Result 15:25 · Aintree

Betfred Melling Chase

Grade 12m 4fGood5yo+ · 10 ran

Result

Official · time 4m 53.10s · Report

Pos	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Beaten	SP	BSP
1	Don Cossack (GER)	A P McCoy	Gordon Elliott	—	4.00	4.23
2	Cue Card (GB)	Daryl Jacob	Colin Tizzard	26L	7.00	7.00
3	Johns Spirit (IRE)	R P McLernon	Jonjo O'Neill	30½L	17.0	25.4
4	Champagne Fever (IRE)	R Walsh	W P Mullins	32¼L	4.00	4.64
5	Al Ferof (FR)	Sam Twiston-Davies	Paul Nicholls	36L	6.50	8.40
6	Simply Ned (IRE)	Brian Harding	Nicky Richards	45L	26.0	41.4
7	Wishfull Thinking (GB)	Richard Johnson	Philip Hobbs	75L	26.0	38.0
PU	Croco Bay (IRE)	Kielan Woods	Ben Case	—	34.0	64.9
F	Balder Succes (FR)	Wayne Hutchinson	A King	—	9.00	10.5
F	Sire De Grugy (FR)	Joshua Moore	Gary Moore	—	9.00	10.6

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Al Ferof (FR)

10yo · 11-10 · OR 168

No form J Sam Twiston-Davies T Paul Nicholls —

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Balder Succes (FR)

7yo · 11-10 · OR 163

117 J Wayne Hutchinson T A King —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
12 Mar 15	Cheltenham	2m 5f	Good	C1	7/14	26¾L	8.00
14 Feb 15	Ascot	2m 5f	Soft	C1	1/5	—	5.00
10 Jan 15	Kempton Park	2m 4f 110y	Soft	C1	1/3	—	2.00

2 wins from 3 · placed 2

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Champagne Fever (IRE)

8yo · 11-10 · OR 162

F1 J R Walsh T W P Mullins —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
14 Feb 15	Gowran Park	2m 4f	Soft To Heavy	—	1/5	—	1.53
15 Jan 15	Thurles	2m 4f	Soft To Heavy	—	F	—	1.80

1 win from 2 · placed 1

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Croco Bay (IRE)

8yo · 11-10 · OR 151

33 J Kielan Woods T Ben Case —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
13 Mar 15	Cheltenham	2m 110y	Soft	C1	3/20	5L	15.0
14 Feb 15	Wincanton	1m 7f 110y	Soft	C2	3/7	4L	3.75

0 wins from 2 · placed 2

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Cue Card (GB)

9yo · 11-10 · OR 163

No form J Daryl Jacob T Colin Tizzard —

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Don Cossack (GER) t

8yo · 11-10 · OR 166

13 J A P McCoy T Gordon Elliott —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
12 Mar 15	Cheltenham	2m 5f	Good	C1	3/14	8¼L	3.50
15 Jan 15	Thurles	2m 4f	Soft To Heavy	—	1/4	—	2.50

1 win from 2 · placed 2

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Johns Spirit (IRE)

8yo · 11-10 · OR 159

5 J R P McLernon T Jonjo O'Neill —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
12 Mar 15	Cheltenham	2m 5f	Good	C1	5/14	15L	9.00

0 wins from 1 · placed 0

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Simply Ned (IRE)

8yo · 11-10 · OR 158

5 J Brian Harding T Nicky Richards —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
11 Mar 15	Cheltenham	2m	Good	C1	5/9	17L	15.0

0 wins from 1 · placed 0

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Sire De Grugy (FR)

9yo · 11-10 · OR 169

U14 J Joshua Moore T Gary Moore —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
11 Mar 15	Cheltenham	2m	Good	C1	4/9	10L	3.50
21 Feb 15	Chepstow	2m	Soft	C2	1/4	—	2.25
07 Feb 15	Newbury	2m 110y	Soft	C1	UR	—	1.91

1 win from 3 · placed 1

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Wishfull Thinking (GB) t

12yo · 11-10 · OR 164

P J Richard Johnson T Philip Hobbs —

Date	Course	Dist	Going	Class	Pos	Beaten	SP
12 Mar 15	Cheltenham	2m 5f	Good	C1	PU	—	29.0

0 wins from 1 · placed 0

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