe (14/1), Shetland Bus (16/1), Courtandbould (16/1), Flowery (16/1), No Comment (18/1), Pileon (22/1), Constantine Bay (33/1), Goobinator (40/1), Black Mischief (50/1), Present Ranger (100/1)

ASK PADDINGTON was well on top at the finish when scoring at Hexham recently and may well have more in the locker for this stable, so he gets the marginal vote in a competitive event. Fellow last-time-out winner Proschema is an obvious danger and 2019 winner Irish Roe warrants a mention.