A round-up of Grand National performances
4.15 JOHN SMITH’S GRAND NATIONAL CHASE (GRADE 3HANDICAP) (CLASS 1) £925,000 added 6YO plus 4m 4f Penalty Value £521,052.00
DON’T PUSH IT (Ire); b g Old Vic — She’s No Laugh Ben (USA) (Mr John P McManus) 10 11 5A P McCoy (10-1 Jt Fav) 1.
Black Apalachi (Ire); b g Old Vic — Hattons Dream (Ire)(Gerard Burke) 11 11 6 Denis O’Regan (14-1) 2.
State of Play; b g Hernando (Fr) — Kaprice (Ger)(Mr and Mrs William Rucker) 10 10 11 Paul Moloney (16-1) 3.
Big Fella Thanks; b g Primitive Rising (USA) — Nunsdream(Mrs M Findlay and P K Barber) 8 10 12 B J Geraghty (10-1 Jt Fav) 4.
40 ran. Off: 4.18 5, 20, 3, 7, 1 Jonjo O’Neill, Cheltenham. Tote: win £15.70 places £3.90, £3.90, £5.20, £3.90. Tote Exacta: £544.50. CSF: £130.60
Tricast: £2,324.26. Scoop6 Dividends: Total Pool: £140,784.00. Win pool: Not won; £196,728.00 carried forward. Place Pool: Div £22.70;Tkts: 1235.00;Pool: £40,224.00. Bonus pool: Not won; £84,312.00 carried forward.
5th Hello Bud (20/1)
6th Snowy Morning (14/1)
7th Character Building (16/1)
8th Cloudy Lane (25/1)
9th Tricky Trickster (16/)
10th Joe Lively (33/1)
11th Cerium (50/1)
12th Comply Or Die (12/1)
13th Piraya (100/1)
14th Preists Leap (100/1)
Did Not Finish
Fence 1: Eric’s Charm (fell)
Fence 2: Pablo Du Charmil (fell)
Fence 4: My Will (fell)
Fence 5: Made In Taipan (fell)
Fence 8: Can’t Buy Time (unseated)
Fence 14: Irish Raptor (fell), Royal Rosa (unseated)
Fence 15: Arbor Supreme (unseated)
Fence 19: Madison Du Berlais (fell), Beat The Boys (pulled up), The Package (unseated)
Fence 20: Vic Venturi (brought down), Nozic (unseated), Backstage (unseated)
Fence 21: Flintoff (pulled up)
Fence 22: Ballyfitz (fell), Maljimar (fell)
Fence 23: Ellerslie George (unseated)
Fence 24: Dream Alliance (pulled up)
Fence 26: Mon Mome (fell)
Fence 27: Palypso De Creek (fell)
Fence 28: Ballyholland (pulled up)
Fence 29: Niche Market (pulled up), Conna Castle (pulled up), Ollie Magern (pulled up).
King Johns Castle refused to start.