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live at Aintree. We have fabulous conditions for the first day of

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this three-day Festival. It's a chilly day, but it's clear and it's

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sunny. We haven't had any rain here on the course at least for 48 hours

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or so, that's that's Becher's Brook. It's been modified. The canal turn,

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the challenge there is to turn sharp left as you jump it. The

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runners angle out to take the corner on the corner. Look at the

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course, it looks in perfect condition. The biggest fence is

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still The Chair. It looks even bigger because it's narrower and

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after that they stream past the grandstand which will be packed

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today. It's Liverpool Day and thousands have been pouring in from

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train stations, bus stations, from cars, all over the place to

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celebrate everything that is good about jump racing and also is good

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about this part of the world. And they have a real chance to

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celebrate a hero in our opening race, because Big Buck's is in the

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paddock here and people crowding around the outside of the paddock

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to get a close look at a horse who is completely unflappable. He is so

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cool and he has run up a consecutive run of 16 wins on the

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trot. He is going for his 17th today, that will be in our opening

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race. He is like Roger Federer, he is so cool, taking it all in,

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looking at people saying hello, are you here for me? Today they are. We

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have three days of fabulous racing, culminating in the most famous

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jumps race in the world. I cannot remember a better day for

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the Grand National... At the line... Marvellous, marvellous.

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They come to the Elbow, it's still wide open! Ballabriggs at 14 hrf 1.

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National history. Absolutely unbelievable. I think I am dreaming,

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I really do. Red Rum wins The National! What do

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you think about it now? I think it's bloody marvellous!

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without Ginger McCain, he sadly died last year in September. His

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son Donald trying to do what only his father has managed to do with

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Red Rum and Ballabriggs, bidding to become the first horse horse since

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Red Rum to win back-to-back Grand Nationals, the bust was unveiled

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today and Mick alongside me, he would be very excited about today.

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When I got on the M62 goosebumps all over, the memories come

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flooding back. Devon Loch, Red Rum and luckily for me a winner in The

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National as well. The jockeys who are riding today and tomorrow will

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be full of excitement as well. The coolest of the lot is AP McCoy and

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he is here for probably the 17th year in a row I should think. He is

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heading for his 17th championship and he will be riding Synchronised

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in the Grand National, bidding to become the first horse since Golden

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Miller to win the Gold Cup and Grand National. The festival was

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kicked off in great style by the three-times world champion gymnast

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Beth Tweddle. She took a break from her training to cut the ribbon with

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Ian Bartlet and the meeting starts in good style because over here is

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Big Buck's, I was taupbging -- talking about him earlier, saying

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he is like Roger Federer. I wonder if that's the secret to himself.

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His lazy style of racing, it makes everybody think they have a chance

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to beat him. He has beaten off every challenge foreare the last 16

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times. He is so beautiful. He is the perfect outline for a racehorse.

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He looks gleaming in his coat. He is trying to beat a record that he

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equalled at the Cheltenham when he won The World Hurdle for the fourth

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time, a record set in the 50s by Sir Ken. I think he deserves to be,

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because with this horse he has raced in the top grade against the

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best there is. Everything, every young horse that's tried to beat

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him they've failed. He's laughed at them. We saw him last year, he

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loves the track. A reminder of the Grand National news this morning,

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and that's that Always Waning and Lebo Bay. Hello Bud gets in, and

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Neptune As well. Lots of jockeys who will be wishing they were on

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something. There's lots of rain around but it's not enough for Lebo

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Bay. You were in Liverpool yesterday and it fell in the city

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but not here at the course. Let's look at what we have lined up for

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you this afternoon. Big Buck's has won 16 races in a

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row. Today he goes for the all-time record of consecutive wins. We

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could see him in the winners' enclosure for a 17th straight time.

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We will be behind the scenes at the yard of Nicky Henderson. Could he

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win the Grand National for the first time?

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After the fatalities last year in the Grand National the course has

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been modified and all attempts are being made to make it safer. We

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will be reviewing the review. We have Burton Port, Riverside Theatre,

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What A Friend for Sir Alex Ferguson in there, too. We head over the

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fences for the John Smith's Foxhunter chase, restricted to to

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amateur riders. A huge crowd here at Aintree. This is what they will

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be enjoying and you can too from at non-runners to tell you about. Both

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of them in our second race. Ruby Walsh switches to Dodging

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Bullets. Let's head up to the commentary box

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and have a word with Jim McGrath who can give us the runners and

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riders for this opening race. Yes, can he do it, that's the big

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question? Big Buck's this afternoon. He is going for his 17th

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consecutive victory. He will beat Sir Ken's record if he can do that.

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Let's look at the runners and riders for our first race, the

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three-miler. Big Buck's is one of the -- has won the last three years

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in a row. Number one, Across The Bay. Big Buck's, Crack Away Jack,

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Poungach, Restless Harry, Smad Place, Tidal Bay, and Won In The

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will be the sort of price that actually it's not even worth having

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a bet, although we have heard this morning that one punter has

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invested an awful lot of money and believes that Big Buck's is a

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certainty. Let's find out what's going on in the betting ring with

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John and Gary fantastic day down in the ring and

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the next three days we are going to be keeping people up to date. We

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also have a treat, we have Tom Segal, who is he? I call him the

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governor, whatever selection he puts up usually it gets smashed in

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odds, he is going to give us a winner for today and please God the

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winner of the Grand National. This is all about records at Aintree

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this year. Look at this bet in the firs race that William Hill have

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laid, Big Buck's, �500,000 at 1-5 to win 100,000. That's half a

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million. It's a cash bet. Somebody's gone in and had 500,000

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to win 100,000. He has won his last 16 races. 17 we hope for the punter.

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500,000 reasons why he wants it to certainty. But I think Restless

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Harry will run a big race here. Anybody playing eachway at home

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don't forget it's the first three places here. We have eight runners,

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I think they'll have a run for their money with Restless Harry,

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but the favourite looks a good thing. But 500,000!

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Joining us to review this first race is the champion jockey AP

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McCoy who rides Synchronised on Saturday. The big one would be nice.

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Most exciting the Gold Cup and I remember that day at Cheltenham you

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were keen on his chances the evening evening before and that day

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as well. You really fancied him. Yeah, he's bulls been a good stayer

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-- he's always been a good stayer and to win National races proved

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that and I am glad that he won the Gold Cup. The Gold Cup is the

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pinnacle of our sport. Obviously he has a big task on Saturday. No

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horse has won both since Golden Miller but records are there to be

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broken and why shouldn't he do it? We were talking about the buzz we

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get coming here and he was feeling it driving here, do you still get

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excited about coming to Aintree? You do, it's one of our biggest

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meetings. The The Grand National is probably the biggest horse race in

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the world. Let's look at the horse that actually would have been good

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enough to run in a Gold Cup but after he unSaturdayed Sam --

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unseated Sam Thomas he went back to hurdling and has been unbeaten

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since. And you are part of that record-setting trend. You have won

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on him how many times? I rode him twice when Ruby was injured and won

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on him both times at Newbury. An amazing horse, obviously with 16

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wins in a row it's obvious to say that, but got a great cruising

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speed. Does as Ruby says, what good stayers do, comes alive when you

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want him. Doesn't seem to have any flaws. Probably the best staying

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hurdler definitely of my time and I have seen a few good ones.

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horse of a lifetime for Ruby Walsh to ride and for Paul Nicholls to

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train, he is blessed with a wealth of good horses but this boy is

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exceptional, Big Buck's. It's very, very hard to see him getting beaten,

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Mick, but he is interesting to watch in a race. He doesn't always

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make it look easy. He doesn't. There is sa lot of guys at home who

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play in running betting and they've made a lot of money off this horse,

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at times he looks beaten but it's almost like he is playing with

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everybody, just keeping them interested. You know, what an

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amazing horse this fella is. I want to be able to say I was there when

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he broke the record. Let's have a word with the family that own him,

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the Stewart family. And how much they adore him, they're with Ian.

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Thank you, Clare. Yes, how big is your mantelpiece? I don't know,

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it's a couple of mantelpieces, but it's a reasonable size, Ian. Let's

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see if we can make it bigger today. 16 so far, he is an amazing horse.

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He is a horse of a lifetime and probably a fluke I would have

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thought. How nervous are you? How nervous do you get every time and

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are you now you have got to this record, is it more nerve-racking

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for you? I think so. You have to respect his achievements and in the

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game and you don't get twitchy when something like this, one of the

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greatest race tracks in the world, there would be something wrong with

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you. And at home... He came up here this morning, arrived about about

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6.00, walked the box and now he is walking in the ring. A quick

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question, later in the fox hunters. We brought him back on the

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Foxhunters, young James 17 years of age takes the ride. We think as

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long as he jumps around he will be there or thereabouts. Good luck

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with both of them. We are all going to be shouting this first one home.

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Good luck. Thank you very much. Exciting day for Andy Stewart. If

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there's a horse that might upset him today, could it be Smad Place?

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He finished third in The World Hurdle. The bell is going to tell

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the jockeys to get on. They've only walked into the paddock, not a lot

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of time to get instructions. He was very much ridden to be placed, and

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if you do that in a race like this you have every chance of being so.

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He is a smart horse, he is an improver. Again he is a great

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advertisement. Alan King's horses are very much in a richer vein of

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form this year than last. Alan King was the last treupber to win this -

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- trainer to win this race. Big Buck's has dominated but in 2008 he

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won it with Blazing Bailey who has recently been retired. Alan having

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a quick chat with Robert Thornton who doesn't have a ride in the

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Grand National. I find that unbelievable. Things can change and

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you want to make sure you are here on Saturday and available just in

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the paddock. He didn't go to the Cheltenham Festival. No, but this

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horse really catches my eye in the paddock. He is almost like a mirror.

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If you are looking to back something that finishes placed, he

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stands out for me. And he does go well fresh. He hasn't run for 102

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days. The jockey has filled in well when

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Ruby hasn't been around. I think Big Buck's will win and Smad Place

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be second. Pretty boring but I think Big

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Buck's and Smad Place are going to have it pretty much between them.

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This is a frustrating horse, Tidal Bay. Oh, my word, does he have

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talent? He races with his head held very high, so he looks awkward.

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Sometimes his jumping leave as bit to be desired. He throws races away

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by putting in a few sloppy jumps. There is no his ability though.

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Paul Nicholls has a strangled hold on the race, apart from Smad Place.

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He trains Tidal Bay, Big Buck's and puenpuefpblt Ruby is on board Big

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Buck's and that's the -- Big Buck's and Poungach. Ruby is on board Big

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Buck's and that's the best place to you, he goes through what they call

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a flat spot, does he feel like he's not going to pick up or is it

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deceptive ive on the eye? He is the ultimate there. Cheltenham, he

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wanted to make sure it was a test of stamina. He comes alive as soon

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as you grab hold of him properly. He's the sign of a pure horse, when

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you grab hold of them he's there. And you can see suddenly he comes

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awake, his ears are pricked. What are the conditions like out there?

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Rishi Persad and Richard Pitman are on the course. How is it looking

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the It is beautiful out here, Clare. Bit of a headwind into the faces of

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the horse as they come up the home straight. We are at the one of the

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most formidable fences in the world, The Chair. It is good to soft in

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places. It is good ground, in my estimation. Remember they weigh

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half a tonne, so we'll see how they open it up. I will be surprised if

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they don't have to water. official description is good to

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soft, good in places. Let's wander on to the hurdles course. It is

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officially good to soft but there's a lovely covering of grass. But

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underneath it there's quite good ground. There is, but to get

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through this carpet, it is there to take the concussion out of it. This

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is perfect, good ground. But the dilemma is, do they water and then

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the heavens open? Or do they not and it drys out until Saturday?

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forecast for the three days of the might it was that we might get the

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odd shower, which would take away the need to water. If we don't get

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the odd shower before the Grand National, will they need to water?

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I would say without a doubt. That's health and safety policy, slow them

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down a bit. The amateurs' race today over the big fences the, they

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will go lickety-split. They will. We hope that Big Buck's will go

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lickety-split in the opening race. This is the shot from the

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helicopter coming down to the start of this three mile one furlong

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hurdle race. How will the race pan out, in terms of tactics? Restless

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Harry probably ruined his chances of finishing second or third. I see

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no reason for them to change tactics. I think Restless Harry

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will (Inaudible) just ride him so he is handy enough so he can press

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on when the other horses quicken up. He will quicken away. Ruby will

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keep flopping him up and down on the straight. He will probably do

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the same, be handy enough and close enough so if the others quicken a

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bit he can go them. He looks a slow horse but he really goes.

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amount of Mickey taking you and Ruby do... He is probably better at

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it than I am. He will ride Big Buck's the handy way. He's not a

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slow horse. The easiest way is to keep it as simple as possible.

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is it going to take to get him beat? Someone running out and rug

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being -- rugby tackling him. It is a horse race and these things can

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happen. On all known form he is going to win again. You saw a shot

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there after Won In The Dark. Andrew Lynch is on board, who had a very

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good Cheltenham Festival. Let's head to the commentary box. Jim

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McGrath is joined by Richard Dunwoody. It's interesting, Big

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Buck's, they've tried everything to get him beaten. They thought if he

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waited and they kicked they could be able to catch him out. Last time

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he was closer. They don't seem to be able to get a tactic to him.

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Reviewingy is riding him. The main thing is he sits handy and doesn't

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give them too much to do. He looks a picture. Is there any conceivable

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way he can get beaten today? There's a few flights of hurdles,

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Jim. Generally, Ruby has been quoted as saying he would be good

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enough to be there in a Champion Hurdle. Given he jumps be, he has

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his own style of jumping, Jim. You know... It's a hurdle race. It's

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over obstacles. Something like that could happen and I'm touching wood

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that it doesn't. You've ridden many great horses in the past. You know

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the pressures are on and you have to jump them. As long as he's able

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to measure them and get into a rhythm. Ruby will get him into a

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rhythm quick enough. And they are off and running. Three miles and

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half a furlong, jumping a total of 13 flights in this BGC Partners

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Liverpool Hurdle. Won for the last three years by Big Buck's.

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Big Buck's jumps it in third position. The leader is Across The

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Bay, by two lengths to Poungach in second, to Big Buck's in third.

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That nose-banded champion on the inside. Bidding for his 17th

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consecutive win over hurdles today. Two circuits remaining. In fourth

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position Restless Harry. A length- and-a-half to Smad Place. Tucked on

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the inside of Won In The Dark. Three wide is Tidal Bay. At the

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rear of the field is Crack Away Jack. Heading towards the back

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straight on the first occasion. Across The Bay with the noseband

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just lobbing along. A good, even pace in this staying contest. Leads

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by two-and-a-half, three lengths or so to up on the outside Poungach in

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the spotted sleefts. Tucked behind them is Big Buck's. Getting into

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that rhythmic style as they head down the back. Further back in the

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field as they come to the third is Restless Harry. Followed by Smad

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Place on the inside. Then Won In The Dark and back towards the rear

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of the field is Tidal Bay. He is second last. A gap then to at the

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rear of the field Crack Away Jack. Heading towards flight number three

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and the leader on the inside Across The Bay, two lengths to Poungach.

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Two away to Big Buck's on the inside as he gets over that in good,

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fluent style. Travelling well on the inside for Ruby Walsh. A half

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length on the outer is Restless Harry. They continue their journey

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to the fourth. Smad Place tucked away on the inside. Further back

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Won In The Dark, out wider then is Tidal Bay, and two or three lengths

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away is Crack Away Jack. To the far corner of the course and the

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favourite is exactly where you would want him to be. Travelling

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kindly as well Richard. That's right, Jim. Ruby is there, where he

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wants to be, sat third. It is where I would want to be in the race. So

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far they are all jumping well and everything is travelling well.

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they swing towards the entrance to the home straight on the first

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occasion, just under two miles to travel. Across The Bay the leader

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by a length, to on the outside Poungach. Half a length away tucked

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away is Big Buck's, just lobbing along behind these two pace-setters.

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Further back is Restless Harry on the outside. Then Smad Place as

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they come to the fifth. They are followed by Won In The Dark and

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Tidal Bay, and last is Crack Away Jack. Getting up towards flight

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number six. On the far side Across The Bay draws towards it. He jumps

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it clean in spectacular style. A half length in front of Poungach as

:25:41.:25:45.

they get up the straight towards flight number seven. Across The Bay

:25:45.:25:50.

on the far side leads to it from Poungach and Big Buck's. Just in

:25:50.:25:54.

behind them as they get over seven in good style. Two lengths to Smad

:25:55.:25:58.

Place, who is cracking the favourite. Restless Harry, a length

:25:58.:26:04.

to Won In The Dark, followed by Tidal Bay. Crack Away Jack. They

:26:04.:26:11.

still no change. Not much change so far, Jim. He got a little bit tight

:26:11.:26:16.

to the last hurdle. He is travelling well. Everything is

:26:16.:26:21.

going to plan. We'll see what unfold as they go into the final

:26:21.:26:24.

circuit. Across The Bay leads comfortably bay length to Poungach

:26:24.:26:29.

on the outside. Then Big Buck's tucked away third on the inner.

:26:29.:26:32.

Further back is Restless Harry, travelling on the outside of Smad

:26:32.:26:36.

Place. A length-and-a-half to Crack Away Jack. On the inside of Won In

:26:36.:26:40.

The Dark, two lengths to Tidal Bay at the tail of the field. They head

:26:40.:26:45.

into the back for the final time, towards flight number 8. Across The

:26:45.:26:51.

