12.04.12 - THE GRAND NATIONAL

Maximum 40 for the John Smith's Grand National

A maximum 40 runners have been declared to run today in Saturday’s John Smith’s Grand National - Britain’s richest jump race at £975,000 - at Aintree.

 

 The famous handicap chase, run over four and a half miles and 30 fences, has seen two horses taken out today - Le Beau Bai and Always Waining - which means that Hello Bud and Neptune Equester get in. There are four reserves.

 

THE 2012 JOHN SMITH’S GRAND NATIONAL



Class 1, Grade 3, £975,000 total prize fund. 4.15pm, Aintree, Saturday, April 14, 2012, four miles and four furlongs.

Form                Horse                           Age/Weight Owner    Trainer/Probable Jockey

1)13-P0311 SYNCHRONISED (IRE) 9-11-10 J P McManus Jonjo O'Neill/A P McCoy

2)11/1121-4 BALLABRIGGS (IRE)  11-11-09  Trevor Hemmings Donald McCain/Jason Maguire

3)1/10P-13P WEIRD AL (IRE)  9-11-08   Brannon, Dick, Holden Donald McCain/Timmy Murphy

4)106-P422 NEPTUNE COLLONGES (FR) 11-11-06 John Hales Paul Nicholls/Daryl Jacob

5)2F-0511 CALGARY BAY (IRE)  9-11-06 Camilla Radford Henrietta Knight/Dominic Elsworth

6)F-6041UP ALFA BEAT (IRE)  8-11-05 Irvin Naylor John Hanlon IRE/ Davy Russell

7)F01/35-23 PLANET OF SOUND  10-11-05 Charles Lloyd-Baker Philip Hobbs/ Richard Johnson

8)51U/022/2 BLACK APALACHI (IRE) 13-11-03 Teresa Burke Dessie Hughes IRE/Denis O’Regan

9)6/3U34-1F DEEP PURPLE  11-11-03  Paul Green Evan Williams/Jamie Moore

10)131/321-02 JUNIOR   9-11-02 Middleham Park Racing LI David Pipe/Tom Scudamore

11)10-U3032 CHICAGO GREY (IRE)  9-10-13 John Earls Gordon Elliott IRE/Paul Carberry

12)3100-015 TATENEN (FR)  8-10-13 The Stewart Family Richard Rowe/Andrew Thornton

13)F11/-1111 SEABASS (IRE)  9-10-12 Gunners Syndicate Ted Walsh IRE/Ms Katie Walsh

14)000-1122 SHAKALAKABOOMBOOM (IRE) 8-10-12 Liam Breslin Nicky Henderson/Barry Geraghty

15)11PB-P1 WEST END ROCKER (IRE) 10-10-12  Barry Winfield & Tim Leadbeater Alan King/Wayne Hutchinson

16)22-30112 ACCORDING TO PETE 11-10-12 Peter Nelson Malcolm Jefferson/Harry Haynes

17)14P1-B1 ON HIS OWN (IRE)  8-10-11 Andrea & Graham Wylie Willie Mullins IRE/Ruby Walsh

18)2113-1PP ALWAYS RIGHT (IRE)  10-10-10 John Wade John Wade/James Reveley

19)3F2P/-133 CAPPA BLEU (IRE)  10-10-10 William & Angela Rucker Evan Williams/Paul Moloney

20)PU-345053 RARE BOB (IRE)  10-10-09 D A Syndicate Dessie Hughes IRE/Bryan Cooper

21)12-133F5 ORGANISEDCONFUSION (IRE) 7-10-08 Grace Dunlop Arthur Moore IRE/Miss Nina Carberry

22)P/P-51423 TREACLE (IRE)  11-10-08 Bjorn Nielsen Tom Taaffe IRE/Andrew Lynch

23)3/216-B430 THE MIDNIGHT CLUB (IRE) 11-10-08 Susannah Ricci Willie Mullins IRE/Paul Townend

