Result 15:25 · Aintree

JLT Melling Chase

Grade 12m 4fGood To Soft5yo+ · 6 ran

Result

Official · time 5m 08.20s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Gods Own (IRE)	Paddy Brennan	Tom George	—	11.0	27.5
2	Al Ferof (FR)	Harry Skelton	D Skelton	2¾L	8.50	11.0
3	Clarcam (FR)	B J Cooper	Gordon Elliott	11¾L	29.0	77.6
4	Somersby (IRE)	Brian Hughes	Mick Channon	33¾L	29.0	90.2
5	Vibrato Valtat (FR)	Sam Twiston-Davies	Paul Nicholls	38¾L	15.0	32.0
F	Vautour (FR)	R Walsh	W P Mullins	—	1.20	1.21

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Al Ferof (FR)

11yo · 11-10 · OR 162

52134 J Harry Skelton T D Skelton —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
17 Mar 16	Cheltenham	2m 5f	Good	C1	4/15	7¾L	10.0
26 Dec 15	Kempton Park	3m	Good To Soft	C1	3/9	13¼L	17.0
06 Dec 15	Huntingdon	2m 4f	Good To Soft	C1	1/5	—	3.25

1 win from 5 · placed 3

Won 1 of 2 at around this trip

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Clarcam (FR) t

6yo · 11-10 · OR 154

132548 J B J Cooper T Gordon Elliott —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
10 Jan 16	Fairyhouse	2m 1f	Heavy	—	8/10	40L	12.0
27 Dec 15	Leopardstown	2m 1f	Heavy	—	4/6	26L	15.0
06 Dec 15	Punchestown	2m 4f	Heavy	—	5/7	24¼L	13.0

1 win from 8 · placed 4

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Gods Own (IRE)

8yo · 11-10 · OR 162

22F324 J Paddy Brennan T Tom George —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
16 Mar 16	Cheltenham	2m	Good	C1	4/10	8½L	21.0
12 Feb 16	Kempton Park	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C2	2/4	8L	3.00
03 Nov 15	Exeter	2m 1f 110y	Soft	C1	3/5	6¼L	4.50

0 wins from 6 · placed 4

1 run here without a win

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Somersby (IRE) p

12yo · 11-10 · OR 157

252445 J Brian Hughes T Mick Channon —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
16 Mar 16	Cheltenham	2m	Good	C1	5/10	13½L	51.0
27 Dec 15	Kempton Park	2m	Good To Soft	C1	4/5	14½L	13.0
05 Dec 15	Sandown Park	1m 7f 110y	Good To Soft	C1	4/7	13¾L	10.0

0 wins from 7 · placed 2

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Vautour (FR)

7yo · 11-10 · OR 176

11121 J R Walsh T W P Mullins —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
17 Mar 16	Cheltenham	2m 5f	Good	C1	1/15	—	2.00
26 Dec 15	Kempton Park	3m	Good To Soft	C1	2/9	hd	4.00
21 Nov 15	Ascot	2m 5f	Good To Soft	C1	1/5	—	1.40

4 wins from 5 · placed 5

Won 1 of 1 at around this trip

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Vibrato Valtat (FR) t

7yo · 11-10 · OR 161

41334F J Sam Twiston-Davies T Paul Nicholls —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
17 Mar 16	Cheltenham	2m 5f	Good	C1	F	—	34.0
23 Jan 16	Ascot	2m 1f	Soft	C1	4/5	10L	13.0
27 Dec 15	Kempton Park	2m	Good To Soft	C1	3/5	4½L	7.00

2 wins from 9 · placed 5

1 run here without a win

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