Bay leans over it from Poungach... And rest vest a faller! He's

:26:51.:26:55.

brought down Won In The Dark. There is two gone down the back. At

:26:55.:26:59.

flight number 8. They continue their journey down the far side.

:26:59.:27:03.

Across The Bay the leader from Poungach and Big Buck's. Just

:27:03.:27:09.

behind them is Smad Place. They are clear of Crack Away Jack. Both

:27:09.:27:14.

jockeys are sitting up OK. Tidal Bay is tailed off as they head

:27:14.:27:18.

towards four out. It is Across The Bay on the inside. It is getting

:27:18.:27:23.

low and Smad Place has gone! A faller. They head now towards the

:27:23.:27:29.

exit from the back. It is Across The Bay being joined and being

:27:29.:27:32.

challenged by Poungach on the outside. Two lengths away is Big

:27:32.:27:36.

Buck's. They swing around that turn and make their way across the too

:27:36.:27:39.

many of the track. In fourth position Crack Away Jack. They are

:27:39.:27:44.

the only ones in contention. Forget about Tidal Bay, who has tailed

:27:44.:27:48.

right off. They head towards ten trance of the home straight. Three

:27:48.:27:55.

left to jump. It is Across The Bay, but here comes the champ on the

:27:55.:28:00.

outside. Big Buck's. Bidding for his 17th consecutive hurdle victory.

:28:00.:28:06.

Ruby Walsh stealing a chicy peek. They were fold by Crack Away Jack

:28:06.:28:11.

and Poungach. Big Buck's moves up on the outside. Across The Bay and

:28:11.:28:14.

Big Buck's together. Big Buck's now powers into the lead followed by

:28:14.:28:19.

Crack Away Jack and then Poungach. They've got two left to jump. Big

:28:19.:28:24.

Buck's in front. Draws towards the second last. Over it clear. Three

:28:24.:28:29.

in front, Crack Away Jack, who is giving Chase, followed by Across

:28:29.:28:33.

The Bay. But the champion is making a supreme effort, with one left to

:28:33.:28:38.

jump, Big Buck's comes towards the last. He's over in immaculate style,

:28:38.:28:44.

five lengths in front. He is going to break Sir Ken's record.Th

:28:44.:28:48.

consecutive victories over hurdles. What a horse he is! A true champion.

:28:48.:28:53.

He comes up to the line now. The warm applause of his appreciative

:28:53.:28:58.

crowd at Liverpool. Up to the line, Big Buck's wins it by seven lengths.

:28:58.:29:02.

In second is Crack Away Jack. Third was Across The Bay. Followed by

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with Tidal Bay and Poungach is the last of the finishers. What a horse

:29:07.:29:13.

he is. What a horse, Jim. That was fantastic for racing, to see him do

:29:13.:29:17.

that. Broken the record. Couldn't have done it any easier today.

:29:17.:29:22.

Jumped superb all the way. He really switched on. Then two horses

:29:22.:29:28.

fell and that set the race up for him with Smad Place falling as well.

:29:28.:29:32.

Crack Away Jack, I thought he looked to be travelling nicely. But

:29:32.:29:37.

didn't have a lot to give him a straight. He's done a grate job,

:29:37.:29:40.

the champion. Ruby Walsh riding with supreme confidence throughout.

:29:40.:29:46.

He knows this horse so well. A 17th consecutive victory over hurdles.

:29:46.:29:51.

Absolutely unbelievable. He hasn't been beaten since New Year's Day

:29:51.:29:57.

2009. It all came about because he actually made a mess of that last

:29:57.:30:07.
:30:07.:30:11.

jump. He got rid of Sam Thomas in Three and a quarter lengths between

:30:11.:30:18.

second and third. First, Big Buck's. Second Crack Away Jack, and third

:30:18.:30:24.

Across The Bay and fourth Tidal Bay. Those are just beautiful shots.

:30:24.:30:28.

That's a horse that's happy in what he is doing and a jockey that all

:30:28.:30:32.

he wants to do is pat him and say well done, you are on your own a

:30:32.:30:38.

record-setter, a record-breaker and an amazing horse, iconic horse.

:30:38.:30:42.

It's a thrill to be here to watch him and AP, for you to have been

:30:42.:30:47.

part of that story, as well, it may hurt to stand on the side and watch

:30:47.:30:52.

but it's an amazing thing. I was privileged to be allowed to ride

:30:52.:30:56.

him when Ruby was injured, amazing horse. That record of 17 wins in a

:30:56.:31:00.

row, amazing training performance as well to keep a horse that right

:31:00.:31:03.

for 17 starts. Fair play to Paul Nicholls for that. The horse

:31:03.:31:08.

deserves all the credit. He went around there, done as we thought

:31:08.:31:13.

and he is as a lot of people say, a cash machine, just collect your

:31:13.:31:23.

money every time he runs. Will we see another one like him, who knows.

:31:23.:31:29.

Andy Stewart is with Rishi now. At what point did you stop being

:31:29.:31:39.
:31:39.:31:40.

nervous? When he went over the line. He seemed to be idling in front.

:31:40.:31:45.

Alan King's horse was behind us. Just take every horse as it comes.

:31:45.:31:49.

Can you tell me what emotions you go through as he goes over the line,

:31:50.:31:54.

a lot of professionals who have fall nonlove with this horse,

:31:54.:31:59.

they've become emotional. It's so flattering of the people today here,

:31:59.:32:07.

coming up and asking for autographs, mine, not the horse's, and he is

:32:07.:32:13.

more newsworthy than I am, but it's a privilege. Will there be new

:32:13.:32:19.

challenges next season? I would have thought if he is that much

:32:19.:32:23.

older it will be five next year. record-breaker in the first race at

:32:23.:32:30.

Aintree. It's a pleasure to be here. Thank you.

:32:30.:32:35.

So, here he is, have a look at him, a true champion.

:32:35.:32:43.

He has such a relaxed presence really. We just see the way he is

:32:43.:32:49.

able to arch his neck and just go along in that rhythmic style. It's

:32:49.:32:55.

characteristic of him. He is very relaxed. Just as soon as he turned

:32:55.:33:02.

down the back the second time he looked to grab hold of the bit and

:33:02.:33:05.

then turning into the strait the race was all over. This is a

:33:05.:33:09.

perfect start to the meeting for Ruby. He comes here with high

:33:09.:33:14.

exceptions, as ever, and some great rides. Yeah, smashing rides over

:33:14.:33:19.

the few days. Lovely to get a pressure ride like this, you know

:33:19.:33:24.

it should win, so you want everything to go right and that's -

:33:24.:33:29.

he goes back into confidence with the rest of the meeting now. Just

:33:29.:33:33.

confirmation that the three horses who fell, Restless Harry, who

:33:33.:33:36.

brought down Won In The Dark and Smad Place who fell at the fourth

:33:36.:33:40.

last, all are fine and so are their jockeys, which is a big relief. But

:33:40.:33:45.

Big Buck's there receiving the plaudits of the crowd and Judy in

:33:45.:33:49.

the red, just wanting to love him, because this is what he does. He

:33:49.:33:54.

does it with so little bother. OK, the race was reduced to pretty much

:33:54.:33:58.

nothing when the main dangers - certainly when Smad Place fell. You

:33:58.:34:03.

still have to jump the hurdles. have. Look at his ears, straight

:34:03.:34:06.

ahead. He is looking at the obstacles ahead. He almost knows

:34:06.:34:09.

where he is at this stage. He has been here a few times now. Just

:34:09.:34:13.

watch, when he lands over this Ruby has to shake him up a little bit.

:34:13.:34:18.

You said it in commentary, he is only playing with him. Obviously a

:34:18.:34:25.

worry he could maybe pull himself up a little bit in front. He was

:34:25.:34:28.

impress - shows you how much luck you need and a good horse they're

:34:28.:34:33.

easy to ride and you can keep things simple on them. They're

:34:33.:34:36.

uncomplicated. This horse might need to be dropped in, could have

:34:36.:34:42.

got brought down by the horse that fell. Good horses make the job easy

:34:42.:34:45.

for you. You can keep them out of trouble, keep it simple on him. He

:34:46.:34:51.

is an amazing horse. There is a lot of pressure riding him. There is

:34:51.:34:55.

Paul nick olts -- Nichols, almost couldn't bear to watch. Let's hear

:34:55.:34:58.

what he thought of it. It's always a joy after they cross

:34:58.:35:03.

the line, Paul. Yeah, it was straightforward today. Travelled,

:35:03.:35:08.

did everything right. Very happy with him. Great ride again. I could

:35:08.:35:12.

have ridden him today! A lot of people here would have fancied

:35:12.:35:21.

being aboard today. The hardest bit is getting on, it was as

:35:21.:35:30.

competitive as Cheltenham. He boated in -- bolted in today.

:35:30.:35:38.

had a harder race than usual at Cheltenham, to see him fresh.

:35:38.:35:42.

are lucky we never gotten to the bottom of how good he really is.

:35:42.:35:45.

He's never really been extended over hurdles. I would say there is

:35:46.:35:51.

more there. Would there be a new new challenge for him. Andy was

:35:51.:35:56.

saying same four races. The same routine. Now he has got older, pays

:35:56.:36:02.

to give him a run in between The Long Walk and Cheltenham. He's come

:36:02.:36:06.

here in good form to follow the same route. What a joy it is to

:36:06.:36:09.

have ridden all these great horses. People try and squeeze some words

:36:09.:36:12.

out of jockeys and say this is the best I have ever sat on. I suppose

:36:12.:36:18.

you will be close to saying that? Yeah, I did also ride Kauto Star

:36:18.:36:21.

and it's hard to compare one over the other. They're different horses,

:36:21.:36:27.

one is a hurdler, one a chaser. Two incredible horses. We have both

:36:27.:36:31.

been incredibly lucky to have been involved. God willing he will stay

:36:31.:36:38.

sound and nice if we can go on and will be tough and saupbd as --

:36:38.:36:46.

sound as Kauto has been. Well done to the team. Thank you.

:36:46.:36:56.
:36:56.:37:06.

It was never really in doubt, Big punter who laid out �500,000 to win

:37:06.:37:10.

�100,000, it took him about six six minutes to win the money, I don't

:37:10.:37:16.

think any building society will give you 100,000 for nothing. A

:37:16.:37:22.

great horse, isn't it, John. 7-4 to win The World Hurdle next year, the

:37:22.:37:32.

best price we have so far, that's with - and even money with Coral,

:37:32.:37:35.

seven William Hill. Sounds generous at the moment. There are the

:37:35.:37:39.

jockeys coming back after their falls. Good to see them up and

:37:39.:37:49.
:37:49.:37:51.

walking around. And there is Chuck Thornton,

:37:51.:37:56.

already weighing out for the next. Ruby Walsh getting congratulated by

:37:56.:37:59.

everybody. A wonderful thing to be associated with a horse like that.

:37:59.:38:03.

A record has been set here. What a thrill in the opening race of the

:38:03.:38:07.

Aintree Festival. AP is with us, because he is not in the first two

:38:07.:38:10.

races, you are in the third on Burton Port. It's an intriguing

:38:10.:38:13.

race, what do you think of it? much so. Obviously a lot of these

:38:13.:38:20.

horses have been to Cheltenham. Burton Port ran well in the Gold

:38:20.:38:30.
:38:30.:38:33.

Cup. Nacarat, Hunt Ball has improved, still about 16lbs to find

:38:33.:38:38.

but he is an improver. Very open race. Hopefully Burton Port can

:38:38.:38:44.

outstay the best arest. -- rest. Hunt Ball is owned by a farmer, you

:38:44.:38:48.

never know anybody make more noise when the horse wins. He says he won

:38:48.:38:55.

half a million at the Cheltenham Festival. Crazy sorts of money. You

:38:55.:39:02.

are not doing it with any punting allowed, you are doing it for

:39:02.:39:06.

winners. We wish you well. Lovely way to start the meeting by hearing

:39:06.:39:11.

from him. Let's look to the Grand National and get the latest betting

:39:11.:39:15.

news. We know who line up and the reserves who were allowed to come

:39:15.:39:20.

in until tomorrow morning. Let's go down to the betting ring and rejoin

:39:20.:39:24.

Gary and John. We are with Tom from The Racing

:39:24.:39:27.

Post. You have had a good look, what's the initial thing looking at

:39:27.:39:31.

the race? It's very, very difficult this year, as you can imagine. 40

:39:31.:39:34.

runners. The ground, we are not sure how it's going to be. More

:39:34.:39:38.

More showers will make it an interesting list. There is

:39:38.:39:45.

shortlist I have, I have to start with Synchronised. He is coming

:39:45.:39:49.

back after an impressive performance. He needs soft ground.

:39:49.:39:53.

If it doesn't rain before the National he will get too far back,

:39:53.:40:00.

that's not a good thing. 5-1, is that value? It's not, terrible

:40:00.:40:04.

price. The other thing is there's been 17 horses have won a Gold Cup

:40:04.:40:10.

and come here and only one horse has won, Golden Miller. That's a

:40:10.:40:14.

big ask. The stats are against him. He has a better chance than some

:40:14.:40:18.

that have tried. He is the strongest stayer I have seen for

:40:18.:40:24.

many a year. The Welsh National, that form. If he can jump around

:40:24.:40:30.

which is the issue, because it's a different to the we will -- Welsh

:40:30.:40:36.

National. Here if you you get too far behind too early. We want

:40:36.:40:40.

outsiders for my nan and grandad. have backed a horse called Treacle

:40:40.:40:47.

from Ireland. He was third in the Lexus Chase. I backed him a few

:40:47.:40:52.

weeks back. Organised Confusion, he won the Fairy House Irish Grand

:40:52.:41:00.

National last year. Because I Couldn't See. Jumps brilliantly.

:41:00.:41:06.

Can't forget Ballabriggs and if the rain comes West End Rocker. What

:41:06.:41:09.

about today, what's the pearl of wisdom for today? I would suggest

:41:09.:41:15.

having a few quid in the Red Rum Chase, 4.15 on Free World. He was a

:41:15.:41:20.

very good horse a few years back for Paul Nicholls. Rated I think

:41:20.:41:25.

about 20lbs higher than now. He's come back to a good mark. Ground is

:41:25.:41:29.

right. I think he will go well today. The major football match of

:41:29.:41:32.

the weekend? Southampton and Reading on Friday, that's the big

:41:32.:41:36.

one. You can't be serious! That's the crucial one for promotion. As

:41:36.:41:44.

for your game, we all know what you want to win. I haven't forgiven you

:41:44.:41:53.

for putting in the Racing Post. bookies hate you every week because

:41:53.:41:59.

you are the governor. But he is a nice fella. He is a nice fella and

:41:59.:42:09.
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:42:09.:43:15.

a held of a tipster. These are the see Nicky.

:43:15.:43:19.

I had 15 years a stable jockey here with Nicky Henderson. This is my

:43:19.:43:22.

first time back as a reporter with the BBC and it feels a little bit

:43:22.:43:26.

weird. But, in national hunt racing at the moment, whether you are a

:43:27.:43:31.

reporter, member of the public, jockey or trainer, this is the

:43:31.:43:40.

hottest place to be. If we can just have one winner on the firs day it

:43:40.:43:48.

takes the pressure off. The second day was ridiculous. It was an

:43:48.:43:51.

amazing week. The horses were great throughout the week. The jockeys

:43:51.:43:57.

were good too. Riverside Theatre just won it! What

:43:57.:44:02.

an unbelievable week for Nicky Henderson. Five days later it's all

:44:02.:44:08.

over, but it seems a long time ago now. It's all sort of all roads

:44:08.:44:12.

lead to Aintree. And Nicky and Aintree go back a long way. After

:44:12.:44:20.

tpeuf inish -- finishing five teenth as a jockey, he won the

:44:20.:44:25.

following year. Two years later in his first

:44:25.:44:29.

attempt as a trainer he was second. Since then another second, a third,

:44:29.:44:35.

a fourth and two fifths. I rode for him seven times. Nicky has had the

:44:35.:44:38.

whole National experience, except a win. I had about six consecutive

:44:39.:44:43.

fallers at the first. I rode a few! You remember them better than I

:44:43.:44:48.

would. Then we had a lot of years when I couldn't even have a winner

:44:48.:44:55.

at the meeting. It was terrible. I think if it was a Test match it

:44:55.:44:59.

would have been very good, I think I got to 63-0 or something. There

:44:59.:45:06.

is a National winner here and he has been here for 34 years. Cork

:45:06.:45:16.
:45:16.:45:25.

skwreu Brown landed the big one to lead the winner... Did you back

:45:25.:45:32.

it? I had �10 each way and foregoat to draw it I was so excited. This

:45:32.:45:37.

year there are two prizes - the National itself and the trainer's

:45:37.:45:43.

title. Shakalakaboomboom has already ran at Aintree, in last

:45:43.:45:48.

year's Topham, and has been prepared for the National.

:45:48.:45:54.

everything has gone to plan, he seems to be well fresh, so we

:45:54.:45:58.

haven't done a lot with him. Shakalakaboomboom trips off the

:45:58.:46:06.

Grand National winner has a good ring to it too. Gradually most

:46:06.:46:13.

things have come our way at the end of the day. You've won a Gold Cup.

:46:13.:46:16.

Umpteen Champion Hurdles. That's the only race that's missing now.

:46:16.:46:21.

So do you think you will hang on until you get it? Um... Yeah,

:46:21.:46:29.

probably. It would just be nice to do it once.