24)3F/-52PP0 MON MOME (FR)  12-10-08 Vida Bingham Venetia Williams/Aidan Coleman

25)0P2F-60 ARBOR SUPREME (IRE) 10-10-07 J P McManus Jonjo O'Neill/Mark Walsh

26)03F-30P01 SUNNYHILLBOY (IRE)  9-10-05 J P McManus Jonjo O'Neill/Richie McLernon

27)F-030341 KILLYGLEN (IRE)  10-10-04 David McCammon Stuart Crawford IRE/Robert Power

28)2F-4010 QUISCOVER FONTAINE (FR) 8-10-04 J P McManus Willie Mullins IRE/David Casey

29)4-P13000 THARAWAAT (IRE)  7-10-04 Gigginstown House Stud Gordon Elliott IRE/Brian O’Connell

30)42F-63F22 BECAUSEICOULDNTSEE (IRE) 9-10-03 Noel Glynn Noel Glynn IRE/Davy Condon

31)144/P3/4- STATE OF PLAY  12-10-03 William & Angela Rucker Evan Williams/Noel Fehily

32)2313P20 SWING BILL (FR)  11-10-03 David Johnson   David Pipe/Conor O’Farrell

33)FP-26611 POSTMASTER   10-10-02 The Bill & Ben Partnership Tim Vaughan/Dougie Costello

34)3/P22-121 GILES CROSS (IRE)  10-10-01 KCMS Partnership  Victor Dartnall/Paddy Brennan

35)21/10P-16 MIDNIGHT HAZE  10-10-00 Kim Bailey Racing Partnership Kim Bailey/Sean Quinlan

36)0044B-20 VIC VENTURI (IRE)  12-10-00 Seamus Dunne  Dessie Hughes IRE/Harry Skelton

37)431U0-P3 IN COMPLIANCE (IRE) 12-10-00 Dessie Hughes  Dessie Hughes IRE/Niall Madden

38)00-143P5 VIKING BLOND (FR)  7-10-00 Caroline Mould   Nigel Twiston-Davies/Brian Hughes

39)PP-5U654 HELLO BUD (IRE)  14-10-00 Seamus Murphy Nigel Twiston-Davies/Sam Twiston-Davies

40)0-315045 NEPTUNE EQUESTER  9-9-09  Koo's Racing Club  Brian Ellison/Felix de Giles

40 declared runners 16 Irish-trained

Taken out today LE BEAU BAI (FR)  9-10-03 Glass Half Full   Richard Lee/Charlie Poste

Taken Out today ALWAYS WAINING (IRE) 11-10-03 Mr & Mrs Peter Douglas Peter Bowen/Tom O’Brien

 

RESERVES

R1)32-3P40 ANY CURRENCY (IRE) 9-9-08  Cash Is King Martin Keighley/Alain Cawley

R2)0-4202650 OUR ISLAND (IRE)  7-9-07  David Fox Tim Vaughan

R3)31P/-FP33 ABBEYBRANEY (IRE)  11-9-05  Sue Johnson George Bewley/Ryan Mania

R4)05-341064 SMOKING ACES (IRE)  8-9-05  J P McManus Tom Taaffe IRE

 

 

Saturday, April 14, 2012

2:50pm £160,000 JOHN SMITH’S AINTREE HUR 2m 4f

 

1   Oscar Whisky (IRE)  Nicky Henderson 7-11-07  Barry Geraghty  

2   Rock On Ruby (IRE) (Tongue Strap)  Paul Nicholls 7-11-07  Noel Fehily  

3   Saphir River (FR)  Michael Scudamore 6-11-07  Tom Scudamore  

4   Third Intention (IRE) (Tongue Strap)  Colin Tizzard 5-11-07  Joe Tizzard  

5   Thousand Stars (FR)  W. P. Mullins, Ireland 8-11-07  Paul Townend  

6   Zarkandar (IRE)  Paul Nicholls 5-11-07 Ruby. Walsh

six declared runners