Full Results
14:45 Aintree
Totesport Becher Handicap Chase (Class B)
- 14 Runners
- Distance: 3m 3f
- Going: Soft, Good to Soft in places
- Form 3124P-1
- Age 7
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer P F Nicholls
- Jockey Ruby Walsh
led 1st, remained close up, stayed 8th (Water), left in lead 9th, jumped right 2 out, driven out
- Form P1UP-01
- Age 8
- Weight 10-6
- Trainer M Todhunter
- Jockey A Dobbin
held up towards rear, headway approaching 14th (Becher's), went 2nd 2 out, ridden approaching last, every chance elbow, not quicken towards finish
Smarty (IRE)
34- Form 5/4065-2
- Age 11
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer M Pitman
- Jockey Timmy Murphy
mid-division, hit 5th, headway 18th, hit next, ridden approaching 2 out, stayed on under pressure from last
- Form 31-3135
- Age 6
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer P Hobbs & J White
- Jockey P Flynn
not fluent, held up in mid-division, rallied 2 out, one pace from next
- Form 2P51-04
- Age 12
- Weight 11-10
- Trainer D McCain Jnr
- Jockey G Lee
held up headway approaching 11th, ridden 3 out, stayed on run-in
- Form 601PP-3
- Age 7
- Weight 10-9
- Trainer G Huffer
- Jockey C Llewellyn
held up behind, ridden and headway approaching 2 out, kept on and no impression from next
- Form 3P21-00
- Age 9
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer S A Brookshaw
- Jockey M Foley
with leaders, mistake 18th, ridden and weakened approaching last
- Form 222P0-5
- Age 9
- Weight 10-3
- Trainer P F Nicholls
- Jockey R Thornton
ridden approaching last, soon weakened
- Form 313FP-P
- Age 8
- Weight 11-7
- Trainer Mrs S J Smith
- Jockey D Elsworth
tracked leaders 4th, mistake 17th (Valentines), lost place 19th, tailed off
Native Emperor
218- Form 22121P-
- Age 8
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer J & A O'Neill
- Jockey M A Fitzgerald
held up, mistake 18th, ridden and weakened approaching 2 out
Takagi (IRE)
42- Form 1U-2423
- Age 9
- Weight 11-8
- Trainer E O'Grady
- Jockey D N Russell
with leaders 1st, behind from 4th, well behind when blundered and unseated rider last
- Form 3245-51
- Age 9
- Weight 10-1
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey F Keniry
in touch when trying to refuse 4th and fell
Ardent Scout
21- Form 000-P32
- Age 12
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer Mrs S J Smith
- Jockey L McGrath
led 2nd until blundered and unseated rider 9th
- Form 5U/30-PP
- Age 12
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer Ferdy Murphy
- Jockey K Mercer
behind when blundered and unseated rider 1st