:46:29.:46:35.

And there is Nicky Henderson in the paddock. He has Lyvius running in

:46:35.:46:40.

the next, and he's got Riverside Theatre coming up, and Burton Port

:46:40.:46:45.

in our third race. Riverside Theatre completed the five-timer

:46:45.:46:50.

that Conor Murphy, one of the lads in the yard, had backed as an

:46:50.:46:55.

accumulator and won �1 million. should have been �3 million. What

:46:55.:47:00.

an amazing story. Barry didn't know how much pressure was on him to win

:47:00.:47:04.

that race. Oh, I think he did. It was a brilliant ride. Over the

:47:04.:47:08.

course of the next three days we are going to be showing you

:47:08.:47:12.

historic moments from Grand Nationals past, as chosen and told

:47:12.:47:22.
:47:22.:47:23.

by this man, the voice of racing, Sir Peter O'Sullivan.

:47:23.:47:29.

1960 was the first time the race was televised is live, and the BBC

:47:29.:47:34.

deployed 16 cameras to tell the story. As presenter, David Coleman

:47:34.:47:39.

told the country it was a piece of television history. Things were

:47:39.:47:43.

rather chaotic on the outside broadcast. My nerves of being in

:47:43.:47:48.

the hot seat for the first time were amplified by a restricted view

:47:48.:47:53.

from my commentary position and an unreleebl TV monitor. But somehow

:47:53.:47:57.

we got through and told the story of the victory, the first clear

:47:57.:48:05.

favourite to win for 33 years. For jockey Gerry Scott it was quite a

:48:05.:48:15.
:48:15.:48:17.

feat, having broken his collarbone a fortnight earlier. 25 yards to go.

:48:17.:48:25.

Merriment is the winner of the National.

:48:25.:48:31.

And we've got a fair few more of the memories of Sir Peter over

:48:31.:48:41.
:48:41.:48:45.

Sullivan to come. 1960s, JP McManus said it was the first bet he had

:48:45.:48:51.

ever had, at nine years old. We are ready for the next race, the

:48:51.:48:57.

four-year-old Juvenile Hurdle. A total of 11 runners here. 8 and

:48:57.:49:07.
:49:07.:49:07.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

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betting race this. Hinterland is well backed, 8s into 7. But the

:50:07.:50:13.

National is two days away. I've had a text, if you want to bet each way

:50:13.:50:18.

Bet Victor are going the first six places on the Grand National.

:50:18.:50:23.

That's with Victor Chandler on Saturday.

:50:23.:50:28.

The key form for this race comes from the Triumph Hurdle at the

:50:28.:50:33.

Cheltenham festival. This horse was favourite. This is Grumeti. Robert

:50:33.:50:38.

Thornton in the saddle. Finished a close third behind the winner,

:50:38.:50:43.

Countrywide Flame, who runs in this race. Explain why Grumeti is

:50:43.:50:47.

favourite ahead of Countrywide Flame? I don't know. He made a

:50:47.:50:57.
:50:57.:50:58.

mistake in the last. I just think maybe John Quinn is a higher ro

:50:58.:51:02.

file trainer and they've latched on to this way. But Countrywide Flame

:51:02.:51:08.

I think was a worthy winner on the day. Alan King won this race in

:51:08.:51:18.
:51:18.:51:28.

2007 with Catch Tammy - Katchit. Dougie is a very good pilot. This

:51:28.:51:32.

horse has travelled to Ireland, finished third in a big novice

:51:32.:51:36.

hurdle over there. Maybe that's why punters have been put off by this.

:51:36.:51:41.

He looks well. This is Dodging Bullets, now with Ruby Walsh in the

:51:41.:51:45.

saddle because Pearl Swan doesn't run. He was progressive on the flat

:51:45.:51:49.

last year, second to Grumeti at Kempton and fourth in the Triumph

:51:49.:51:53.

Hurdle last time. He was beaten four lengths. Do you think he could

:51:53.:51:58.

turn that form around, it is a different course here. Flat track

:51:58.:52:03.

will play to in horse's strengths. A good jumper and a good traveller.

:52:03.:52:08.

Very often Cheltenham form is not fold up here at Aintree but there's

:52:08.:52:14.

been an extra week's gap, so that trend could be broken. Sadler's

:52:14.:52:18.

Risk was at one time favourite for the Triumph Hurdle after he won on

:52:18.:52:27.

his hurdles debut at temp. Finished sixth. He was fancied by the team

:52:27.:52:34.

on that occasion. A lot of people remembered that good win at Kempton.

:52:34.:52:38.

He looked very good there. I think Hinterland is very interesting.

:52:38.:52:45.

They think a lot of Hinterland at the Paul Nicholls's yard. He's been

:52:45.:52:51.

compared to Le Duc. This horse I think is the one that

:52:51.:52:56.

could be the one to take the race. A good strong type. A real chaser

:52:56.:53:01.

for the future, this fellla. I like the look of this horse. The fact he

:53:01.:53:08.

hasn't been to Cheltenham shouldn't harm him here. Gottany O's was

:53:08.:53:12.

picked up by Tom Segal in the Racing Post this morning.

:53:12.:53:16.

Disappointing in his first two starts. He's got to come back to

:53:16.:53:21.

form, but keep on eye on Gottany O's. I'm sure he will have been a

:53:22.:53:27.

mover in the markets. He is 16-1, a decent enough price. Let's head up

:53:28.:53:35.

to Jim McGrath. Very interesting. Bradbury's rider

:53:35.:53:41.

is out of the saddle. Just adjuthing the tack. Grumeti, the 5-

:53:41.:53:48.

2 favourite. Countrywide Flame 4-1. Dodging Bullets the same place.

:53:48.:53:58.

Sadler's Risk 9-2 and 15 -1 Hinterland. You were asking why

:53:58.:54:01.

should Grumeti be favourite ahead of Countrywide Flame. I think he

:54:01.:54:07.

had an interrupted preparation before Cheltenham. He stepped on a

:54:07.:54:12.

nail I think at a crucial stage of his preparation. I'm not saying

:54:12.:54:18.

that it cost him victory there but it couldn't have helped. He's such

:54:18.:54:26.

a gutsy performer, Grumeti. That's him there in the maroon sleeve.

:54:26.:54:32.

He's a real tough performer off the flat. He is a horse that can really

:54:32.:54:37.

go close here, that's for sure. They are starting to walk in at the

:54:37.:54:42.

two mile and half a furlong start. Gottany O's is leading them up.

:54:42.:54:47.

They walk in very sensibly, very calmly. It won't be like this on

:54:47.:54:51.

national day in the Grand National, I can assure you. They come towards

:54:51.:54:56.

the starting point now. All very organised. All very calm. And there

:54:56.:55:01.

is the starter. That's it, they are off and running. Setting off on

:55:01.:55:06.

this two miles and half a furlong journey. Gottany O's goes on in the

:55:06.:55:11.

early stages from Countrywide Flame. On the outside Eagle Rock. Tucked

:55:11.:55:17.

in behind them is Beyeh. Sadler's Risk is further back in the field.

:55:17.:55:22.

They swing around the home straight on the first occasion. Lyvius

:55:22.:55:26.

behind. Grumeti on the inside. Bradbury is further back with

:55:26.:55:35.

Hinterland. They wereed by Dodging Bullets, who is -- they are held

:55:36.:55:40.

there by Dodging Bullets. In second Countrywide Flame on the nearside.

:55:40.:55:47.

Further back in the field behind them is Bradbury in 7th or 8

:55:48.:55:52.

position in that white cap as they continue their journey up the home

:55:52.:55:58.

straight. Beyeh tucked in behind them in third. Out wide is Eagle

:55:58.:56:03.

Rock. Sadler's Risk is further back in the field. Lyvius out wide. They

:56:03.:56:07.

are followed next by Hinterland, and in the centre Bradbury.

:56:07.:56:16.

Followed by Grumeti, who is on the inside of others. Two lengths last

:56:16.:56:22.

is Zarzal. Six to jump. The leader is Gottany O's by a length to

:56:22.:56:27.

country country. Out wide ser Eagle Rock. They swing past the judge now.

:56:27.:56:30.

Back in fourth position on the inside Beyeh, into Sadler's Risk.

:56:30.:56:38.

Half a length on the inside of Lyvius. Two lengths further back

:56:38.:56:41.

Bradbury, from Hinterland, Dodging Bullets and tsar zafrplt heading

:56:41.:56:46.

into the back. Three flights awaiting them. Gottany O's shows

:56:46.:56:50.

the way. Blazing the trail here. Tempo is good. A length-and-a-

:56:50.:56:55.

half... He's stumbled, the leader has stumbled and he's gone. Gottany

:56:55.:57:03.

O's has broken down and the rider has dismounted immediately.

:57:03.:57:07.

Unfortunate there he took a false step and broken down badly. They

:57:07.:57:11.

head towards the fifth. On the outside Eagle Rock has taken up a

:57:11.:57:15.

narrow lead from Countrywide Flame. Just behind them Lyvius in third.

:57:15.:57:21.

There's a faller! Hinterland has gone! They continue their journey

:57:22.:57:25.

towards flight number six is. Hinterland is on his feet and

:57:25.:57:29.

galloping up the field. Just looking back down the track there

:57:30.:57:35.

Noel Fehily looks as if he may be winded. Attendants are rushing over

:57:35.:57:42.

to him. He's on his knees. They head now towards the side of the

:57:42.:57:45.

track. Countrywide Flame shows the way from on the outside Eagle Rock.

:57:45.:57:52.

Two way Lyvius from Sadler's Risk, two lengths then to Grumeti. A gap

:57:52.:57:55.

to Bradbury, followed by Dodging Bullets, who hasn't picked up.

:57:55.:57:59.

Zarzal is well back. Beyeh has gone back through the field. Heading

:57:59.:58:04.

towards the entrance of the home straight. It is the Triumph Hurdle

:58:04.:58:06.

winner Countrywide Flame who shows the way. Half a length to Eagle

:58:06.:58:10.

Rock on the outside. On the outside looming up now is Lyvius for the

:58:10.:58:15.

Henderson stable. Just in behind them is Sadler's Risk, followed by

:58:15.:58:20.

Grumeti, who is three out and it is on the far side Countrywide Flame,

:58:20.:58:26.

who land in the lead. Grumeti, in behind them is Eagle Rock, followed

:58:26.:58:30.

by Sadler's Risk at the second last. Countrywide Flame got through the

:58:30.:58:35.

top of that OK. Landed running but here's Grumeti, challenging on the

:58:35.:58:38.

nearside. They are four or five lengths clear now. They come over

:58:38.:58:41.

to gallop together towards the last. Grumeti on the nearside from

:58:41.:58:45.

Countrywide Flame. They take take it together. They touchdown

:58:45.:58:48.

together. Grumeti on the near side. Countrywide Flame on the far side.

:58:48.:58:52.

8 lengths to Eagle Rock. It is Grumeti and Countrywide Flame who

:58:52.:58:58.

settle down to fight it out. Grumeti showing a bit more. Grumeti

:58:58.:59:02.

pilling it out as they come towards the line. Grumeti wins in dogged

:59:02.:59:07.

style. Three parts of a length to Countrywide Flame. About 25 lengths

:59:07.:59:12.

then to Sadler's Risk in third. On the outside in fourth is Eagle Rock

:59:12.:59:17.

from Zarzal, who made up some good ground. Further back in the field

:59:17.:59:21.

was Dodging Bullets, Lyvius, Beyeh and then Bradbury. They are the

:59:21.:59:28.

only finishers. Alan King, the winning trainer, and choc Thornton

:59:28.:59:33.

the winning rider on number six Grumeti, owned by the McNeill

:59:33.:59:38.

family. Third in the triumph and today with a trouble-free run

:59:38.:59:42.

throughout. Ridden patiently by Robert Thornton. Second is number

:59:42.:59:47.

two, Countrywide Flame. Ran with honour, but not quite good enough.

:59:47.:59:51.

Dougie Costello. Third number 11, Sadler's Risk, ridden by Dicky

:59:51.:59:57.

Johnson. Fourth is number 4, Eagle Rock, James Reveley. Grumeti. What

:59:57.:00:04.

a tougher he is. He's a horse who made... There was a little blip

:00:04.:00:12.

earlier in his career when he fell at Newbury. But after that he's

:00:12.:00:22.
:00:22.:00:26.

really come along, proven himself Countrywide Flame. Grumeti getting

:00:26.:00:30.

home from Countrywide Flame. Punters had it right, they sorted

:00:30.:00:40.
:00:40.:00:41.

it out. Third, Sadler's Swan at 9 - - Saddlary's Risk.

:00:41.:00:46.

The faith of pubters rewarded there, a battling win from Grumeti beating

:00:47.:00:49.

Countrywide Flame who's run brilliantly. Went for home a long

:00:49.:00:54.

way out and got collared in the last sort of quarter of a furlong.

:00:54.:00:59.

A horrible accident there for Gottany O's on the flat, not at a

:00:59.:01:03.

hurdle. I am afraid that's bad news for them and awful day for Donald

:01:03.:01:07.

McCain and Jason Maguire and all those involved with Gottany O's. A

:01:07.:01:11.

fall as well for Hinterland as he was coming up to challenge. These

:01:11.:01:17.

front two pulled a long way clear. They're two good horses. It was an

:01:17.:01:21.

odd race, Gottany O's was not firing and when Chuck brought him

:01:21.:01:25.

through he was tough. But Dougie brought Countrywide Flame over from

:01:25.:01:30.

way off him, to go and challenge him. That may have helped Grumeti

:01:30.:01:34.

because it made him challenge. Some horses if they're wide apart don't

:01:34.:01:39.

fight as well. Together they fight. Well done to Alan King. He had a

:01:39.:01:43.

winnerless Cheltenham but lots of placed horses. The stables are in

:01:43.:01:47.

good form. If you were fancying West End Rocker for the Grand

:01:47.:01:51.

National, that also trained by Alan King. We can have another look at

:01:51.:01:54.

these two battling up the finishing strait. Countrywide Flame was a bit

:01:54.:01:58.

awkward at the second last hurdle. That didn't help him. I am not sure

:01:58.:02:01.

it would have made a difference if he had winged it, but who knows, in

:02:01.:02:11.
:02:11.:02:13.

the end it looks like a length between the two of them. The winner

:02:13.:02:20.

by Sacki. I don't know if you notice, Dodging Bullets is bred by

:02:20.:02:27.

Eldetori. I did know that. I am sure looking at that ground that it

:02:27.:02:34.

is good. Yeah, and sometimes the accidents that can happen with

:02:34.:02:38.

horses during a race, no fault. That's just within of those things.

:02:38.:02:42.

That could have happened on the gallops at home and it's not a

:02:42.:02:52.
:02:52.:02:53.

fault of the ground. Those Noel, who had a fall on Hinterland.

:02:53.:03:00.

think he was winded at the time and that was a picture of the owner.

:03:00.:03:05.

Let's hear from the winning trainer Alan King with Ian.

:03:05.:03:09.

We are going to have a quick word before the horse comes back. You

:03:09.:03:13.

have made a habit of winning this race. Is that three? Yeah, I was

:03:13.:03:16.

worried leaving and turning in, I think he was travelling well. He is

:03:16.:03:20.

a horse that shows a lot of pace at home but don't know where he went

:03:20.:03:23.

to today. He battled on well and that's the right horse, triumph

:03:23.:03:29.

winner and they've a long way clear. They have and the Aintree surface,

:03:29.:03:32.

the track would be better for him than Cheltenham? Possibly. I was

:03:32.:03:35.

surprised he didn't travel better than he did really. He is a horse

:03:36.:03:40.

that shows a lot of speed at home. I am still getting to know him.

:03:40.:03:44.

Here is your winner, go and get him. Thank you very much.

:03:44.:03:51.

Distance there were one length and 21 lengths, so so they were a long

:03:51.:04:00.

way ahead of Sadler's Risk. His two previous winners, Alan King, Catch

:04:00.:04:05.

It and Walk On, who raced in these colours as well, the McNeil family.

:04:05.:04:14.

That was only three years ago, 2009. Chuck Thornton in the saddle on

:04:14.:04:17.

that occasion. I think this horse even has more potential than those

:04:17.:04:21.

horses. I think he is tougher. I think he is a really good

:04:22.:04:31.
:04:32.:04:46.

constitution. A real fighter. So, winner, Grumeti for the champion

:04:46.:04:56.
:04:56.:04:58.

hurdle next year with Ladbrokes, as lows as 16-1 and 14, William Hill.

:04:58.:05:04.

The first two favourites have obliged here at the Aintree Grand

:05:04.:05:07.

National festival. Big Buck's winning the first and Grumeti

:05:08.:05:12.

winning the second. He is a tough horse this. He is, but interesting

:05:12.:05:18.

to see Chuck Thornton's long hair, because he shaved it all off, had

:05:18.:05:21.

no luck. So he has grown it and here he is in the winners'

:05:21.:05:26.

enclosure. It's working so far. And this - the horse is being washed

:05:26.:05:30.

down immediately the races are finished. There have been various

:05:30.:05:34.

improvements here to the post-race care of horses. Rishi can explain

:05:34.:05:38.

more about that. Indeed, that's right. After last

:05:38.:05:41.

year's Grand National a number of new safety measures were

:05:41.:05:46.

incorporated. One is this new fantastic washdown areas where the

:05:46.:05:50.

horses are then given water to drink and also there is a spray

:05:50.:05:53.

here, a cooling spray similar to what's used in the world of

:05:53.:05:58.

eventing and showjumping where horses' body temperatures are

:05:58.:06:00.

cooled down with this spray. It's not going to be needed I imagine

:06:00.:06:04.

for the next three days because it's cool already. But you can see

:06:04.:06:09.

the horses here. Some of the trainers saying what a great idea,

:06:09.:06:13.

great facility. But there are also changes to the course itself as

:06:13.:06:23.
:06:23.:06:29.

fence which has been raised which is in keeping with all the fences

:06:29.:06:32.

on the course. Is this a good move? I think it's a very good move.

