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BBC News
31-03-2025
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I Am Maximus heads Grand National confirmations
Randox Grand National 2025Venue: Aintree Racecourse Date: Saturday, 5 April Time: 16:00 BSTCoverage: Commentary on BBC Radio 5 Live. Racecards, live text, results & reports on the BBC Sport website and app. Last year's winner I Am Maximus heads the confirmations for the Grand National at Aintree on Willie Mullins-trained horse, owned by JP McManus, triumphed by seven and a half lengths in the 2024 are 57 entries remaining, and a maximum of 34 runners will line up on the day after the final field and four reserves are announced on Thursday is seeking a record fourth victory in the race, and he also has leading hopefuls Iroko and Perceval Legallois.I Am Maximus would be the first horse to carry top weight to victory since triple winner Red Rum in the 1970s, and only one horse – Tiger Roll in 2019 – has defended his title since then. Mullins has a strong squad which also includes Nick Rockett and Grangeclare West towards the top of the weights, although Capodanno was not confirmed for the race on Incredible has been barred from running after either being pulled up or refusing to race in his last four who were guaranteed a run but have not taken up the option are L'Homme Presse, Minella Drama and Velvet Cromwell, who trains Velvet Elvis, will still be strongly represented with Cheltenham Festival winner Stumptown, Perceval Legallois and Vanillier, the second-place finisher in 2023.A strong Irish contingent includes bargain buy Hewick, who cost just £800 and won the King George VI Chase in 2023, plus last year's third-place finisher and 2021 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Minella Indo, and the 2024 Irish Grand National winner Intense Blackmore, the only female jockey to win the race when she triumphed in 2021 aboard Minella Times, is likely to ride Minella Indo or Senior Chief for trainer Henry de 14-times British champion trainer Paul Nicholls has five contenders as seeks a second win in the race - Kandoo Kid, Bravemansgame, Threeunderthrufive, Hitman and Stay Away jockey Harry Cobden rides Kandoo Kid, with Bryony Frost aboard Stay Away has been aimed at the race all season by Oliver Greenall and Josh Guerriero, while the Nigel Twiston-Davies-trained Beauport will carry the colours of Bryan and Philippa Burrough, whose Corbiere won in 1983 as Jenny Pitman became the first female trainer to who has won the race twice before, is also set to saddle Broadway the withdrawals, Celebre d'Allen, Three Card Brag and Twig are now guaranteed a run.A decision has still to be made on who takes the 34th and final spot between Duffle Coat, Shakem Up'Arry - owned by former football manager Harry Redknapp - and Roi Mage, who are all due to carry 10st place will go to the horse with the highest current rating and if two or more have the same, a random ballot will take place.
Yahoo
08-03-2025
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Grand National favourite added to Gold Cup line-up
Cheltenham Festival 2025 Dates: 11-14 March Venue: Cheltenham Racecourse Races: 13:20-17:20 GMT Feature races: 16:00 Coverage: Commentaries on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra, feature races Radio 5 live. Racecards, live text, results & reports on the BBC Sport website and app. Grand National favourite Inothewayurthinkin has been added as a supplementary entry for the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Friday. The seven-year-old, trained by Gavin Cromwell for owner JP McManus, will bid to deny Galopin Des Champs a hat-trick in the race. Fact To File and L'Homme Presse have been