Coral Scottish Grand National |
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| Ayr 15:35 Grade 3 Handicap Chase, £215,000 added, 5yo plus, 3m 7f 176y, Class 1  |
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| Saturday 13th April 2019 | |
1 Takingrisks 25/1
2 Crosspark 10/1
3 Cloth Cap 9/1
4 Blue Flight 25/1
5 Big River 8/1
6 Vintage Clouds 5/1F
23 ran NR: Arthur's Gift, Beware The Bear, Dingo Dollar, Kingswell Theatre, Mysteree
Distances: 4l, nse, nk Time: 8m 2.40s (slow by 0.40s)
Takingrisks shows he's all stamina in the hands of Sean Quinlan
Takingrisks wins the Coral Scottish Grand National 🏴🏆 pic.twitter.com/usWyXk9cVN
— ITV Racing (@itvracing) April 13, 2019
Nicky Richards, whose father Gordon won the race twice, way back in 1969 with Playlord and again in 1990 with Four Trix, has enjoyed a resurgent couple of seasons.
Having struggled to replace stable star Monet’s Garden, the likes of Simply Ned, Guitar Pete and Baywing have all won big prizes recently for the Greystoke handler.
Richards in fact ran two, with Grimthorpe winner Chidswell going off a shorter price, but with half a mile to run Takingrisks could be spotted going noticeably well.
When the favourite Vintage Clouds dropped away it was Takingrisks and Eider Chase winner Crosspark fighting it out, with Quinlan’s mount coming four lengths clear.
Crosspark just held off Cloth Cap and Blue Flight, who took minor honours.
A jubilant Richards, referencing his father, said: “He won it twice, and I’ve followed up so it’s great.
“You need a good-ground horse who stays – and luck, he nearly came off him at the first.
“He’s been a grand one, very consistent, and I think the improvement is down to the cheekpieces.
“This was always going to be his race if he had a big one in him.
“I just need to find another now to match father.”
Coral Scottish Grand National
£215,000 added, 5yo plus, 3m 7f 176y, Class 1
23 ran
Going: Good
| Pos | D | Horse SP | Jockey Weight | Trainer | Age |
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| 1st | Takingrisks (IRE) 25/1 | Sean Quinlan 10-1 |
N G Richards | 10 | |
| 2nd | 4 | Crosspark 10/1 | Harry Skelton 10-8 |
Mrs Caroline Bailey | 9 |
| 3rd | nse | Cloth Cap (IRE) 9/1 | R P McLernon 10-0 |
Jonjo O'Neill | 7 |
| 4th | nk | Blue Flight (FR) 25/1 | Callum Bewley 11-0 |
N A Twiston-Davies | 6 |
| 5th | 13 | Big River (IRE) 8/1 | D R Fox 10-6 |
Miss Lucinda V Russell | 9 |
| 6th | 9 | Vintage Clouds (IRE) 5/1f | Danny Cook 11-1 |
Mrs S J Smith | 9 |
| 7th | 1¼ | Red Infantry (IRE) 40/1 | T J O'Brien 10-6 |
Ian Williams | 9 |
| 8th | 1¾ | Chic Name (FR) 20/1 | J J Burke 10-0 |
Richard Hobson | 7 |
| 9th | 6 | Rathlin Rose (IRE) 33/1 | T Scudamore 10-0 |
D Pipe | 11 |
| 10th | 1 | Doing Fine (IRE) 14/1 | Brendan Powell 10-0 |
N P Mulholland | 11 |
| 11th | ½ | Beau Du Brizais (FR) 50/1 | James Best 10-0 |
P J Hobbs | 7 |
| 12th | s.h | Van Gogh Du Granit (FR) 66/1 | David Noonan 10-0 |
D Pipe | 10 |
| 13th | 20 | Brian Boranha (IRE) 25/1 | Henry Brooke 10-1 |
P D Niven | 8 |
| PU | Sizing Codelco (IRE) 33/1 | H Cobden 11-4 |
C L Tizzard | 10 | |
| PU | Carole's Destrier 20/1 | R T Dunne 10-9 |
N P Mulholland | 11 | |
| PU | Skipthecuddles (IRE) 16/1 | Kielan Woods 10-6 |
G McPherson | 8 | |
| PU | Impulsive Star (IRE) 12/1 | Mr S Waley-Cohen (3) 10-5 |
N P Mulholland | 9 | |
| PU | Chidswell (IRE) 16/1 | Craig Nichol 10-0 |
N G Richards | 10 | |
| PU | Acdc (IRE) 22/1 | P J Brennan 10-0 |
C Grant | 9 | |
| PU | Geronimo 12/1 | Rachel McDonald (5) 10-0 |
A M Thomson | 8 | |
| PU | Morney Wing (IRE) 40/1 | Rex Dingle (5) 10-0 |
C J Mann | 10 | |
| F | Crosshue Boy (IRE) 7/1 | S W Flanagan 10-8 |
Sean Doyle | 9 | |
| UR | Cogry 16/1 | Sam Twiston-Davies 10-6 |
N A Twiston-Davies | 10 | |
| NR | Beware The Bear (IRE) | J McGrath 11-12 |
N J Henderson | 9 | |
| NR | Dingo Dollar (IRE) | Wayne Hutchinson 10-13 |
A King | 7 | |
| NR | Arthur's Gift (IRE) | Thomas Bellamy 10-3 |
N A Twiston-Davies | 8 | |
| NR | Kingswell Theatre | Benjamin Poste 10-3 |
M Scudamore | 10 | |
| NR | Mysteree (IRE) | Brendan Powell 10-0 |
M Scudamore | 11 |