:06:32.:06:36.

Probably one of the best changes to raise that board. It helps riders

:06:37.:06:41.

and horses judge their stride and I think it's a good thing.

:06:41.:06:44.

The main point to make that a specific to the first fence is the

:06:44.:06:48.

fact the landing area has been levelled and raised fractionally.

:06:48.:06:52.

It's been raised a little bit. It's more level here. I don't really

:06:52.:06:56.

think it's going to make too much difference. Speed here that gets

:06:56.:07:06.
:07:06.:07:08.

horses in trouble and gets them on statistically one of the most

:07:08.:07:12.

difficult to tpherblt - 4th fence. They've lowered the fence by two

:07:12.:07:16.

inches, it's four foot ten, is that going to make a difference? I don't

:07:16.:07:20.

think it will make that much a difference. These These fences,

:07:20.:07:23.

four and five, I always thought the last couple of years they look a

:07:23.:07:27.

fair bit bigger, but they've taken a couple of inches off it. Looks

:07:27.:07:31.

lovely fence now. It's well presented. Hopefully shouldn't

:07:31.:07:41.
:07:41.:07:41.

cause too many problems on Saturday. Now we are here at Becher's Brook,

:07:41.:07:45.

it has had landing area raised, what effect is this going to have

:07:45.:07:48.

on what is the most famous fence in the world? It's going to make it a

:07:48.:07:52.

easier jump. You can't get away from it. The ground's been raised a

:07:52.:07:55.

good four or five inches. The drop is not going to catch as many

:07:55.:08:00.

horses out. But down there over in the corner there's still a

:08:00.:08:04.

significant drop. On the inside? Yeah the inside. I can see on

:08:04.:08:07.

Saturday more of the lads will probably be just looking towards

:08:07.:08:12.

it's middle of the fence to be on the safe side probably.

:08:12.:08:16.

We have seen some of the changes out on the course. There are also

:08:16.:08:20.

some procedural changes. All the horses must pass a vet's inspection

:08:20.:08:24.

before competing and new criteria for horses and jockeys to meet.

:08:24.:08:27.

Richard, have there been good changes made here for you? There

:08:27.:08:31.

have. I think one or two are good changes. I think raising of those

:08:31.:08:35.

kick boards is sa good thing for both horse and rider. I am worried

:08:35.:08:41.

about the race, just how much tinkering can it take? They've

:08:41.:08:44.

changed Becher's Brook massively, it's not the fence I used to ride

:08:44.:08:50.

over and I worry about the race now. Well, I have been joined by Mick,

:08:50.:08:53.

another Grand National-winning jockey and Chris, advisory to

:08:53.:08:58.

Aintree. We heard from Richard saying he is still concerned about

:08:58.:09:02.

the quality of this race and what the changes mean to the actual

:09:02.:09:05.

status of the Grand National. What are your thoughts? The thing is I

:09:06.:09:10.

don't want anything to detract from the race as it is. As far as I am

:09:10.:09:13.

concerned it is the world's greatest steeplechase, that's the

:09:13.:09:17.

way I want it to remain. You can see why they've made changes, but

:09:17.:09:24.

it takes away a little bit of the allure. Now you don't have to be

:09:24.:09:27.

that brave any more, they're all going to pack together. They all

:09:28.:09:33.

will not want to give away any ground. Chris, we chatted earlier

:09:33.:09:42.

about how many measures Aintree and the BHA have put in place. We saw -

:09:42.:09:46.

Gottany O's was sadly put down after that fall. There is an

:09:46.:09:49.

element of risk that will never be taken away from the sport.

:09:49.:09:53.

course there is. Racing is a competitive sport. Just as in any

:09:53.:09:56.

competitive sport Formula One racing, athletics, football, which

:09:56.:10:00.

ever sport you care to look at, there's risk attached to it. What

:10:00.:10:05.

Aintree is absolutely passionate about, in conjunction with the BHA,

:10:05.:10:08.

the authority that look after the regulations of the sport, they're

:10:08.:10:12.

very, very keen to make this as safe as possible. We can identify

:10:12.:10:15.

risks, if we can identify them we can mitigate them and make it as

:10:15.:10:20.

safe as possible for horses to compete. And the challenge is doing

:10:20.:10:25.

that without detracking from what Mick -- detract from what Mick

:10:25.:10:31.

described as the allure. We want to make it a safe challenge. We were

:10:31.:10:34.

watching the the conditions here and lots of different measures and

:10:34.:10:37.

a lot of trainers are saying how great this particular facility is.

:10:37.:10:40.

What are your thoughts on what you have seen? I am really pleased.

:10:40.:10:43.

It's a very impressive structure. The fact they've a dedicated area

:10:43.:10:47.

where the horses can come and get treated as well. What I would like

:10:47.:10:50.

to know is when we see a horse fall outside there on the track, where

:10:50.:10:54.

does it go because the viewers at home see the horse fall and where

:10:54.:10:58.

does it go to get aftercare? have a fleet of horse ambulances

:10:58.:11:03.

out there who are able to bring the horses back in a safe fashion. The

:11:03.:11:07.

vet surgeons in the field will put bandages on or suitable support or

:11:07.:11:10.

even administer medication so that the trip back to the course stables

:11:11.:11:16.

is safe. We then have a team of three vets working in the stables

:11:16.:11:22.

who will then assess that horse and treat the horse as necessary. If it

:11:23.:11:27.

needs specialist diagnostics done we can X-ray, if it needs more or

:11:27.:11:33.

surgery, for example, it can be transported to the University of

:11:33.:11:39.

Liverpool Equine Hospital. One of the best facilities in the country,

:11:39.:11:42.

if not the world. What we have here for horse and rider in terms of

:11:42.:11:47.

safety measures is as good as there And every improvement is hugely

:11:47.:11:52.

welcomed. Grumeti there having a good shake. Look at those ears go,

:11:52.:11:57.

after winning the juvenile hurdle. Owned by the McNeil family. And his

:11:57.:12:01.

wife and his daughter are there to receive the trophy. It was

:12:01.:12:06.

presented by John Mills, the chairman of Matalan.

:12:06.:12:10.

For the jockeys who are here over the three days it's a working day

:12:10.:12:13.

for them, so it's very hard for them to reveal their personality

:12:13.:12:18.

and joke around or laugh because they've serious jobs to do in there,

:12:18.:12:23.

in terms of riding horses and up to six in the one day. There is AP

:12:23.:12:26.

preparing for the first ride of the day on Burton Port. We thought we

:12:26.:12:30.

would take the opportunity of asking them key questions, really

:12:30.:12:40.
:12:40.:12:40.

important questions to see if we could spark a little fun.

:12:40.:12:48.

Austin Powers. Mr Bean. People say I look like him. Colin Farrell.

:12:48.:12:53.

John Wayne. Dustin Hoffman. Brad Pitt, for obvious reasons. George

:12:53.:12:58.

Clooney looks most like like me with the hair. Tom cruise. Rowan

:12:58.:13:07.

Atkinson. Tom Cruise. Someone very small. Boring person I would think.

:13:07.:13:14.

Adam, Ian Beale in EastEnders. definitely. Starring as himself.

:13:14.:13:21.

is not short of confidence, Matt bachelor. Already his goggles down.

:13:21.:13:28.

He is on board Carruthers in the next race. Also today on the first

:13:28.:13:34.

day of this Festival a new initiative - a continuation of last

:13:34.:13:38.

year, a Hall of Fame to celebrate people who have added to the

:13:38.:13:43.

success of the Grand National. The nominations were the people of

:13:43.:13:50.

Liverpool, John Burgess, a vet here for 38 years and Maureen, a devoted

:13:50.:13:54.

fan. Two of them up there, John and Maureen next to him and the people

:13:54.:13:58.

of Liverpool, everybody here from the city, recognised as well. They

:13:58.:14:02.

were nominated by Mick Fitzgerald. The runners for the next making

:14:02.:14:07.

their way to the paddock. It's a quality race. Here is Jim with the

:14:08.:14:13.

full list. Here are the runners and riders:

:14:13.:14:17.

Burton Port, fourth in the Gold Cup last time and AP McCoy in the

:14:17.:14:23.

saddle on this Nicky Henderson- trained chaser.

:14:23.:14:30.

Carruthers, great favourite. Won the Hennessy last November.

:14:30.:14:34.

Blinkered for the first time. Diamond Harry, very lightly raced.

:14:34.:14:42.

He's not won for 16 months. Follow The Plan, over from Ireland.

:14:42.:14:51.

A grade one winner at at Punchtown. Hunt Ball, won seven race this is

:14:51.:15:00.

season and gone up 85lb in the handicap.

:15:00.:15:04.

Master Of The Hall, this horse likes small fields.

:15:04.:15:09.

Medermit, he has promised plenty over the years. Third in the

:15:09.:15:14.

Ryanair. Nacarat, the grey, he loves bowling

:15:14.:15:24.

along and won the race in First Chase last time. Riverside Theatre,

:15:24.:15:30.

winner of the Ryanair. Barry Geraghty in the saddle. Roberto

:15:30.:15:40.
:15:40.:15:40.

Goldback, second in the Irish Hennessy last time. And What A

:15:40.:15:50.
:15:50.:16:10.

Friend, Ruby Walsh takes the ride remarkable this year, won at

:16:10.:16:17.

Folkestone off 69, he's got a colourful owner. Hunt Ball. It is

:16:17.:16:24.

right what you said about Tilt of the ring. Usually they've got

:16:24.:16:29.

minimum Stakes up. They've all got pictures of Anthony, not the owner.

:16:29.:16:35.

What a fantastic story, Hunt Ball. Kite win today. Only 11-2. There's

:16:35.:16:41.

money for it. The most extraordinary horse in this race is

:16:41.:16:45.

Hunt Ball. He has improved more than any other jumps horse ever in

:16:45.:16:50.

training, by a total of 6 stone and 1 pound. All horses are rated and

:16:50.:16:55.

that equals a Handicap race. This horse has gone up and up if

:16:55.:17:01.

Handicap. Now running in the highest quality race he has ever

:17:01.:17:07.

contested. Rear Ron Burke has the rare accolade of training and

:17:07.:17:13.

running a festival winner with this horse. He is owned by this man,

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Anthony Knot. Explain what this horse means to you and the fun

:17:17.:17:23.

you've had this year. It is undescribable what's happened. We

:17:23.:17:27.

started off at Folkestone and the rest is history. He's taken off.

:17:27.:17:35.

When we went to Cheltenham, it was, well, I still can't come to grips

:17:35.:17:39.

with it. I'm getting a bit emotional about it. It is getting

:17:39.:17:43.

to me a little bit. I hope he doesn't fall, comes back in one

:17:43.:17:48.

piece. We believe he can do it today. He's changed your life,

:17:48.:17:54.

emotionally but financially as well? Yes, he has. I'm a dairy

:17:54.:17:58.

farmer and the farming hasn't been very good. He's literally turned

:17:58.:18:04.

the whole job around for me. only did you pick up the prize

:18:04.:18:09.

money but you back him with big cash? I put my money where my mouth

:18:10.:18:16.

is. We've backed him last week at 10-1. We believe he can go and do

:18:16.:18:22.

it in style. You really think he can win this, what going from home

:18:22.:18:26.

from a long way out? A lot of the horses today aren't going to stay.

:18:26.:18:31.

We are going to try to take it four out and take the sting out of them

:18:31.:18:36.

and coast home. It can't be that easy can it? We believe he can do

:18:36.:18:42.

it. Your celebrations have been a bit superb. You got a �100 fine for

:18:42.:18:48.

jumping on his back earlier in the year. You didn't jump on him at

:18:48.:18:52.

Cheltenham but you were revving up the crowd. It's a pleasure. I

:18:52.:18:57.

really enjoy it. I got a bit carried away at Wincanton but

:18:57.:19:02.

that's what it's all about at the end of the day. Hopefully we'll

:19:02.:19:05.

have another celebration. It doesn't matter what he does today.

:19:05.:19:14.

We've had a whale of a time. If he wins today we are talking

:19:14.:19:19.

about a serious Gold Cup horse for next year. Very much so. I've

:19:19.:19:24.

backed him 50-1 for the Gold Cup next year. He's here today to see

:19:24.:19:31.

if we can check the trip out. We believe he is going to keep the

:19:31.:19:38.

trip today. Big credit to rear Ron Burke and the Nick. And to you

:19:38.:19:47.

Anthony. Thank you very much indeed. Fabulous. Rishi is up there with

:19:47.:19:53.

his eagle I on the paddock. -- eye on the paddock.

:19:53.:19:59.

Horse number 8, Nacarat, the grey. He is a past winner of this race.

:19:59.:20:07.

He's been in tremendous form and won at Wincanton. He won the Racing

:20:07.:20:12.

Post Cup there. He's going greyer every year but he looks well and

:20:12.:20:16.

fit. Another horse who looks well and fit is number 3, Diamond Harry,

:20:16.:20:22.

who ran in the Gold Cup. He was pulled up earlier in the season. He

:20:22.:20:31.

ran behind Kauto Star and long run. Had Hennessy 2012. He's on his toes

:20:31.:20:38.

and is in good form. They are all looking in top form. Let's talk

:20:38.:20:44.

about number nine, Riverside Theatre. He is owned by actor James

:20:44.:20:53.

Nesbitt. He ran a courageous race in the Ryanair. It may have

:20:53.:20:59.

something to do with the bounce factor. I like Burton Port. I

:20:59.:21:04.

thought he looked very well. Certainly AP's horse could take a

:21:05.:21:11.

bit of beating. We are going to join clarity.

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One of the most recognisable colours at Aintree is this man.

:21:17.:21:25.

This must be your favourite meeting of the year. It is. It is one of my

:21:25.:21:30.

favourite holidays. The final finale. Burton Port, your horse, is

:21:30.:21:37.

a high class steeplechaser. Yes. It's his third run today isn't it?

:21:37.:21:40.

Yes. He had 400 days off through a strain on the leg. He's coming back.

:21:40.:21:45.

He should be a lot better today. He ran a little bit flat in the middle

:21:45.:21:51.

of the Gold Cup, which would be unusual for him. But that's what

:21:51.:21:54.

happens with horses. A top class horse. On Saturday Ballabriggs

:21:54.:22:01.

going for a second. Your third and his second Grand National! He is a

:22:01.:22:11.
:22:11.:22:27.

Burton Port in this. Thank you very much indeed. Alex Ferguson, a joint

:22:27.:22:32.

owner of What A Friend in this line-up of talented horses. They

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

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bit, who is away filming at the close-up shot of him. Barry

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:23:41.:24:08.

Geraghty getting him sorted and Diamond Harry won it in 2010 from

:24:08.:24:18.
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Burton Port. He's got to get back but he has a bit to find. This is

:24:27.:24:32.

Hunt Ball. He's been beaten just once in seven starts and unbeaten

:24:32.:24:40.

in his last four. Behind them the red colours of mast mast. Ridden by

:24:40.:24:50.
:24:50.:24:54.

Andrew Tinkler. He went to Kelso without actually managing to win.

:24:54.:25:04.
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He was only beaten a length the the horse who managed the win the

:25:25.:25:35.
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

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Goldblack, this horse only has one Henderson, because Nicholls always

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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

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has Big Buck's in first. In terms The fences at this meeting. It is a

:28:30.:28:35.

tight course at Aintree. Very flat. Very different to Cheltenham.

:28:35.:28:40.

That's why the form can turn around. Medermit, who was third behind

:28:40.:28:44.

Riverside Theatre, you were talking about Alan King, how close he got

:28:44.:28:47.

to having a winner at the Cheltenham festival without doing

:28:47.:28:53.

it. This is a lovely horse, run sog well. His last two runs behind

:28:53.:28:56.

Riverside Theatre. This is a flatter track to Cheltenham. The

:28:56.:29:04.

track is different. That could make a different result. Those are the

:29:04.:29:14.
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colours of the... Look at Carruthers in between. That's

:29:16.:29:20.

interesting. Carruthers is wearing blinkers, not because he isn't a

:29:20.:29:24.

genuine horse but they are worried about him losing his nerve a bit.

:29:24.:29:34.
:29:34.:29:34.

They've put the blinkers on to help him feel for secure. He schools at

:29:34.:29:42.

my school. Sarah rides him twice a day, sometimes three times a day.

:29:42.:29:50.

So he is as fit as anything. He rode such a good race in the

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Hennessy. A wonderful moment. blifpbgers are kite open --

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blinkers are quite open Cups. A Friend wears them because they do

:30:07.:30:12.

want him to concentrate a little harder. He is a little like Tidal

:30:12.:30:22.
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Bay in that he doesn't always look fantastic value afterwards.

:30:25.:30:28.

Riverside Theatre going through. They look as if they're getting

:30:28.:30:32.

ready to make their way to the start. Let's join Jim McGrath.

