Aintree Races
Aintree
14:55
TrustATrader Top Novices' Hurdle (GBB Race)
Aintree
Date: Fri, 04 Apr 2025
Distance: 2m½f
Type: Hurdle
Going: Good
Class: Class 1
Surface: Turf
Win: £4.50
Place: £1.40 £1.20 £5.90
Exacta: £11.30
Tricast: £190.81
Trifecta: £139
Non-Runners: Blues Singer (vet's certificate, lame)
| Pos | No. | Horse | Notes | Age/Sex | Status | Jockey | Trainer | Weight | SP | Beaten By | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | 8 | Salvator Mundi (FR) | 5 G | Good | W P Mullins | 161 lbs | 7/2 | Won | In touch with leaders - steady headway going easily and went second before 3 out - led 2 out - not fluent last - ridden and drifted left run-in - soon went clear - comfortably(op 10/3) | ||
| 2nd | 5 | Romeo Coolio (GB) | 6 G | Good | Gordon Elliott | 161 lbs | 2/1 | 7 | Led but pestered - not fluent 4 out - headed 2 out - weakened final 110yds(tchd 7/4) | ||
| 3rd | 4 | Karbau (FR) | 4 G | AVG | W P Mullins | 161 lbs | 33/1 | 1 | Towards rear - not fluent 1st - steady headway and in touch with leaders before 3 out - outpaced after 2 out - rallied final 110yds(tchd 28/1) | ||
| 4th | 2 | Jet To Vegas (IRE) | 6 G | AVG | Lucinda Russell | 161 lbs | 14/1 | 16 | Midfield - headway 3 out - weakened after 2 out(op 11/1 tchd 10/1) | ||
| 5th | 6 | Royal Infantry (IRE) | 5 G | Good | Dan Skelton | 161 lbs | 28/1 | 3.25 | Held up in rear - brief headway when not fluent 3 out - soon weakened(tchd 33/1) | ||
| 6th | 9 | Tripoli Flyer (IRE) | 5 G | Good | Fergal O'Brien | 161 lbs | 7/4F | 4.25 | Jumped right throughout - always behind (trainer could offer no explanation for the poor form shown other than report from jockey that gelding jumped badly right-handed on this occasion)(tchd 15/8) | ||
| 7th | 10 | Diva Luna (IRE) | 6 M | Elite | Ben Pauling | 154 lbs | 14/1 | 7 | Took keen hold - pressed leader - lost position before 3 out - soon weakened (jockey said mare stopped quickly; vet said mare was lame right fore)(op 16/1) | ||
| 8th | 3 | Joltin N Jiving (IRE) | 4 G | AVG | Donald McCain | 161 lbs | 150/1 | 12 | Always behind(op 100/1) | ||
| 9th | 7 | Rubber Ball (GB) | 5 G | AVG | Neil King | 161 lbs | 40/1 | 14 | Prominent on outer - weakened before 3 out(op 50/1 tchd 33/1 and 66/1) |