Sunday, 11 April 2010
Where They Ended Up
There were 14 finishers in the John Smith's Grand National at Aintree, headed by the Jonjo O'Neill-trained Don't Push it.
1st DON'T PUSH IT (10-1 joint-favourite), 2nd Black Apalachi (14-1), 3rd State of Play (16-1), 4th Big Fella Thanks (10-1 joint-favourite).
5th Hello Bud, 6th Snowy Morning, 7th Character Building, 8th Cloudy Lane, 9th Tricky Trickster, 10th Joe Lively, 11th Cerium, 12th Comply Or Die, 13th Piraya, 14th Preists Leap.
First circuit: Refused to race King Johns Castle, fence 1 Eric's Charm (fell), 2 Pablo Du Charmil (fell), 4 My Will (fell), 5 Made In Taipan (fell), 8 Can't Buy Time (unseated), 14 Irish Raptor (fell), Royal Rosa (unseated), 15 Arbor Supreme (unseated).
Second circuit: 19 Madison Du Berlais (fell), Beat The Boys (pulled up), The Package (unseated), 20 Vic Venturi (brought down), Nozic (unseated), Backstage (unseated), 21 Flintoff (pulled up), 22 Ballyfitz (fell), Maljimar (fell), 23 Ellerslie George (unseated).
24 Dream Alliance (pulled up), 26 Mon Mome (fell), 27 Palypso De Creek (fell), 28 Ballyholland (pulled up), 29 Niche Market (pulled up), Conna Castle (pulled up), Ollie Magern (pulled up).