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Thank you, Clare. Down at the start, let's look at

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the betting just as they're taking a final turn. Riverside Theatre 7-2.

:30:49.:30:57.

Mick joining me here. And Sir Alex Ferguson. He will be cheering home

:30:57.:31:01.

what -- What A Friend. A few Liverpool fans jeering there as

:31:01.:31:06.

they saw his image on the big screen. Away they go for this

:31:06.:31:09.

Betfred Bowl. Three miles and a furlong. Nacarat took them over the

:31:09.:31:14.

first and landed in good style from Hunt Ball up there. On the far side

:31:14.:31:18.

Carruthers and just settling behind them Medermit. They head towards

:31:18.:31:22.

the second. An open ditch. It's Nacarat who goes to it and jumps

:31:22.:31:27.

well, from Carruthers. Up in third place on the outside is Hunt Ball.

:31:27.:31:30.

They come up the strait on the first occasion. Well over two

:31:30.:31:34.

circuits to go. Burton Port in the centre. Medermit on the far side.

:31:34.:31:38.

Behind them Diamond Harry, followed by What A Friend. They're followed

:31:38.:31:41.

by Follow The Plan, from Roberto Goldback, and on the near side is

:31:41.:31:47.

Riverside Theatre. All over safely. Master Of The Hall is last. Two

:31:47.:31:52.

circuits to go. Carruthers gets through on the inside to take a

:31:52.:31:56.

narrow lead now, from Nacarat. A length and a half to Hunt Ball,

:31:56.:32:00.

travelling in the centre. Pace is good. On the outside Diamond Harry.

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In the centre Burton Port, followed by Medermit. Followed further back

:32:05.:32:09.

then by What A Friend on the outside of Follow The Plan. Then

:32:09.:32:18.

Roberto Goldback, and towards the rear Riverside Theatre. Last is

:32:18.:32:21.

Master Of The Hall. Into the back now. Heading towards fence number

:32:21.:32:26.

four. Carruthers on the inside, draws towards it, has a good look

:32:26.:32:30.

and got over it in spectacular style. All over safely. Nacarat

:32:30.:32:34.

jumped second. Third then Burton Port on the outside. Half a length

:32:34.:32:40.

further back is Hunt Ball, followed further back on the outside by

:32:40.:32:43.

Diamond Harry. They come to the fifth. Further back is What A

:32:43.:32:47.

Friend, from Follow The Plan, Roberto Goldback, further back then

:32:47.:32:52.

is Riverside Theatre. Two lengths last is Master Of The Hall. Second

:32:52.:32:58.

open ditch. Carruthers jumped it well. Lands over it in good style,

:32:58.:33:03.

from Nacarat. In third is Medermit, followed by Burton Port. Out wide

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are Hunt Ball, who is very handy as they go over the sendth. They all

:33:07.:33:13.

jump it well. Preparing to lead the back. The pace is good, Mick.

:33:13.:33:16.

Carruthers enjoying himself there. The first time he has had things

:33:16.:33:21.

his own way this way. Riverside Theatre on the outside, about 7th,

:33:21.:33:24.

Barry Geraghty having to work hard on this horse. He did at Cheltenham

:33:24.:33:31.

but it looks like he is not that comfortable. He is on the outside.

:33:31.:33:36.

Over the 8th. Carruthers sailed over it. Jumping extravagantly.

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Last is Master Of The Hall. Carruthers on the inside, from

:33:40.:33:44.

Nacarat and Burton Port, then Medermit on the inside rail. Hunt

:33:44.:33:48.

Ball is very handy. Further back then is Diamond Harry. Followed by

:33:48.:33:52.

Follow The Plan, and What A Friend. Further back in the field Riverside

:33:52.:33:58.

Theatre. They go over the 9th. Master Of The Hall jumps really

:33:58.:34:02.

stickily in last position. Up towards the open ditch number ten.

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Carruthers on the inside who blazes the trail, with Nacarat on his

:34:07.:34:10.

outside. On the outside joining in as well Hunt Ball, who is

:34:10.:34:15.

appreciating this stamina test. Behind them is Medermit, followed

:34:15.:34:20.

out wide by Diamond Harry. Burton Port is in the centre. Followed by

:34:20.:34:24.

What A Friend and Follow The Plan on the far side. Roberto Goldback

:34:24.:34:28.

up in the centre. Riverside Theatre given plenty of air on the near

:34:28.:34:31.

side. They come to the 11th now. They jump that in about third or

:34:31.:34:34.

fourth last position. Barry Geraghty getting to work on

:34:34.:34:39.

Riverside Theatre. Not getting a response. Last is Master Of The

:34:39.:34:43.

Hall. The alarm bells are ringing for Riverside Theatre. And ringing

:34:43.:34:46.

very loudly as well because he goes into this bend on the outside here

:34:47.:34:50.

and if you are not travelling here at Aintree it's very difficult to

:34:50.:34:54.

make up any ground because the horses don't come back to you. We

:34:54.:34:58.

can see Barry Geraghty, you know he won't give up. Master Of The Hall

:34:58.:35:02.

just nipped past him travelling well. Medermit has been eye-

:35:02.:35:05.

catching too. Into the back now. Diamond Harry Diamond Harry has

:35:05.:35:08.

lost ground and dropped back through the field. Might be pulled

:35:08.:35:12.

up as they go - in fact he has been pulled up. The leaders over the

:35:12.:35:15.

12th. A mistake by Roberto Goldback, very lucky to survive that. Down

:35:15.:35:19.

the back and Nacarat has slipped the field, gone three in front now

:35:19.:35:23.

of Carruthers. Then Medermit on the inside and Riverside Theatre has

:35:23.:35:27.

been pulled up. Never travelling well at all, has been pulled up now.

:35:27.:35:33.

They head down the back. So, heading towards the second last

:35:33.:35:37.

open ditch. Nacarat by three lengths, Medermit, on the outside

:35:37.:35:42.

Hunt Ball running a great race and jumped up into second now. Behind

:35:42.:35:45.

them is Follow The Plan. Followed by Carruthers, dropping back

:35:45.:35:49.

through the field. They come to five out. Burton Port is there out

:35:49.:35:54.

wide. A mistake there by What A Friend. Roberto Goldback is not

:35:54.:35:57.

jumping well. They prepare to leave the back now with four left to jump.

:35:57.:36:01.

The leader is Nacarat on the inside by three lengths. Hunt Ball is

:36:01.:36:06.

looming up now. Followed by Burton Port. Behind them Medermit. Three

:36:06.:36:09.

lengths to Follow The Plan. Followed by Carruthers and further

:36:09.:36:14.

back in the field as they come towards the crossed fence is

:36:14.:36:20.

Carruthers, four out. Roberto Goldback got right into that. Hunt

:36:20.:36:28.

Ball is looming up. The dream is still alive. Hunt Ball travelling

:36:28.:36:32.

well. Tom crept into this race. Three left to jump now. They

:36:32.:36:36.

straighten up for home. Nacarat in the centre. Hunt Ball on the near

:36:36.:36:39.

side the red cap coming into it. Followed by Follow The Plan. A gap

:36:39.:36:45.

then to Medermit. Burton Port. And raising an effort. They come to the

:36:45.:36:49.

last ditch, two out. Nacarat and Hunt Ball. Hunt Ball on the near

:36:49.:36:55.

side. Nacarat a clear leader over it. Followed then by Follow The

:36:55.:36:59.

Plan. Nacarat in front. Follow The Plan. The underrated Irish

:36:59.:37:03.

challenger, Follow The Plan takes it up clearly with one left to jump.

:37:03.:37:08.

Follow The Plan has gone three or four in front. Burton Port coming

:37:08.:37:13.

late. Follow The Plan comes towards it, he jumped well. He has away

:37:13.:37:17.

from it four lengths in front. Burton Port goes into second.

:37:17.:37:21.

Followed by Hunt Ball. Up towards the line it's Follow The Plan. He

:37:21.:37:27.

is going to go on and win well for Tom Tom Doyle. Second Burton Port,

:37:27.:37:30.

close third, Hunt Ball far side, Medermit near side. Followed then

:37:30.:37:34.

by Nacarat, further back is Master Of The Hall. Then What A Friend,

:37:35.:37:39.

followed by Roberto Goldback. Last to finish is Carruthers.

:37:39.:37:49.
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Well, Follow The Plan, Tom Doyle. Trained by Oliver McKiernan. He has

:37:50.:37:55.

won the money. When this horse won a grade one victory last season, a

:37:55.:38:02.

lot of people saying a lucky win, but he he has proven himself high-

:38:02.:38:07.

class today. Great for Tom and Oliver. A small stable. Tom is not

:38:07.:38:11.

a bit-part jockey, but he is a journeyman. He was in Ireland for a

:38:12.:38:15.

long time and came to England, tried his luck and went back to

:38:15.:38:21.

Ireland and I am delighted for him. He took it up I think two out there.

:38:21.:38:25.

Suppose you were worried when you saw AP on Burton Port, wondering

:38:25.:38:29.

did he go too early? He definitely didn't. The winning post came in

:38:29.:38:32.

time. You can see the celebration here. For these guys to ride

:38:32.:38:37.

winners at this Festival, this is a huge prize. It's a huge race and

:38:37.:38:42.

definitely a trophy that will have pride of place on his mantelpiece.

:38:42.:38:52.
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Let's check the placings: Follow The Plan a 50-1 winner of

:38:54.:38:58.

the Betfred Bowl. As they turned into the strait here

:38:58.:39:02.

at Aintree it looked as if Hunt Ball was going well enough to make

:39:02.:39:08.

the dream come true for Anthony but he started to get tired and this

:39:08.:39:10.

horse Follow The Plan was absolutely swinging for Tom Doyle

:39:11.:39:19.

and came through like he had just been turbo-boosted. Bear in mind,

:39:19.:39:23.

Follow The Plan was third behind Nacarat last year and he is going

:39:23.:39:28.

to come up alongside the grey horse and almost make it look as if he

:39:28.:39:32.

has joined him in the race, Richard. A lovely run as well. Nacarat going

:39:32.:39:40.

a little bit right. Tom has a lovely ride. What a great race Hunt

:39:40.:39:46.

Ball has run. AP's horse has stayed on very well, Burton Port. So has

:39:46.:39:50.

Medermit. Makes up a lot of ground. You can see how much Nacarat fades

:39:50.:39:53.

in the closing stages and Medermit is going to come past him. Follow

:39:53.:40:00.

The Plan in front, sees a real long one there. Given a real good ride

:40:00.:40:04.

into the last there. The horse is brave. Just pushed him out to the

:40:04.:40:12.

line and AP's horse has got tired near the post funny sort of race

:40:12.:40:22.
:40:22.:40:22.

really. He certainly has the trip. You can see the cheekpieces there,

:40:22.:40:30.

not as well as blinkers. And toyy - - Anthony there watching, believing

:40:30.:40:34.

it might happen. But they will be thrilled with finishing third in

:40:34.:40:38.

the first grade one and you can see there he now knows that he has got

:40:38.:40:47.

a horse of real quality in the yard. This is the horse who has collected

:40:47.:40:52.

the spoils and greeted with almost silence by the punters because none

:40:52.:40:59.

of them picked him, Jim. A worthy winner just the same. Follow The

:40:59.:41:02.

Plan, Tom Doyle, run out a very comfortable winner. Riverside

:41:02.:41:05.

Theatre pulled up, never travelling. As Mick was saying, never

:41:05.:41:09.

travelling at all. The other one who was pulled up, Diamond Harry.

:41:09.:41:14.

Pulled up a long way out and both of them were struggling a long way

:41:14.:41:19.

from home. This winner, Follow The Plan, always going well. Tom Doyle

:41:20.:41:25.

is coming back here in triumph after winning the big grade one

:41:25.:41:35.

here today, the bed--- Betfred Bowl Chase. Ladies and gentlemen, he was

:41:35.:41:40.

a 50-1 shot but he has belied those odds, jumped superbly and stayed on

:41:40.:41:44.

well to take the Betfred Bowl, please show your appreciation for

:41:44.:41:50.

Follow The Plan, owned by Oliver McKiernan - trained by Oliver and

:41:50.:42:00.
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ridden by Tom Doyle. So, a great triumph for Ireland. Ireland have

:42:01.:42:06.

the biggest representation in Saturday's Grand National that I

:42:06.:42:13.

think they've had in modern times. Something like 18 runners. 50-1

:42:13.:42:22.

Follow The Plan. Well, has his run come to an end? 85lb he had gone up

:42:22.:42:26.

in the ratings, which is staggering for any horse to improve that much.

:42:26.:42:31.

Hunt Ball when he loomed up there he was just starting to feel it,

:42:31.:42:38.

wasn't he, in the home strait? Starting to struggle a bit. It was

:42:38.:42:44.

obvious that just in this higher grade, although he has run

:42:44.:42:47.

creditably, he's been found out. There might be improvement in it,

:42:47.:42:51.

he has had a long season and he is certainly well up to the standard,

:42:51.:42:56.

that's for sure. Here is Tom Doyle. Let's look at him. Hands and heels

:42:56.:43:03.

now. He has put the whip down. He is over the last, I presume that is.

:43:03.:43:07.

Let's see him, there he is. Looks at the screen now. He knows he is

:43:07.:43:11.

well clear. He has just to keep this horse going, and he's done

:43:11.:43:19.

that really well. Really good ride and a great win for Ireland.

:43:19.:43:23.

It is a great win for Ireland and the trainer is on the other side of

:43:23.:43:27.

Follow The Plan. Tom Doyle and connections having photos taken and

:43:27.:43:31.

I am going to pop around the other side, don't want to disturb the

:43:31.:43:37.

photo, of course, I don't even want to be in the photo! There we go.

:43:37.:43:45.

Let's grab a word with Oliver. Photos are still taking place. This

:43:45.:43:55.
:43:55.:43:55.

is a big moment for the team. 50-1, let's find out what Oliver -

:43:56.:44:00.

can I grab you for a quick word. Many congratulations, the punters

:44:00.:44:02.

didn't think he had a massive chance. What did you think going

:44:02.:44:07.

into the race? Well, I mean, we followed the same plan as last year.

:44:07.:44:12.

We came here before, more or less said we might do the same again

:44:12.:44:17.

this year. That was it. I tell now, the ground drying out a lot helped

:44:17.:44:21.

our horse. He is not a horse that goes that well on soft ground. So,

:44:21.:44:25.

the race then probably materialised out of it or whatever, that you

:44:25.:44:29.

know, he is not a horse that can hit the front too soon and he needs

:44:29.:44:33.

to be aiming at something all the way. So, in general, you know, we

:44:33.:44:36.

are very happy. Could you imagine how well he travelled up to what

:44:36.:44:43.

was a high quality race? He had about 18lbs to make up? The way the

:44:43.:44:47.

horse was working at home and that, we had no real reason to believe he

:44:47.:44:50.

wouldn't be in with a shout and that's part of the reason he was

:44:50.:44:54.

here. But you have to say also early on in the race he was sticky

:44:54.:44:58.

at the fences, I just wasn't sure. Tom will tell you more about that.

:44:58.:45:02.

But Tom gave him a superb ride anyway and we are delighted.

:45:02.:45:07.

won the Guinness Gold Cup, where does this victory rank. Guinness

:45:07.:45:10.

Gold Cup is ten minutes down the road. It's a home track and that.

:45:10.:45:14.

But we are delighted and delighted that he was fit to do it here today.

:45:14.:45:20.

Well done. A word with your jockey now. A few sticky jumps, were you

:45:20.:45:29.

at the first but after the first he jumped great, travelled really well.

:45:29.:45:35.

I couldn't believe how well he was travelling across the bottom. I

:45:35.:45:40.

probably ended up being in front too soon, but I had to drive on. He

:45:40.:45:44.

jumped the last well. He's been a very good horse to me. I think

:45:44.:45:47.

that's three grade ones he's won now. He probably hasn't got the

:45:47.:45:53.

credit he deserves really. Could you believe how well you were going

:45:53.:45:59.

when you turned into the straight? No. I couldn't believe how easy he

:45:59.:46:05.

was finding it in jumping. From there you are just trying not to do

:46:05.:46:08.

anything wrong and do the simple things right. Is it great to be

:46:08.:46:12.

back in England with a big race winner? Yes, it is. I was here for

:46:13.:46:18.

nine years and have great friends. It is lovely to come back and ride

:46:18.:46:28.
:46:28.:46:40.

is going back to Betfred. Definitely a bookies' race. This is

:46:40.:46:47.

not the face of a loser, because Anthony Knott, the owner of Hunt

:46:47.:46:53.

Ball, you are thrilled? Yes, he ran his little heart out. He came round

:46:53.:46:58.

the home bend and we thought he was going to take off it is a grade one

:46:58.:47:04.

at the end of the day. He's seriously done us proud. You got a

:47:04.:47:14.
:47:14.:47:15.

bit excited didn't you? Yes. I just thought he was going to do it. He

:47:15.:47:21.

had quite a few races and he will come back a good, strong horse next

:47:21.:47:26.

year. And full steam ahead for the Gold Cup next year? Yes. Nick says

:47:26.:47:31.

he got the trip alright. Where he couldn't get a breather into him

:47:31.:47:35.

like on a flat track, but no problem with the trip. So full

:47:35.:47:40.

steam ahead for that. I'm so pleased for you. Thank you. Thank

:47:40.:47:50.
:47:50.:47:53.

you. That was Anthony Knot, the owner of Hunt Ball. We'll be

:47:53.:47:56.

bringing you wonderful memories of the Grand National. Here is the

:47:56.:48:03.

second of them. The story of Red Rum is the

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ultimate fairy-tale. A triumph of sheer brilliance over adversity.