withdrawn, along with Conflated, Grangeclere West, Grey Dawning and Hewick. That leaves 10 potential contenders for the Gold Cup, with the McManus-owned Fact To File set to run in Thursday's shorter Ryanair Chase. L'Homme Presse's absence leaves his Venetia Williams' stablemate Royale Pagaille and The Real Whacker, for Patrick Neville, as the only British-trained runners, with the remainder from Ireland. Inowthewayurthinkin won the Kim Muir Chase at Cheltenham last year before a Grade One victory at Aintree. He was fourth behind Galopin Des Champs in the Irish Gold Cup last month and has been added to the English showpiece, which has a first prize of £350,000, at the cost of £25,000. Inowthewayurthinkin is rated about a 7-1 chance by bookmakers for the Gold Cup, for which the 2023 and 2024 winner Galopin Des Champs is the 1-2 favourite. Galopin Des Champs is bidding to become the first triple winner since Best Mate in 2004 and only the second after Arkle in the 1960s. Other hopefuls include King George VI Chase winner Banbridge and another McManus entry, Corbetts Cross. Inothewayurthinkin is about a 7-1 favourite for the Grand National at Aintree on 5 April - 22 days after the Gold Cup. Only one horse - Golden Miller in 1934 - has won both races in the same season. Cheltenham Gold Cup entries: Ahoy Senor, Banbridge, Corbetts Cross, Galopin Des Champs, Gentlemansgame, Inothewayurthinkin, Jungle Boogie, Monty's Star, Royale Pagaille, The Real Whacker. Latest horse racing results
BBC News
15-02-2025
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Pic D'Orhy seals back-to-back wins in Ascot Chase
Pic D'Orhy won the Ascot Chase for the second successive year, outclassing Cheltenham Gold Cup contenders Corbetts Cross and L'Homme Presse in the process. L'Homme Presse was pulled up by jockey Charlie Deutsch midway through the race following a poor jumping display, while 7-4 favourite Corbetts Cross trailed home by 10 lengths in second place, just fending off Blue Lord in third. It was a first Grade One victory in 12 months for trainer Paul Nicholls and came a year after Pic D'Orhy's last victory in the race."I would say this was a career-best performance - he loves it here," said Nicholls, who reiterated his horse would not be competing at next month's Cheltenham Festival. Jockey Harry Cobden, who was equally pleased to return to the winners' circle on the 9-5 chance, said he always felt in control of the race after making the running from the opening fence."He's a great horse we've had so many good days. I really enjoyed that, this is massive," he told ITV Sport."I looked at the big screen halfway round and I knew all I had to do was stay in the saddle." Elsewhere, Famous Bridge produced an eye-catching display to win the Grand National Trial at Haydock, landing neck and neck at the last with 11-4 favourite Apple Away, before powering home to win by two National winner Val Dancer was leading, but fell away badly between the final two obstacles. At Wincanton, 6-5 favourite Golden Ace beat Burdett Road by three-quarters of a length to win the Kingwell Scott's seven-year-old beat Brighterdaysahead in the Mares' Novices' Hurdle at last season's Cheltenham Festival but failed to reproduce that form in her first two outings this returned to winning ways on Saturday, though, after being dropped back down in distance to two miles for this Grade Two contest.
BBC News
11-02-2025
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Grand National: Weights and entries for 2025 race
