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Silviniaco Conti 10-11-08 |
Owners: Potensis Bloodstock Ltd and Chris Giles
Grand National Record:
Chris Giles – 2010 Tricky Trickster (9th)
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Trainer: Paul Nicholls
Grand National Record:
1992 Just So (6th)
1996 Vicompt De Valmont (10th), Deep Bramble (PU 29th), Brackenfield (UR 19th)
1997 Straight Talk (Fell 14th)
1998 What A Hand (Fell 1st), Court Melody (Fell 6th), General Crack (PU 11th)
1999 Strong Chairman (15th), Double Thriller (Fell 1st)
2000 Earthmover (Fell 4th), Torduff Express (Fell 13th), Flaked Oats (Fell 20th), Escartefigue (UR 30th)
2001 Earthmover (Fell 4th)
2002 Murt’s Man (PU 17th), Ad Hoc (BD 27th)
2003 Montifault (5th), Fadalko (UR 6th), Ad Hoc (UR 19th), Shotgun Willy (PU 22nd), Torduff Express (UR 27th)
2004 Exit To Wave (PU 9th);
2005 Royal Auclair (2nd), Heros Collonges (8th), L’Aventure (15th), Ad Hoc (Fell 22nd)
2006 Royal Auclair (Fell 1st), Le Duc (UR 8th), Silver Birch (Fell 15th), Heros Collonges (UR 15th), Le Roi Miguel (PU 19th), Cornish Rebel (PU 19th)
2007 Le Duc (UR 6th), Royal Auclair (Fell 9th), Eurotrek (PU bef 22nd), Thisthatandtother (PU 30th)
2008 Cornish Sett (12th), Turko (Fell 25th), Mr Pointment (PU 30th)
2009 My Will (3rd), Big Fella Thanks (6th), Cornish Sett (17th), Eurotrek (PU 17th)
2010 Big Fella Thanks (4th), Tricky Trickster (9th), My Will (Fell 4th), Nozic (UR 20th)
2011 Niche Market (5th), Ornais (Fell 4th), The Tother One (Fell 6th), What A Friend (PU 27th)
2012 NEPTUNE COLLONGES (WON)
2013 Join Together (12th), What A Friend (PU 19th), Harry The Viking (PU 26th)
2014 Rocky Creek (5th), Hawkes Point (18th), Tidal Bay (UR 8th)
2015 Mon Parrain (11th), Rocky Creek (17th), Rebel Rebellion (PU 26th), Unioniste (FELL 5th)
Jockey: Noel Fehily
Grand National Record:
2001 Moral Support (REF 8th)
2002 Celibate (6th)
2003 Good Shuil (PU 19th)
2004 Alcapone (PU 25th)
2005 Merchants Friend (FELL 10th)
2006 Risk Accessor (5th)
2007 Naunton Brook (PU 23rd)
2008 Bob Hall (PU 19th)
2009 Can’t Buy Time (FELL 18th)
2012 State Of Play (UR 5th)
2013 Treacle (UR 8th)
2014: Rocky Creek (5th)
2015 Unioniste (FELL 5th)
Form
11/11134/31241/111F3/ 3141/51171-22P1
Silviniaco Conti is a real class act and a seven-time Grade 1 winner over fences.
Those victories including back-to-back victories in both King George VI Chase (2013 and 2014) at Kempton and the Betfred Bowl (2014 and 2015) over the Mildmay fences at this track.
Although pulled up in this season’s King George, Silviniaco Conti bounced back in first-time blinkers to win the Grade 1 Ascot Chase by 20 lengths on February 20th.
Jump race record
Silviniaco Conti has proven himself one of the best chasers in training and has an incredible strike rate of just over 50 per cent. He is a slick jumper and has a high cruising speed, and looks the ideal type for the race.
Starts: 30
Wins: 16
2nd: 3
3rd: 4
Career wins and place prize money: £1,088,778