:48:09.:48:15.

Rummy had had three different trainers before ending up at Ginger

:48:15.:48:20.

McCain's Southport yard.. He had bad feet and was leading an

:48:20.:48:24.

uncomfortable life, but twist of fate led him to the man who trained

:48:24.:48:28.

on the sands of Southport beach. The transformation was remarkable.

:48:28.:48:36.

What happened next was pure Aintree magic. And so began his Grand

:48:36.:48:41.

National love affair. COMMENTATOR: At the line Red Rum has just

:48:41.:48:51.
:48:51.:48:51.

scotched it. Red Rum is the winner. Be by ta time 1977 came around, Red

:48:52.:48:57.

Rum's legend was assured, but what followed catapulted him beyond his

:48:58.:49:02.

already iconic state us to become part of the fabric of the British

:49:02.:49:08.

nation. The hairs stood up on the back of my neck and I called out

:49:08.:49:11.

words that are as true now as they were on the famous day.

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COMMENTATOR: The 12 -year-old Red Rum being precede only by loose

:49:17.:49:27.
:49:27.:49:29.

horses, Chased by Church town Boy. Red Rum wins the Grand National!

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Ginger McCain, may I congratulate you. What do you think of it snow

:49:35.:49:42.

think it's bloody marvellous. Super. Hear, hear, Ginger. The

:49:42.:49:45.

extraordinary record of Red Rum, who won the race three times and

:49:45.:49:51.

was second in it twice. He would have come here a sixth year but a

:49:51.:49:54.

minute injury prevented him from running. He lived a long and very

:49:54.:50:00.

happy life and opened shopping centres and was made guest

:50:00.:50:05.

appearances, turned the lights on at Blackpool Tower, and his grave

:50:05.:50:10.

is here at the winning line at Aintree. We lost Ginger in

:50:10.:50:17.

September last year. Earlier today a wust was -- bust was unveiled of

:50:17.:50:25.

Ginger McCain. His widow asked for it to be placed next to the

:50:25.:50:29.

winners' enclosure. It captures the character of the man. Part of the

:50:29.:50:35.

Red Rum legend, you finish second the first year Red Rum won in 1973.

:50:35.:50:42.

A word about that statue. It is one-and-a-half lifetime sizes which

:50:42.:50:49.

is what Ginger was. Red Rum and Ginger came along at a time when

:50:49.:50:56.

Aintree needed saving. He injected so much passion and character. And

:50:56.:51:02.

a great trainer. Amberleigh House and Ballabriggs, who lines up on

:51:02.:51:06.

Saturday. Ginger is greatly missed but will always be remembered at

:51:06.:51:11.

Aintree. We are going to have a another look at the jockeys. They

:51:11.:51:19.

don't eat a lot of food but they love to talk about it. Steak and

:51:19.:51:29.
:51:29.:51:31.

chips. Curry. Rare streak. -- steak. Uncle Sam's burger bar in Brighton.

:51:31.:51:39.

Roast chicken and all the trimmings. Smoked salmon and scrambled eggs.

:51:39.:51:46.

Steak and chips. Steak and chips. Mushrooms, tomatoes, ononrings and

:51:47.:51:52.

peas. Ruby Walsh not in the best of form necessarily when he was

:51:52.:51:59.

recording that. Before the fox-hunt fox-hunt, a - before the fox-hunt

:51:59.:52:04.

fox-hunt fox-hunt, a report about Frankel. He's picked up a

:52:04.:52:08.

superficial injury. Henry Cecil is saying he's such an extravagant

:52:08.:52:13.

mover at home he may have knocked himself. We will monitor that and

:52:13.:52:17.

give you news as we hear it. Frankel unbeaten so far in nine

:52:17.:52:23.

races. An absolute machine. This next race is strictly forage

:52:23.:52:28.

tures only. It is their chance to take on the Grand National course

:52:28.:52:32.

and those amazing fences. Mick Fitzgerald is in the jockeys' room.

:52:32.:52:36.

We are here in the jockeys' radio. These lads are getting ready for

:52:36.:52:41.

one of the highlights of their season. This is the amateurs Grand

:52:41.:52:51.
:52:51.:52:54.

National novices. They are all ready to go. Young James is 17. He

:52:55.:53:04.
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is running on Gwanako. Sam Paint ising on The Polomoche.

:53:05.:53:12.

Launde has had a couple of golds here hasn't he? Yes, and this is

:53:12.:53:18.

third time lucky. Are you looking forward to it or nervous? Divine

:53:18.:53:23.

intervention would be great but I'm looking forward to it. The best of

:53:23.:53:33.
:53:33.:53:33.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

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Smith's Fox Hunters' Chase. Cloudy Lane. This is the amateur's

:55:19.:55:24.

Grand National. Cloudy Lane is a genuine horse, full of connection.

:55:24.:55:28.

I reform think Cloudy Lane, there'll be a big cheer here.

:55:28.:55:31.

Cloudy Lane is a really good price at 6-1.

:55:31.:55:35.

There's Cloudy Lane, who started favourite for the Grand National a

:55:35.:55:45.
:55:45.:55:45.

few years ago. How does he look to you today? He is looking well Rishi.

:55:45.:55:50.

He finished sixth in the Cheltenham. He has prove himself over the

:55:50.:55:56.

fences hasn't he, finishing sixth and eighth. One of the Irish

:55:57.:56:01.

contenders is Boxer Georg from Willie Mullins' stable.

:56:01.:56:08.

A horse who ran pretty well. Ran a crack race. Only beaten three

:56:08.:56:16.

quarters of a length. Patrick rode him. He is Chase clipped. Hopefully

:56:17.:56:21.

he'll put in another good run today. There are a few others coming

:56:21.:56:25.

around. Anything that took your eye? Having compared them with

:56:25.:56:31.

horses in the last race, there are one or two who aren't quite as hard

:56:31.:56:37.

trained as they may be. I want to look at horse number 19, Roulez

:56:37.:56:47.
:56:47.:56:53.

Cool, with Kona Coast cone on board. - with Waley-Cohen on board.

:56:53.:56:59.

He's got a good record. Placed in the Grand National last year.

:56:59.:57:09.
:57:09.:57:10.

24, The Polomoche. He's now trained by Marcus toly. This horse used to

:57:10.:57:16.

be at Nicky's as. He's looking well. Perhaps carrying a bit of condition,

:57:16.:57:24.

but he's been running well. I hope he handles these fence and put in a

:57:24.:57:29.

nice run. Let's look at the grey. Number 21. Silver Adonis, a past

:57:29.:57:34.

winner of this. He didn't run as well last year. He finished 7th

:57:35.:57:40.

last year. Won it the year before. He's had better preparation this

:57:40.:57:44.

year. Certainly looking well. One to consider. Just one playing up

:57:44.:57:50.

here, horse number two, this is Bow School. He backed into a couple of

:57:51.:57:56.

the other runners. He's had to be dismounted land be led out on to

:57:56.:58:02.

the course. Looking a bit on his it's. He beat Silver Adonis at

:58:02.:58:08.

Wetherby in May. He won a Handicap Hurdle to put him right for this.

:58:08.:58:13.

But he is certainly on his toes. are going to join Clare with Donald

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McCain. At least you have a horse you know likes the course. He's

:58:18.:58:22.

been around two or three times. He's my first good horse. I'm

:58:22.:58:29.

panicking a bit well, but he's been running well all year. The place is

:58:29.:58:32.

in terrific condition. Desperately unfortunate that your horse,

:58:32.:58:37.

Gottany O's, suffered a fatal injury. A crying shame, he did it

:58:37.:58:41.

on the bend, on the flat. It is an unfortunate circumstances of the

:58:41.:58:45.

job we do. The owners are devastated. They've come here for a

:58:45.:58:51.

fantastic day and look what happened. He has not suffered. It's

:58:51.:58:54.

been dealt. It is nobody's fault. Part of dealing with livestock I'm

:58:54.:58:58.

afraid. You had to deal with the ups and downs. Cloudy Lane could

:58:58.:59:03.

pick up the day hugely for you here. He's got an outstanding chance

:59:03.:59:09.

half. If he can get out over the first three or four and be in the

:59:09.:59:14.

first half dozen he could run an maidsing horse. He's won he some

:59:14.:59:20.

fantastic races. I hope he is is home in one piece. All good for

:59:20.:59:25.

Ballabriggs on Saturday? Yes. Looking forward to it. Thank you

:59:25.:59:35.
:59:35.:59:55.

Donald. Thank you clarity. for the John Smith's Fox Hunters'

:59:55.:59:58.

Chase. They've just over a circuit of the Grand National course ahead

:59:58.:00:03.

of them. The Chair is the third fence. Then they make their way

:00:03.:00:08.

past the grand and out into the country. All the way down over

:00:08.:00:12.

Becher's Brook the other famous fences.

:00:12.:00:18.

Began there making his way out. James, only 17 years old, riding

:00:18.:00:28.
:00:28.:00:30.

fences and they are different to what you would normally be jumping,

:00:30.:00:33.

the normal dark browned brush fences. These with all the green

:00:33.:00:37.

spruce. The spruce spruce does kick out, so you can jump the fence low

:00:37.:00:42.

and still kick out the top and get the other side. You can see in the

:00:42.:00:47.

background Sam Waley Cohen, riding that horse for his father who

:00:48.:00:54.

trains it and My Way De Solzen, used to be a cracking horse and has

:00:54.:01:04.
:01:04.:01:07.

now gone hunter chasing. My Way De Solzen, a very good horse.

:01:07.:01:14.

Then lost his way and rejuvenated really by the hunter chase game.

:01:14.:01:18.

This is an interesting and difficult test this for horses

:01:18.:01:26.

because they go pretty fast down to the first fence. And Rishi, who

:01:26.:01:31.

have you got? Marcus with me, Clare, a guy who

:01:31.:01:39.

used to ride for Nicky Henderson and now training in his own right.

:01:39.:01:46.

This horse has always had ability. My ex-boss and the head lad, Corky,

:01:46.:01:51.

he has always thought a lot of him. He had a bad accident, broke his

:01:51.:01:56.

pelvis and we had him to recoup rate, it was whether he would ever

:01:56.:02:02.

come back to racing. Luckily, he has. The owner has been good to me

:02:02.:02:06.

and let me have him for pointing and hunter chasing, because it was

:02:06.:02:09.

a lower grade. He's come back and thriving. He's done well for us.

:02:10.:02:13.

And Marcus, why the switch from being a jockey to training, because

:02:13.:02:17.

you were a successful jockey, you were doing very well? It was the

:02:17.:02:22.

first time I walked that course today and thought they were small.

:02:22.:02:27.

Typical! Exactly, I think the timing was right. I had a - I

:02:27.:02:31.

wouldn't have changed what I did as a jockey and had a great career for

:02:31.:02:34.

Nicky. This was always something I wanted to do and when the

:02:34.:02:38.

opportunity came up I grabbed it and it's gone well. The Polomoche

:02:38.:02:41.

going to win? Safe around, I would like to see him there or

:02:42.:02:48.

thereabouts. Good luck. Cheers. Could go well in this., the The

:02:48.:02:52.

Polomoche. The horses are at the start and also there is Richard

:02:52.:02:57.

Pitman, have you got the old buzz down there with them? It's getting

:02:57.:03:01.

very excited. You can see in the star the orange colours, Lizzie

:03:01.:03:05.

Kelly riding for her mum. The way the riders are all grouping as they

:03:05.:03:10.

are, shows they're going to go off very fast. Now, what was amazing

:03:10.:03:17.

was that Sam Waly-Coen was going to run in the National, the horse

:03:17.:03:20.

jumped the white line by the start on the way down so he should have

:03:20.:03:24.

no trouble. The thing to tell you is the third fence is The Chair and

:03:24.:03:27.

the sun is right into their eyes going that way. It's not serious,

:03:27.:03:32.

but it's certainly going to make them think. The way they're all

:03:32.:03:37.

trotting here means it's going to be very, very fast indeed. Clare,

:03:37.:03:40.

down here I can assure you they may be amateurs, there's no money for

:03:40.:03:45.

them, but they are keen, Clare. We have our full team of

:03:45.:03:48.

commentators in place, Darren, Ian, but starting things off, of course

:03:48.:03:53.

will be Jim McGrath. And they jump a total of 18 fences

:03:53.:03:58.

here in this Fox Hunters. They're come come almost coming in. Lizzie

:03:58.:04:01.

Kelly there on Blackstaff, she wants to make a run at the tapes

:04:01.:04:06.

there. The starter has told her to take another turn.

:04:06.:04:13.

Cloudy Lane, a veteran over these fences. Emergency Cover. They're

:04:13.:04:16.

coming in now. That's it. They're ready. They're off. No, it's a

:04:16.:04:22.

false start. A false start. Very quickly the amateurs have responded.

:04:22.:04:26.

They've avoided the first fence and they have pulled up very quickly.

:04:26.:04:35.

So, no damage done. Just very, very awkward and unnecessary really.

:04:35.:04:38.

Everybody so anxious, they're all trying to get an early position.

:04:38.:04:45.

They all want to be up there. They take a real dive at it. That's

:04:45.:04:48.

Harps Counsel there in the white colours. Let's have another look at

:04:48.:04:58.
:04:58.:04:58.

them. This is the heli-telly shot. There is a few stragglers at the

:04:58.:05:03.

back. Even some out of camera shot. The starter did the right thing. He

:05:03.:05:06.

couldn't start them when they were so far back, those others. There he

:05:06.:05:12.

is, waving the flag there. The man at the first jump waves his flag

:05:12.:05:20.

and it's a false start. We could see what was going to

:05:20.:05:25.

happen, because I am afraid Gina Andrews was flying almost out of

:05:25.:05:30.

control way before the starter was ready. That shows you she's going

:05:30.:05:35.

to have to really keep hold of this horse. The first comes very early

:05:35.:05:45.
:05:45.:05:47.

up in the race. They're asking them all to come back. I can see Sizing

:05:47.:05:57.
:05:57.:05:57.

America. They're all shouting at each other to try and get straight!

:05:58.:06:02.

That's it, a better line this time. The starter has got them there. He

:06:02.:06:08.

holds them. Emergency Cover, who caused that problem is now with his

:06:08.:06:16.

back to the tape. Now he turns around. A couple of them - that's

:06:16.:06:20.

it, I think they're just about ready.

:06:20.:06:25.

The starter is holding them. Harps Counsel is now the one who is

:06:25.:06:33.

giving a problem near the inside. The others stand well. Emergency

:06:33.:06:37.

Cover standing well this time. Harps Counsel is straightened up.

:06:37.:06:45.

That's it, I reckon. They're off and running in the John Smith's Fox

:06:45.:06:49.

Hunters and Gwanako away well. Offshore Account there as well. Out

:06:49.:06:54.

wide as they head over the first. All over safely. Sheriff Hutton

:06:54.:06:59.

towards the rear. On settling down and Cloudy Lane has through on the

:06:59.:07:05.

inside now. Herons Well. A mistake out wide by Launde. But he landed

:07:05.:07:09.

safely and all over the second. Up now towards The Chair. Cloudy Lane

:07:09.:07:15.

the leader from Launde and behind them is My Way De Solzen from The

:07:15.:07:17.

Polomoche. Herons Well behind them, followed by Harps Counsel. They

:07:17.:07:22.

head over The Chair. Further back is Silver Adonis. They're all over

:07:22.:07:26.

that safely. Kildonnan jumped last. Up to the water now. Launde the

:07:26.:07:31.

leader, from in second Cloudy Lane. My Way De Solzen, followed by

:07:31.:07:37.

Launde up there as well. Gwanako handy. They're followed next by

:07:37.:07:40.

Presentandcorrect and further back is Herons Well. They swing past the

:07:40.:07:46.

judge. Followed by Harps Counsel, from Unowatimeen. Silver Adonis

:07:46.:07:50.

further back. Roulez Cool in the centre. Followed by Sizing America.

:07:50.:07:54.

The Polomoche. Two lengths further back then is Island Life. Further

:07:54.:08:00.

back by Bow School, Fresh Air And Fun and further back is Emergency

:08:00.:08:07.

Cover. Keenan's Future giving them a start. William Butler out the

:08:07.:08:12.

back from Eleazar. They head now towards fence number five. We join

:08:12.:08:16.

Ian. Cloudy Lane is the first to rise there. They come over this

:08:16.:08:20.

fifth obstacle. Right at the back of the field Kildonnan unseated

:08:20.:08:25.

rider at that, the first one to go. Cloudy Lane from Presentandcorrect,

:08:25.:08:30.

My Way De Solzen, Gwanako. Unowatimeen behind those. King Of

:08:30.:08:34.

The Road a faller at that next plain fence. Here is the ditch. My

:08:34.:08:39.

Way De Solzen leads, to Cloudy Lane. Gwanako. Presentandcorrect, behind

:08:39.:08:42.

those The Polomoche and Silver Adonis. Unowatimeen and Roulez Cool.

:08:42.:08:45.

Herons Well behind those from Harps Counsel and then Blackstaff in the

:08:46.:08:49.

orange jacket, furtherest from us as they come to another plain

:08:49.:08:52.

obstacle. My Way De Solzen, just the leader. The Polomoche I think

:08:52.:08:55.

was a faller further back in the field. Boxer Georg is going in the

:08:55.:08:59.

rear of the field. Still going Launde. I think the saddle might

:08:59.:09:04.

have slipped there. He has problems here is Darren. Jumping the one

:09:04.:09:07.

before Becher's Brook. They touch down safely. Blackstaff is down.

