Aintree
13:20
William Hill Top Price Guarantee Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race)
Aintree Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2025 Distance: 3m½f Type: Hurdle Going: Good Class: Class 1 Surface: Turf
Win: £43.60 Place: £7.20 £1.70 £2.10 Exacta: £325.50 Tricast: £1254.30 Trifecta: £2428.70
Non-Runners: Bo Zenith (unsuitable ground), Jeriko Du Reponet (unsuitable ground), Maximilian (unsuitable ground), Navajo Indy (self certificate), Nurse Susan (unsuitable ground)
Pos No. Horse Notes Age/Sex Status Jockey Trainer Weight SP Beaten By Comment
1st 20 Deep Cave (IRE) 6 G Good Christian Williams 156 lbs 28/1 Won Midfield - headway before 2 out - prominent when not clear run and switched right before last - soon ridden - edged left and led inside final 110yds - stayed on (trainer's rep said - regarding the apparent improvement in form - that the race at Sandown on heavy ground may have come too soon - having only ran 13 days prior)(op 40/1)
2nd 12 Timmy Tuesday (IRE) 6 G AVG Gordon Elliott 162 lbs 11/2 1 Led - headed and prominent after 1st - prominent behind clear leaders after 4 out - headway and led when hung left before last - headed inside final 110yds - kept on(op 13/2)
3rd 17 Double Powerful (IRE) 5 G Good Neil Mulholland 158 lbs 7/1 .5 Taken down early - didn't always jump with fluency - held up in rear - headway on inner 3 out - went third run-in - stayed on(op 9/1)
4th 14 Park Of Kings (IRE) 6 G AVG Paul Nolan 159 lbs 12/1 0.2 Held up in rear - slightly hampered 8th - headway before 2 out - went fourth run-in - stayed on(op 9/1)
5th 19 Catch Him Derry (IRE) 7 G Good Dan Skelton 158 lbs 5/1 3.25 Slowly into stride - towards rear - hampered by faller 8th - headway before 3 out - went fourth before last - weakened inside final 110yds(op 4/1)
6th 11 Push The Button (IRE) 5 G AVG Nigel Twiston-Davies 162 lbs 16/1 0.2 In touch with leaders - steady headway 3 out - switched right before last - weakened final 110yds(op 18/1)
7th 4 Act Of Authority (FR) 6 G Good Olly Murphy 159 lbs 4/1F 3.25 Held up in rear - slightly hampered 8th - headway 2 out - hung left approaching last - weakened run-in
8th 7 Dartan (GB) 8 G AVG Matthew J Smith 159 lbs 66/1 1.5 Prominent - pressed leader 8th - clear with one other after 4 out - not fluent 2 out - soon hung left and weakened(op 80/1)
9th 13 Building Bridges (GB) 8 G AVG Gary McGill 156 lbs 50/1 .5 Took keen hold - prominent - led narrowly after 1st - clear with one other after 4 out - hung left and headed before last - soon weakened(tchd 40/1)
10th 5 Kamsinas (FR) 7 G Good Fergal O'Brien 165 lbs 14/1 6 Towards rear throughout
11th 21 Shanagh Bob (IRE) 7 G AVG Nicky Henderson 156 lbs 25/1 4.25 Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - weakened before 2 out(op 28/1)
12th 3 Rushmount (IRE) 7 G AVG Jonathan Sweeney 167 lbs 9/1 33 Slowly into stride - didn't always jump with fluency - always behind - tailed off(op 15/2)
13th 6 Whatcouldhavebeen (IRE) 7 M AVG Jarlath P Fahey 161 lbs 33/1 10 In touch with leaders - weakened before 3 out - tailed off(op 50/1)
99th 10 Bill Joyce (IRE) 5 G Good Jonjo & A J O'Neill 163 lbs 6/1 - Took keen hold - midfield - fell 8th
99th 15 Dinons 12 G AVG Brian Ellison 159 lbs 50/1 - Slowly into stride - raced wide - midfield - struggling 8th - tailed off when pulled up before 3 out(op 66/1)
99th 18 Jipcot (FR) 5 G AVG Jonjo & A J O'Neill 158 lbs 25/1 - Pressed leader - hit 2nd - in touch with leaders 8th - weakening when bad mistake 3 out - soon pulled up (jockey said gelding made a bad mistake at 3rd last hurdle)(tchd 22/1)
99th 8 Barry Lyndon (IRE) 7 G AVG Dermot A McLoughlin 159 lbs 18/1 - Raced wide - in touch with leaders - dropped to rear when not fluent 2nd - weakened before 3 out - pulled up before 2 out(op 20/1)