Full Results
14:00 Aintree
International Festival For Business 2014 Top Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) (Class 1)
- 10 Runners
- Distance: 2m 110y
- Going: Good to Soft (National: Good to Soft, Good in places)
- Surface: Turf
- £60,000 added
- Winner: £34,170
- 2nd: £12,822
- 3rd: £6,420
- 4th: £3,198
- Form 21122
- Age 6
- Weight 11-4
- Official Rating 148
- Trainer N J Henderson
- Jockey B J Geraghty
held up in touch, closed 3 out, led before next, strongly pressed until stayed on strongly and asserted final 150 yards
- Form 0-31314
- Age 7
- Weight 11-4
- Official Rating 146
- Trainer M R Channon
- Jockey A P McCoy
held up towards rear on outside, closed 3 out, challenged before next and soon upsides winner, driven before last, no impression and readily held final 150 yards
- Form 521323
- Age 5
- Weight 11-4
- Official Rating 140
- Trainer J P Shanahan
- Jockey Paul Townend
prominent, ridden and outpaced before 2 out, stayed on approaching last and went 3rd final 100 yards, no impression on front pair
- Form 4-31211
- Age 5
- Weight 11-4
- Official Rating 134
- Trainer D Pipe
- Jockey T Scudamore
held up in rear, still at back of field but in touch when mistake 3 out, closed to track leaders next, one pace and no impression on front pair last, lost 3rd final 100 yards
- Form 1F
- Age 6
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer J P Ferguson
- Jockey D F O'Regan
held up in mid-division on outside, effort approaching 3 out, one pace and no impression on leaders before last, edged left flat
- Form 0-14541
- Age 5
- Weight 11-4
- Official Rating 142
- Trainer D T Hughes
- Jockey Paul Carberry
held up towards rear, headway when not fluent 3 out, chasing leaders when short of room and bumped before 2 out, no impression after, one pace
- Form 5-11141
- Age 5
- Weight 11-4
- Official Rating 135
- Trainer Miss R Curtis
- Jockey J E Moore
tracked leader, challenged 4th, pushed along to lead after 3 out, headed before next, weakened approaching last
- Form 131602
- Age 5
- Weight 11-4
- Official Rating 142
held up towards rear, not fluent 5th, closed and in touch 3 out, still looked to be going ok when short of room and hampered before 2 out, no impression and well held after
- Form 14-851
- Age 6
- Weight 11-4
- Trainer C L Tizzard
- Jockey Brendan Powell
tracked leaders, not fluent 3rd or 5th, pushed along to challenge before 3 out, mistake 2 out, soon weakened
- Form 1-41132
- Age 5
- Weight 11-4
- Official Rating 137
- Trainer Nick Williams
- Jockey R Johnson
led, ridden and headed after 3 out, weakened from next, eased
Betting breakdown
- Tote Win: £2.50Tote Place: £1.20,£2.00,£5.70
- Straight Forecast: £7.66Exacta: £8.50Trifecta: £78.00Swingers: 1&2:£1.50 2&3:£18.30 1&3:£8.70
- Placepot: £386.70Pool: £594,515.25,1122.3 winning tickets
- Quadpot: £95.90Pool: £25,872.09,199.6 winning tickets