:09:07.:09:10.

Offshore Account has gone as well. It's Roulez Cool who leads followed

:09:11.:09:15.

by My Way De Solzen. Gwanako. Then Presentandcorrect, Unowatimeen,

:09:15.:09:19.

Silver Adonis, Harps Counsel, chased by Cloudy Lane. Further back

:09:19.:09:22.

to Keenan's Future and Bow School. They jump Becher's Brook.

:09:22.:09:26.

Presentandcorrect is down. William Butler is out of the race. Sheriff

:09:26.:09:31.

Hutton is also gone. Towards the fence. Roulez Cool the leader, by

:09:31.:09:37.

about a half length. Gwanako to the outside. Harps Counsel is down

:09:37.:09:42.

there. Nowed run down towards the canal turn. Roulez Cool who has the

:09:42.:09:46.

lead up on the inside of Gwanako. Then Unowatimeen, followed by My

:09:46.:09:50.

Way De Solzen. Silver Adonis. Cloudy Lane, Keenan's Future,

:09:50.:09:55.

followed by Bow School. Island Life. Then comes Fresh Air And Fun and

:09:55.:09:59.

now the leaders straighten up for Valentine's Brook and Roulez Cool

:09:59.:10:03.

being followed to the outside by Gwanako. Unowatimeen, My Way De

:10:03.:10:07.

Solzen, further back to Silver Adonis. Five to jump, here is Ian.

:10:07.:10:14.

The orange sleeves, Roulez Cool. Gwanako has gone there. My Way De

:10:14.:10:16.

Solzen is now over in second position. These are followed by

:10:16.:10:19.

Silver Adonis and then Keenan's Future and Cloudy Lane. They come

:10:19.:10:24.

to four from the finish. Roulez Cool is over it OK. My Way De

:10:24.:10:28.

Solzen second from Silver Adonis and Cloudy Lane. Keenan's Future

:10:28.:10:32.

and Island Life has unseated the rider. Fresh Air And Fun just in

:10:32.:10:37.

behind the leading group of runners. Teddy's Reflection. The third last.

:10:37.:10:41.

Cloudy Lane is moving into second. Silver Adonis the grey, from the

:10:41.:10:45.

dark jacket of My Way De Solzen. Keenan's Future behind those. Then

:10:45.:10:48.

Fresh Air And Fun and behind that is Bow School. They're followed by

:10:48.:10:51.

Herons Well and further back to Sizing America. Teddy's Reflection

:10:51.:10:55.

is still going. Boxer Georg is also still there. A few other stragglers.

:10:55.:11:00.

But for the finish here is Jim. Roulez Cool has the lead for Sam.

:11:00.:11:06.

Clear here of Cloudy Lane. They're followed by Silver Adonis. A gap to

:11:06.:11:09.

My Way De Solzen. Then Keenan's Future. They run up now with two

:11:09.:11:17.

fences left to jump in the John Smith's Fox Hunters Chase. Roulez

:11:17.:11:20.

Cool, Sam has a wonderful record over these fences, he leads by four

:11:20.:11:24.

lengths. They come to the second last. In second is Cloudy Lane.

:11:24.:11:27.

They come towards it now. They sail over it. Silver Adonis is running

:11:27.:11:31.

on very well. They're followed next in the field by Keenan's Future.

:11:31.:11:36.

Further back then Fresh Air And Fun. They've one left to jump. They come

:11:36.:11:40.

towards the last. Roulez Cool grabbed now by Cloudy Lane. They're

:11:40.:11:44.

clear of Keenan's Future. A long gap Fresh Air And Fun who is

:11:44.:11:48.

running on, followed by Silver Adonis. They race up towards The

:11:48.:11:52.

Elbow. Cloudy Lane on the outside is the leader. Cloudy Lane by a

:11:52.:11:56.

length. Roulez Cool is not done with. Followed then by Keenan's

:11:56.:11:59.

Future behind them. They're on the run-in for home. Cloudy Lane trying

:11:59.:12:04.

to hold on in the Fox Hunters. Cloudy Lane for Richard Harding.

:12:04.:12:07.

Three lengths in front. Roulez Cool is raising another effort. They

:12:07.:12:12.

race up towards the line Cloudy Lane in the colours of Trevor

:12:12.:12:16.

Hemmings comes home a clear winner of the Fox Hunters, by three

:12:16.:12:20.

lengths. Roulez Cool in second. Third then on the outside is Herons

:12:20.:12:25.

Well. Followed by Keenan's Future. They were followed by Sizing

:12:25.:12:32.

America who ran on well. Followed then by Fresh Air And Fun. Further

:12:32.:12:39.

back then is Boxer Georg, finished off well. So too did Teddy's

:12:39.:12:43.

Reflection and My Way De Solzen. Then further back is Eleazar,

:12:43.:12:49.

followed by Bow School. But as they cross the line the winner of the

:12:49.:12:55.

John Smith's Fox Hunters' Chase of 2012 is number four, Cloudy Lane,

:12:55.:12:59.

ridden by Mr Richard Harding, trained by Donald McCain and in the

:12:59.:13:03.

colours of Trevor Hemmings. Second is number 19, Roulez Cool, ridden

:13:03.:13:13.
:13:13.:13:17.

by Sam Waley Cohen: Third Herons Well. Fourth Keenan's Future. Early

:13:17.:13:24.

estimates are that 13 horses have finished the course here in the Fox

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Hunters' Chase. 13, we believe have completed the course. Half the

:13:30.:13:36.

field have got home. Rishi is with the winning team after Cloudy Lane

:13:36.:13:42.

has won. Richard, you know this horse very

:13:42.:13:45.

well, fourth time you have ridden this season, but you must be amazed

:13:45.:13:50.

by how well he went around today? Yeah, he's been around here before.

:13:50.:14:00.
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A brilliant spin. Jumped, travelled well. Loved it. Tackically you must

:14:01.:14:04.

be delighted by the way things went in the race because you didn't have

:14:04.:14:08.

to do too much early on, you were able to creep in and Roulez Cool

:14:08.:14:15.

set a good gallop early on. Yeah, got a great break. Able to make up

:14:15.:14:21.

the first four. Take it up maybe turn in two out, went to plan.

:14:21.:14:29.

does a victory like this in front of an awesome crowd mean? I wanted

:14:29.:14:32.

to win this race, it's great to win it. Well done, you have done it.

:14:32.:14:36.

Thank you. A terrific win there for Cloudy

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Lane. He was sent off the 4-1 joint favourite and the faith in him

:14:41.:14:44.

based on his two runs in the Grand National and the fact that he was

:14:45.:14:50.

sent off favourite for the Grand National in 2008, he finished six

:14:50.:14:54.

6th that time. Look at his ears, saying I have been here before, I

:14:54.:14:59.

know what this is about. He was clever over those fences, there was

:14:59.:15:04.

a point he seemed to drop out and came back into it. As Richard was

:15:04.:15:09.

saying, back from Valentine's and filled the tanks up. As it probably

:15:09.:15:14.

turned out he hit the front soon and he idled up the run-in and only

:15:14.:15:20.

doing enough on him. He has given him a lovely ride. A great run from

:15:20.:15:23.

Roulez Cool, Sam finished second in the Grand National last year and

:15:23.:15:28.

has won this race twice, finishing second this time on Roulez Cool.

:15:28.:15:33.

The celebrations for Richard Harding and Donald McCain, we

:15:33.:15:36.

talked to him before the race, he always had such affection for this

:15:36.:15:39.

horse, Cloudy Lane was his first really good horse when he took over

:15:39.:15:44.

from his father, Ginger and Ginger McCain's statue will look down on

:15:44.:15:54.
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his son's horse coming back into horses are alright. We haven't got

:15:59.:16:05.

confirmation on all of the jockeys yet, but the horses are OK.

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Cloudy Lane knows his way around here, that's for sure. He has run

:16:11.:16:18.

in three Grand Nationals. In 2008 he was joint favourite. The next

:16:18.:16:25.

year he unseated his rider. A 50-1 chance. In 2010 he finished 8th

:16:25.:16:34.

behind Don't Push It. Today restricted to amateurs Mr Richard

:16:35.:16:38.

Harding took the ride and capitalised on the opportunity.

:16:38.:16:48.
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Trevor Hemmings. He is represented by Ballabriggs,

:17:01.:17:06.

who is attempting back to back wins in the Grand National on Saturday.

:17:06.:17:14.

It will be interesting to see how he gets on.

:17:14.:17:18.

A lot stiffer task at the handicap this year.

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The winner is trained by Donald McCain, the son of the legendry

:17:26.:17:36.
:17:36.:17:37.

Ginger McCain. There he is looking down on us over the winners'

:17:37.:17:40.

enclosure, from above. And delighted I'm sure with this

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outcome. A great tradition, the McCain family, their connection

:17:46.:17:53.

with Liverpool and Aintree. So close. From the days of Red Rum to

:17:53.:18:00.

the days of Ballabriggs. This horse, Cloudy Lane, is a big part of that.

:18:00.:18:09.

He did start joint favourite. After a 15-1 winner the previous race

:18:09.:18:19.
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free drinks tonight? The Tower. We said there would be money for

:18:37.:18:42.

Cloudy Lane. 6-1 into 4-1. The gamble landed. The McCain factor

:18:42.:18:47.

once again at Liverpool. The way Cloudy Lane finished is

:18:47.:18:53.

even more remarkable. If you look at his hind shoe, he has twisted it

:18:53.:19:03.

and it is rather unkufpblt they'll get the farrier to -- it is rather

:19:03.:19:07.

uncomfortable. They'll get the farrier to remover it soon.

:19:07.:19:14.

This is your first Fox Hunters'' victory. It's lovely isn't it. This

:19:14.:19:20.

is the one that we bred ourselves. The family are over there. Cloudy

:19:20.:19:26.

Lane was with them at the time and are now in partial ownership. We

:19:26.:19:31.

not only had the mare but the son at the same time. Watch out,

:19:31.:19:35.

because he keeps kick out because of his shoe. I think it will have

:19:35.:19:44.

to be pulled off. It is bothering him a bit. Donald; his back shoe.

:19:44.:19:48.

Yes, it's marvellous. A great feeling. Especially going over the

:19:48.:19:55.

big fences. He's been over them before in the Grand National. As

:19:55.:20:01.

small as he is, he jumped them fences superbly. You get such a

:20:01.:20:06.

thrill out of having winners don't you? I love it. This is the place

:20:06.:20:10.

for you and the place that your dream was the win the Grand

:20:10.:20:14.

National. You managed that with Hedgehunter and with Ballabriggs.

:20:14.:20:19.

Somebody's got to take over from ginger. I'm helping out with the

:20:19.:20:27.

young son. If he needs telling off he rings me now. And he is some

:20:27.:20:37.
:20:37.:20:38.

trainer. Super. What a lovely man. I know Beryl is here as well. Thank

:20:38.:20:41.

you Trevor. Donald McCain is surrounded by journalists, all

:20:41.:20:48.

getting a line from him. A reaction. He's the nicest man in the world.

:20:48.:20:53.

There is not many who would say, "Do you want me?" Fabulous. It's

:20:53.:20:59.

wonderful. When you have a first horse for Trevor Hemmings, the big

:20:59.:21:08.

race he won us, it's been endless. Every race he wants to win he's won.

:21:08.:21:13.

We missed last season. He had a problem. We didn't know what to do.

:21:13.:21:18.

He's 12 years old, what do you do? He loves his job. He's like a four-

:21:18.:21:23.

year-old at home. We weren't going to run him. The head girl has made

:21:23.:21:28.

a fantastic job. His blood was wrong and everything. She sorted

:21:28.:21:33.

him out. How good is it to come into the winner's enclosure with a

:21:33.:21:39.

statue of your father looking down on it? An tree is special to us as

:21:39.:21:46.

a family anyway. Mr Hemmings from the first season supported me to.

:21:46.:21:50.

Repay people like him, it is magic. To to see him watching is special.

:21:50.:21:58.

It is indeed. Well done. Thank you Clare. Two men just cooling down in

:21:58.:22:06.

the jockeys' room after the Fox Hunters', Sam Waley-Cohen. Sam,

:22:06.:22:10.

there must have been a moment jumping out of the back straight

:22:10.:22:15.

you thought you had the rest of the field in trouble? Yes, sitting

:22:15.:22:20.

outside of Gwanako, he was starting to get into a good rhythm. He was

:22:20.:22:25.

forcing me to be more positive at the fences than I wanted to be.

:22:25.:22:29.

He's won over further, so I thought he's probably got the stamina for

:22:29.:22:32.

this. He's only had a couple of run this is season and he ran out of

:22:33.:22:37.

petrol. You are building up good record around the fences. If you

:22:37.:22:41.

have a good horse it is a lot of fun. But if you have the wrong

:22:41.:22:45.

horse it is a horror show. Josh, for a moment I thought you might

:22:45.:22:50.

not get placed, but your horse really picked up in the closing

:22:50.:22:55.

stages. He did. He wasn't jumping himself there. Got out of pace in

:22:55.:22:58.

the start, fell behind in a few place. But then coming into the

:22:58.:23:08.

home straight he started passing a hue horses and started liking it --

:23:08.:23:13.

passing a few horses and started liking it. Can you tell us what the

:23:13.:23:22.

ground was like on the National course today? It is fair. Safe.

:23:22.:23:27.

Josh, if I stays dry, what's going to happen on Saturday? Fit goes

:23:27.:23:33.

well I don't see a lot of horses making it around. Dry will make it

:23:33.:23:37.

an interesting contest now. Hopefully it goes alright now.

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Thank you very much for talking to us. Thank you. Cloudy Lane, the

:23:42.:23:46.

emergency was to get that hind shoe off him. It was twisted. You can

:23:46.:23:52.

see the nails start to stick in in place where is they shouldn't. The

:23:52.:23:57.

horse was trying to kick it off. The farrier has pulled that shoe

:23:57.:24:01.

off. The presentation has been made in the John Smith's Fox Hunters'

:24:01.:24:05.

Chase. Karen Crowley of John Smith's making the presentation.

:24:05.:24:13.

Also up there, Philip Hemmings and Mick, the racing manager. Robert

:24:13.:24:22.

Waley-Cohen who ran and trained the second horse. The look that says it

:24:22.:24:26.

all. A win that means more than they can ever put into words. Let's

:24:26.:24:32.

go through exactly what happened in the Fox Hunters' with Ian Bartlett

:24:32.:24:42.
:24:42.:24:44.

and Mick Fitzgerald. We knew it was going to be a fast

:24:44.:24:48.

gallop to the first, because this is the second attempt at the start.

:24:49.:24:58.
:24:59.:24:59.

Sheriff Hutton, he a visor on the first time. Herons Well jumped off

:24:59.:25:06.

handy with Cloudy Lane on the inside. And Herons Well. We see in

:25:06.:25:12.

the centre, dark blue and yellow, that's King Fontaine. He was down

:25:12.:25:22.

on his nose and his hind quarters went there. Launde, pitched up his

:25:22.:25:29.

neck. In the red and white on the outside. He has almost gone out

:25:29.:25:34.

over the top. And Kildonnan is at the back. Here is the biggest fence

:25:34.:25:39.

on the course, the Chair. Launde in front and Cloudy Lane in second

:25:39.:25:44.

place. This is the biggest fence. We'll have several looks at this.

:25:44.:25:51.

Cloudy Lane on the far side. Look at the horse in orange. Blackstaff.

:25:51.:25:56.

The jockey did well to stay on. will also see a mistake from

:25:56.:26:01.

Sheriff Hutton. He is just coming now, in mid air, the red sleeves at

:26:01.:26:08.

the back. Nods a bit on landing. This view you get, should you be

:26:08.:26:17.

able to, sit down in the ditch. Gwanako. There's Gina Andrews.

:26:17.:26:23.

Watch Robert Hodges. The horse ran a blinder. You will see in a

:26:23.:26:29.

second... This is the water jump. Fence number four. We have Launde,

:26:29.:26:36.

who is a leader. My Way De Solzen and Cloudy Lane.

:26:36.:26:43.

You can see Gwanako in the red and white and black, in the Andy Stuart

:26:43.:26:48.

colours. James Cowley had a great spin. Look at Cloudy Lane, cut

:26:48.:26:53.

every corner. Give an great ride. On the far side of the course, this

:26:53.:26:57.

is the fifth. The dark blue of My Way De Solzen. Just come through to

:26:57.:27:03.

be the leader. There's seven or eight of them snapping at his heels.

:27:03.:27:10.

He jumps a bit slow. He does. They are almost in a perfect line here.

:27:10.:27:13.

They've quite sensible. It's good to see these amateurs riding with

:27:13.:27:18.

plenty of brains. A great leap from Gwanako. He almost took the lead

:27:18.:27:23.

and there at the back is our first out of the race, which is Kildonnan.

:27:23.:27:28.