All the weights for the 87 entries for the Grand National at Aintree on 5 April - a maximum of the 34 top-rated horses will line up on the breeding, age, weight, trainer 1 I Am Maximus (FR) 9 11-12 Willie Mullins2 Royale Pagaille (FR) 11 11-9 Venetia Williams3 Envoi Allen (FR) 11 11-8 Henry de Bromhead4 Grangeclare West (IRE) 9 11-8 Willie Mullins 5 L'Homme Presse (FR) 10 11-8 Venetia Williams 6 Nick Rockett (IRE) 8 11-8 Willie Mullins7 Hewick (IRE) 10 11-7 Tara Lee Cogan8 Gentlemansgame (GB) 9 11-5 Mouse Morris9 Inothewayurthinkin (IRE) 7 11-5 Gavin Cromwell10 Monty's Star (IRE) 8 11-5 Henry de Bromhead 11 The Real Whacker (IRE) 9 11-4 Patrick Neville 12 Minella Indo (IRE) 12 11-3 Henry de Bromhead13 Appreciate It (IRE) 11 11-2 Willie Mullins 14 Capodanno (FR) 9 11-2 Willie Mullins 15 Conflated (IRE) 11 11-2 Gordon Elliott 16 Delta Work (FR) 12 11-2 Gordon Elliott17 Minella Cocooner (IRE) 9 11-2 Willie Mullins18 Stumptown (IRE) 8 11-2 Gavin Cromwell19 Beauport (IRE) 9 11-1 Nigel Twiston-Davies20 Hitman (FR) 9 11-1 Paul Nicholls21 Bravemansgame (FR) 10 11 0 Paul Nicholls22 Chantry House (IRE) 11 10 13 Nicky Henderson23 Galvin (IRE) 11 10-13 Gordon Elliott24 Perceval Legallois (FR) 8 10-12 Gavin Cromwell25 Threeunderthrufive (IRE) 10 10-12 Paul Nicholls26 Fakir d'Oudairies (FR) 10 10-11 Joseph O'Brien27 Iroko (FR) 7 10 11 Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero28 Kandoo Kid (FR) 9 10 11 Paul Nicholls29 Trelawne (GB) 9 10 11 Kim Bailey & Mat Nicholls30 Idas Boy (IRE) 11 10 10 Richard Phillips31 Intense Raffles (FR) 7 10-10 Tom Gibney32 Limerick Lace (IRE) 8 10-10 Gavin Cromwell33 Senior Chief (GB) 8 10-10 Henry de Bromhead34 Broadway Boy (IRE) 7 10-9 Nigel Twiston-Davies35 Coko Beach (FR) 10 10-9 Gordon Elliott36 Farouk d'Alene (FR) 10 10-9 Gary Brown37 Fil Dor (FR) 7 10-9 Gordon Elliott38 French Dynamite (FR) 10 10-9 Mouse Morris39 Mr Incredible (IRE) 9 10-9 Sandy Thomson40 Stay Away Fay (IRE) 8 10-9 Paul Nicholls41 Zanahiyr (IRE) 8 10-9 Gordon Elliott42 Pinkerton (IRE) 9 10-8 Noel Meade43 Meetingofthewaters (IRE) 8 10-7 Willie Mullins44 Minella Drama (IRE) 10 10-7 Donald McCain45 Velvet Elvis (IRE) 9 10-7 Gavin Cromwell46 Celebre d'Allen (FR) 13 10-6 Philip Hobbs & Johnson White47 Fontaine Collonges (FR) 10 10-6 Venetia Williams48 Horantzau d'Airy (FR) 8 10-6 Willie Mullins49 Hyland (FR) 8 10-6 Nicky Henderson50 Monbeg Genius (IRE) 9 10-6 Jonjo & AJ O'Neill51 Vanillier (FR) 10 10-6 Gavin Cromwell52 Minella Crooner (IRE) 9 Gordon Elliott53 Quick Wave (FR) 12 10-5 Venetia Williams54 Three Card Brag (IRE) 8 10-5 Gordon Elliott55 Twig (GB) 10 10-5 Ben Pauling56 Duffle Coat (IRE) 8 10-4 Gordon Elliott57 Roi Mage (FR) 13 10-4 Patrick Griffin58 Shakem Up'arry (IRE) 11 10-4 Ben Pauling59 Fantastic Lady (FR) 10 10-3 Nicky Henderson60 Favori de Champdou (FR) 10 10-3 Gordon Elliott61 Yeah Man (IRE) 8 10-3 Gavin Cromwell 62 Chemical Energy (IRE) 9 10-2 Gordon Elliott 63 Macdermott (FR) 7 10-2 Willie Mullins 64 Mister Coffey (FR) 10 10-2 Nicky Henderson 65 Mr Vango (IRE) 9 10-2 Sara Bradstock66 Bronn (IRE) 8 10-1 Tom Gibney67 Desertmore House (IRE) 10 10-1 Martin Brassil68 Malina Girl (IRE) 8 10-1 Gavin Cromwell69 Richmond Lake (IRE) 9 10-1 Donald McCain70 La Renommee (FR) 7 10-0 Dr Richard Newland & Jamie Insole71 King Turgeon (FR) 7 9-13 David Pipe72 Stuzzikini (IRE) 7 9-13 Gordon Elliott73 Cruz Control (FR) 8 9-12 Tom Lacey74 Surrey Quest (IRE) 8 9-12 Toby Lawes75 Apple Away (IRE) 8 9-11 Lucinda Russell76 Busselton (FR) 8 9-11 Joseph O'Brien77 Gevrey (FR) 9 9-11 Gordon Elliott78 Spanish Harlem (FR) 7 9-11 Willie Mullins79 The Goffer (IRE) 8 9-10 Gordon Elliott80 Famous Bridge (IRE) 9 9-9 Nicky Richards81 Copperhead (GB) 11 9-7 Joe Tizzard82 Escaria Ten (FR) 11 9 7 Martin Keighley83 Where It All Began (IRE) 9 9-7 Gordon Elliott84 Git Maker (FR) 9 9-6 Jamie Snowden85 Gericault Roque (FR) 9 9-4 David Pipe86 Pats Fancy (IRE) 10 9-3 Rebecca Curtis87 Placenet (FR) 8 9-3 David Cottin