He shifts off violently right. His pilot had no chance No chance. When

:27:28.:27:32.

they duck out from underneath like that it is like falling out of the

:27:32.:27:37.

car with the doors open. Cloudy Lane, the western. The

:27:37.:27:44.

runner up, number 19, Roulez Cool. We'll see him in the brown and

:27:44.:27:48.

orange jacket. These are the first and second. My Way De Solzen is

:27:48.:27:53.

just in the front at the moment. Gwanako and My Way De Solzen. They

:27:53.:27:58.

are jumping brilliant here. The horse in blue in front. A dream

:27:58.:28:03.

ride on this horse. You can see in the brown colours, three off the

:28:03.:28:08.

rail, this horse was travelling very well. Samantha Drake having a

:28:08.:28:13.

dream ride on this horse. This is the open ditch. We see My Way De

:28:13.:28:19.

Solzen. Whorl Thomas is pitched up on the neck. Did well to maintain

:28:19.:28:25.

the partnership. At the back of the. He is struggling to keep this

:28:25.:28:32.

partnership in fence. The Polomoche was the faller at fence number 8.

:28:32.:28:37.

No chance. They are making their way to the

:28:37.:28:44.

bottom end of the course. Another plain one, fence 9. On theite of

:28:44.:28:48.

picture, four horses from the right, against the rails. Not getting on

:28:48.:28:58.
:28:58.:28:58.

with it just yet. We'll see well back in the field William Butler

:28:58.:29:02.

comes down. Nick Sutton had no chance there. Offshore Account

:29:02.:29:08.

ducked to avoid the stricken rider. Becher's Brook. Presentandcorrect

:29:08.:29:18.
:29:18.:29:22.

goes. On his nose was... Foinavon coming up. Roulez Cool shortens

:29:22.:29:28.

into that. Even though it is the smallest fence, horses pitch a bit.

:29:28.:29:35.

Harps Counsel goes here. He hits the top. Shifts to his right and

:29:35.:29:41.

under the rider is nothing but fresh air. Cutting the corner. A

:29:41.:29:47.

great jump again from Gwanako. We've stween or three leaps from

:29:47.:29:53.

him where he's made good ground. must be getting very excite. Cloudy

:29:53.:30:00.

Lane down the inside. Ritchie hardy cut the corner. This is the second

:30:00.:30:08.

look of the canal. Cloudy Lane, you wouldn't have picked him out at the

:30:08.:30:12.

winner there. Here we come to Valentine's. These horses have

:30:12.:30:19.

skipped over this. Cloudy Lane back in sixth. The tail enders are

:30:19.:30:23.

getting through. You see a hairy leap from Emergency Cover. Quite

:30:23.:30:33.
:30:33.:30:38.

close to us in the yellow colours here. Look at both of them go there.

:30:38.:30:42.

Just got too low. Watch this horse here in front on the left. Just

:30:42.:30:51.

hits the fence too low down. Poor old Samantha, she was having a

:30:51.:30:54.

great ride on Unowatimeen. Roulez Cool out in front at this open

:30:54.:30:57.

ditch. My Way De Solzen four or five lengths behind in fourth place,

:30:57.:31:01.

behind the grey, which is Silver Adonis, Cloudy Lane. And then

:31:01.:31:04.

Keenan's Future, the pale blue towards the left getting over it

:31:04.:31:13.

now. You can see one there skipping out the side door. Island Life is

:31:13.:31:18.

the fall at that open ditch. Way back Herons Well, this is a horse

:31:18.:31:23.

to pay close attention to because he makes a lot of ground up.

:31:23.:31:26.

can hardly see him here. You can see My Way De Solzen just being

:31:26.:31:34.

very careful over these obstacles. A late finisher. A slow jump from

:31:34.:31:37.

Teddy's Reflection further back. We are into the home strait. Roulez

:31:37.:31:40.

Cool in front and now only two lengths behind is Cloudy Lane and

:31:40.:31:44.

after that fence the second last, he is only a length behind. Sam

:31:44.:31:48.

must be able to tell he is coming now. You can feel them when you

:31:48.:31:52.

ride. Your horse senses there's another horse there and Richard

:31:52.:32:02.

Harding knows this horse stays. the last he has just taken the lead,

:32:02.:32:04.

Cloudy Lane. Roulez Cool behind in second. Keenan's Future the light

:32:04.:32:12.

blue in third. Look to the right of the fence, maroon and white colours.

:32:12.:32:18.

He's made a lot of ground up. has. He's finished to real good

:32:18.:32:21.

effect. Richard Harding can almost smell the victory. He is desperate

:32:21.:32:25.

for that line to come to him. Sam on the other hand, Roulez Cool, he

:32:26.:32:30.

has had another brilliant ride over the National fences and Josh will

:32:30.:32:36.

be delighted with the ride he has had. He's certainly given it his

:32:36.:32:40.

everything. I am impressed on that ride. Some of them are getting

:32:40.:32:50.

getting tired. He has has - Trevor Hemmings love this is racecourse

:32:50.:32:54.

and these fences, two Grand Nationals already and now Cloudy

:32:54.:32:58.

Lane has given him this winner of this John Smith's Fox Hunters'

:32:58.:33:02.

Chase and another one, of course, from the Donald McCain stables. Our

:33:02.:33:12.
:33:12.:33:21.

4-1. A tremendous success for Trevor

:33:21.:33:26.

Hemmings who has given so much to this sport of horseracing. He is

:33:26.:33:34.

going to give David a kiss! He says don't you care! Richard Harding

:33:34.:33:40.

there heading back to the famous jockeys' changing room here. We are

:33:40.:33:47.

fast approaching the start time of our final live race. The horses are

:33:47.:33:51.

down at the start. Nine of the 13 met last time at the Cheltenham

:33:51.:33:57.

Festival in the grand annual chase. Here is Jim to tell us about them.

:33:57.:34:01.

They're at the post. Let's check them quickly. Tanks For That, Barry

:34:01.:34:11.
:34:11.:34:11.

Apology for the loss of subtitles for 66 seconds

:34:11.:34:57.

Sol is the favourite. Gary? Cassidy into six and a half.

:34:57.:35:00.

Interesting head-to-head this race with the trainers Paul Nicholls and

:35:00.:35:03.

Nicky Henderson, could be crucial in the race to be champion trainer

:35:03.:35:09.

because it's worth �34,000 to the winner. This horse Edgardo Sol,

:35:09.:35:13.

this is just his third run over fences in this country because he

:35:13.:35:19.

has been running over hurdles, Richard. Went to Cheltenham and ran

:35:19.:35:24.

well in the County Hurdle, that was a hot race as well, over 17

:35:24.:35:28.

furlongs and this is a furlong less today. But fences a huge difference.

:35:28.:35:34.

Here is where the money is, Kid Cassidy. McCoy gives nothing away.

:35:34.:35:39.

He is so serious. He was sent off favourite last time but it was too

:35:39.:35:42.

keen in the race and beaten from a long way out to be honest and maybe

:35:42.:35:47.

it will suit him better and they'll need to go fast so he can relax.

:35:47.:35:51.

doesn't jump that well, so if they go fast it might force him into

:35:51.:35:56.

mistakes. If anyone's going to upset the Nichols-Henderson party,

:35:56.:36:06.
:36:06.:36:11.

it will be Alan King. He runs Kumbeshwar. The blinkers are on.

:36:11.:36:17.

Jockeys getting horsed revved up. It will be fast. Tanks For That

:36:17.:36:21.

likes to make it. Kid Cassidy is always up there. You can see from

:36:21.:36:24.

the tightness of that group none of them want to get a lead. They'll be

:36:24.:36:28.

tightly packed. Let's head over to Jim McGrath.

:36:28.:36:33.

They're coming out now for this Red Rum Handicap Chase, celebrating the

:36:33.:36:38.

greatest hero of them all. They're off. In the centre the first away

:36:38.:36:44.

is Silk Drum. Out wide Echo Bob and behind them Tanks For That.

:36:44.:36:47.

Astracad in the centre and Kid Cassidy, a mistake at the first, a

:36:47.:36:55.

bad one, too. He is last. On settling down, it's Silk Drum on

:36:55.:36:59.

the inside the leader from Echo Bob. Tanks For That over on the far side.

:36:59.:37:04.

Astracad in the centre. Followed by Kumbeshwar and further back is Tara

:37:04.:37:10.

Royal and the leader got in too close at that. Silk Drum paid the

:37:10.:37:13.

penalty, and dropped back. Echo Bob is the leader up the home strait

:37:13.:37:16.

towards number three, the first of the ditches. Echo Bob the leader

:37:16.:37:22.

over it. They all got over it in good style. Second, Silk Drum,

:37:22.:37:27.

third Kumbeshwar, followed by Tanks For That. They head up now towards

:37:27.:37:35.

fence number 4. Further back Tara Royal, Astracad and Edgardo Sol.

:37:35.:37:44.

They sail over the next. Further back Free World on the inside of

:37:44.:37:47.

Oiseau de Nuit. Song Sung Blue. A circuit to go. Kid Cassidy second

:37:47.:37:52.

last and De Boitron last as they go out now. Under a happen of the

:37:52.:38:02.

track to go on this course. Out in front it's Echo Bob. In second the

:38:02.:38:05.

grey Silk Drum, two away is Kumbeshwar, a length and a half on

:38:05.:38:14.

the inside Tanks For That, from Astracad, followed by Edgardo Sol

:38:14.:38:19.

and Tara Royal. They come to the 5th. Further back on the inside

:38:19.:38:25.

Free World, who got into that, he hit it hard and lost ground.

:38:25.:38:30.

Followed by De Boitron. Still last is Kid Cassidy. The best part of 15

:38:30.:38:35.

lengths off the leader. The leader goes to the 6th, Echo Bob. Lands

:38:35.:38:39.

over it clear by three lengths, to in second Silk Drum. Tanks For That

:38:39.:38:43.

coming up in the centre. They come to the second open ditch. Then

:38:43.:38:48.

Kumbeshwar is out very wide. Edgardo Sol going well. Followed

:38:48.:38:53.

further back in the field by Takeroc, who is just preceded there

:38:53.:38:59.

as they head towards the next, the 8th. This one we see Echo Bob who

:38:59.:39:04.

led over it. Echo Bob by two to three lengths, from in second. They

:39:04.:39:08.

go to the far corner Kumbeshwar, followed then by Silk Drum. Tanks

:39:08.:39:12.

For That on the inside of Edgardo Sol, now starting to make some

:39:12.:39:18.

ground around the outside. Tara Royal behind them. Takeroc the

:39:18.:39:21.

inside. Astracad there as well. Towards four out. Echo Bob led over

:39:21.:39:27.

it, from Kumbeshwar and Edgardo Sol, who is going particularly well.

:39:27.:39:35.

Behind them at this stage Tanks For That, then Astracad. Oiseau de Nuit

:39:35.:39:38.

looming up. Followed by Tara Royal, a gap to Silk Drum who has dropped

:39:38.:39:42.

back. Echo Bob the leader. They come towards three out. Edgardo Sol

:39:42.:39:47.

is closing. Spring-heeled at that as well. Followed by Astracad

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running on fairly well. Followed then by Kumbeshwar. Tara Royal.

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They come to the last ditch. Two out. Echo Bob the far side. Grabbed

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now by Edgardo Sol. Takes a narrow lead. Six lengths in advance now of

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Astracad followed by Kumbeshwar. Edgardo Sol has skipped four, five

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lengths in front with one left to jump. It's Edgardo Sol careering

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away. They head towards the lucky last now. It's Edgardo Sol towards

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it, went through spring-heeled and bounding clear. Edgardo Sol and

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Ruby Walsh coming home a clear winner and and valuable winner for

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Paul nick opls in the race -- Paul Nicholls in the race for the

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trainers' title. Third Echo Bob, followed by Astracad, Kid Cassidy

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never in it. Followed by Oiseau de Nuit, then Takeroc, back towards

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and has won for the syndicate and Paul Nicholls and Ruby Walsh.

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Second, number 6, Astracad, third Echo Bob, and fourth number 3,

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Kumbeshwar. Edgardo Sol in the run the one you wanted to be on,

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especially after Kid Cassidy made that bad blunder at the first. He

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lost so much ground and was never really travelling. Edgardo Sol,

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Ruby Walsh day here at Aintree. The double for Paul Nicholls, Big

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Buck's and Edgardo Sol, adds about �100,000 to his prize money, about

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�90,000 actually. Stretches his lead ahead of Nicky Henderson

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tomorrow in the big race, Nicky Henderson has Finian's Rainbow in

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it. Andrew Lynch's horse makes a mistake there. The second last is a

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ditch there. He clattered into it. Edgardo Sol, only a little horse,

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but he fairly skips over the obstacles and you could see Ruby

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decisive move here. He made his mind up and said come on, he

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squeezed him all the way down to this last fence and made it running.

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Lovely shot of him winging that last fence. As a jockey, that's

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what you want. You are desperate for that last fence to come in a

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nice stride so you can clear it and hot foot it up the running. This

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was the reaction of Paul as he was watching on the big screen here in

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the paddock. Really roaring him home. He gets - he is very - you

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know, emotional Paul and very highly strung at moments like this.

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He loves it and celebrates. Go on my son, he is saying! Let's hear

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from him now. Congratulations, the last time this

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horse ran over fences was here. Controversially Ruby won the race

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and got a ban. Was it always the plan to leave him over hurdles

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until this meeting? I mean, amazingly got beat over fences in

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Newton abbot. We went back over hurdles. He was unlucky in the

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County. I thought the novices were a bit hot and one of the hurdle

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races he was going to have 11, 12, I thought this was the right race.

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I didn't have worry about switching back. He is a real improver. He is

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going to go back for the Scottish champion champion hurdle. The plan

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was to run here and there next Saturday. The fact he has done well

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over both hurdles and offences means there's many options open to

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you. It's difficult to thick ahead, the way way -- think ahead. Next

:43:37.:43:42.

season you must be excited about? It's astounded how well he done,

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that's not going to do his handicap good over fences, next year will be

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a lot harder. You think he's gone from 117, probably 150 plus now, we

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will have to go down a different route. He is owned by a syndicate

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of people and they've had amazing fun with him. He has been brilliant.

:43:59.:44:05.

You would have to say a great buy. He has took them to great places,

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Cheltenham and here and hopefully Ayr. Congratulations. Thank you.

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Ruby Walsh coming into the winners' enclosure. And he will be hoping to

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be here on Saturday, of course. He has had a great day. Big Buck's

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winning the first and now Edgardo Sol. The distances, 14 lengths and

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seven. Now here are the horses in the washdown area. -- this has

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worked particularly well today. One of them getting a nice refreshing

:44:40.:44:49.

shower after his run here today. It's not that hot at all, but a

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hosedown works wonders. Here is the winner who can probably look

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forward to something similar in the next half hour or so.

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Coming back in there. A valuable winner for Paul Nicholls, whose

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fightback continues. He lost the lead to Nicky Henderson in the

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trainers battle, but has regained it and has come back with a

:45:10.:45:20.
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vengeance today. He is now bounded Chase.

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Edgardo Sol, it was a rout. It was easy. Four favourites to be

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-- on the first day. Paul Nichol has had a winner at

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Newton Abbot today, so his prize money total is ratcheting up.

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That's how the trainers Championship is decided. Paul

:45:58.:46:07.
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Nicholls now on �2,382,118 and Nicky Henderson on �2,299,129. If

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Nicky were to win the Grand National on Shakalakaboomboom... A

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couple of injuries in the Fox Hunters'. Greenall has a suspected

:46:26.:46:36.
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fractured ankle. All the horses are A terrific first day here of the

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John Smith's Grand National festival. Highlighted by the win of

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Big Buck's in our first race. This extraordinary horse surpassing the

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record set in the 1950 s by Sir Ken, and standing out on his own with 17

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consecutive wins. It is an unbeaten record that stretches back to 2008

:46:54.:47:00.

for this horse. He was ridden by Ruby Walsh, who has just ridden his

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second winner of the day on Edgardo Sol. The last time Ruby Walsh was

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successful over fences here, it wasn't the best circumstances but

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it is one you can enjoy today. last day was dead and buried. The

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rules are much better than they were now than then. That's in the

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past. He's an improved horse. His run in Cheltenham was a great run.

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Every run has been a better run for him. He's improving all the time.

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Jumped super today and will go further, if the truth is told. He

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travelled extremely well. He is a novice. He was brilliant. Well done.

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Cheers. That completes our racing coverage

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here from Aintree on day one of this three-day festival. We're back

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tomorrow at 1.45 pm. Highlights include Fenians rainbow and the

:47:54.:48:04.
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to the centre of Liverpool, not to go out on the town but to do a

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preview programme on Five Live which starts at 8 o'clock. We'll

:48:19.:48:25.

bring you latest news on the Grand National. Rich Dunwoody, a great

:48:25.:48:32.

first day. It was great. Cloudy Lane, Big Buck's. Something for

:48:32.:48:35.

everyone. Has it made you think anything with the Grand National in

:48:35.:48:40.

mind? I can't help but think Ginger is overlooking the parade. Is he

:48:41.:48:49.

trying to tell us something with Ballabriggs? So many good stories

:48:49.:48:54.

on Saturday. We'll be examining some of those on the road tonight

:48:54.:48:58.

and as we continue our coverage tomorrow and Saturday. I hope

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you've enjoyed the racing from Aintree. Congratulations to Paul

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Nicholls and to Donald McCain with their success in the Fox Hunters'.

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We'll see you tomorrow afternoon. Bye-bye.

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This is Liverpool day and thousands of people have been pouring in. Big

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Buck's, �500,000 at 1-5. Is this a cash bet? And they are off and

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running. Big Buck's now powers into the lead. 17 consecutive victories

:49:35.:49:45.
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over hurdles. What a horse he is. They touchdown together. Grumeti

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