Irish National

Operation Houdini @ 50
Ambobo @ 36
Will Jamie run @ 22

one cool cookie/alpha ridge

Officier De Reserve

Haven't a clue but taking a chance on Leanne @ 33/1 ew!

£50 Moskova e/w

Agus a Vic, for me.

double dizzy e/w
alpha ridge e/w

looking forward to this one :)

Aplha ridge
On the NOSE!!!!!!!!!!

;)

telenor

is this on tv or is it on that pay channel? bookies is next door but would prefer to see it at home.

Telenor

alpha ridge and telenor both ew

bonne chance mes amigos.

telenor win gl all.

will jamie run

6.2 place huge price

Hangover
Across the bay
Dancing tornado

3 against the field for me
good luck all......... :)

It's impossible.

BECKETT ROCK @ 50

Small EW, A New Story. GL.

13 Alpha Ridge
16 A New Story
14 Officier De Reserve

Across The Bay...........50-win/place

only bet of the day

Officer De Reserve, came 4th in Welsh National 2 years ago, should cope with the ground, gl all.

Siegemaster EW

A SPECULATIVE punt on the favourite. Cannot see past the beast.

I agree with mascherano....I give Moskova a real chance.I also consider that Saddlers Storm and Alpha Ridge cant be left out of calculations.Anyway good luck to all

Bluesea Cracker e/w

Operation Houdini
Leanne
Officier De Reserve
All each way bets..

A New Story ew

Alpha Ridge ew

A new story won at Cheltenham carrying more than he should have been and actuall running off a lower mark so defo strong e/w bet concern is the ground.

Quite fancy Officer de reserve tho

hangover
blueseacracker
seismaster
operation houdini

Alpha for me since the weights came out. Am balls deep on him.

hangover an cookie both e/w for me

whatuthink w/p


goodluck

one cool cookie ew. good luck

oscar time EW

gl

Across the bay ew

^ gone :(

gr8

Those pictures are **g my eyes :_|

waited all day for this race, and orse falls at 2nd fence.......

hahahahahha £50 down the fkn drain at the second hahahahaa

me as well mate me as well

racing knows how to kick u in the balls hard!!!

:(

Stream is awful!!!

A New Story IR .........

i swear hangover fell ages ago..

come on oscar

BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

get the fcuk in! ;) for place oscar

great run

Langerdan well done

WD Langerdan

& winners ;)

oscar time 11 stone on that ground great run

21
41-7P2
BLUESEA CRACKER
29 8 10-3
130 Andrew J McNamara
J Motherway 96 161 Bet Now
25

bay mare Buster King (GB)

did whatuthink place?

Finished 4th, though, Virgin. That'll do me. :D

Another HYPED up piece of shiote of a race. Bookies love these bucket handicaps

I know the pictures are bad but i think hangover got b/d, and was still trading in single figures for at least sixty seconds.

Langerdan 05 Apr 15:59


Bluesea Cracker e/w

shout

Kriskin 05 Apr 16:15


Another HYPED up piece of shiote of a race. Bookies love these bucket handicaps




Agreed mate agreed

Bluesea Cracker knows she's won .........

bouncing up and down like a winning punter imo :D

Fat Al tipped Bluesea Cracker and Ambobo in his NOTW column yesterday.

great call to the original poster

hope you had some on the place mate it was about 8/1

I think.

Unlucky with Oscar Time, winner crossed him twice which didn't help.

Race is a bit of a joke nowadays though, hardy worth a bet. The golden days of Arkle, Flyingbolt, Brown Lad, Tied Cottage, Rhyme 'n' Reason, Deset Orchid, long gone.

good call the blues thought siege might go close in running :-(

Thanks guys. I had £50 win and £30 place.

Gutted when you finish second in a race like that, worked it out perfectly bar one horse.
Chin up, we go again :)

who finished 5th?

This race would be better run in December....matbe intice some of the uk national horses over.

Not even a good race to watch...**poor

good race, pity it wasnt viewable due to inept camera work.

Quincy I only had the win :|

knobs 05 Apr 16:03


whatuthink w/p

;-)

Why did he throw his stick away would have been a reasonable question to ask

how long does it usually take to pay?

I was watching it on rte, sis pictures are very poor.

starting prices ?

Yeeeeeaaaaahhhh!

Thanks lads!

agus a vic 5th

Alpha Ridge ?

fell

alpha ridge pulled up

Thks

sixtwosix

Fairyhouse 16:05
1st 21.Bluesea Cracker (IRE) 29.79 25/1
2nd 5.Oscar Time (IRE) 46.15 22/1
3rd 9.Whatuthink (IRE) 70.00 33/1
4th 16.A New Story (IRE) 20.52 16/1
26 ran NR 25, 2, 10, 24

1.25ew on a new story and across the bay
2ew agus a vic
9 in total got 9.06 back for a new story i'm up a massive 6p lol!!

thanks anfield

Any idea on finishers? Including Equus Maximus/Selection Box/Ambobo?

16:05 Fairyhouse, 5 Apr 20103m 5f

Powers Whiskey Irish Grand National Chase (Grade A Handicap Chase) (5YO plus)
Winner €141,000 - 26 ran
Heavy


Weighed In
Pos Dist. Silk Cloth / Horse Name SP Age / Wt Jockey / Trainer OR
1 21. Bluesea Cracker 25/1 8 10 - 3 Andrew J McNamara
J Motherway
130
mid-division on inner, progress in to 6th 5 out, 2nd 3 out, led 2 out, wandered about approaching last, stayed on well
2 4½ 5. Oscar Time 22/1 9 11 - 0 R M Power
M M Lynch
141
rear of mid-division, progress into 9th halfway, smooth progress into 4th after 4 out, 3rd before 2 out, 2nd approaching last, kept on under pressure
3 hd 9. Whatuthink 33/1 8 10 - 5 P F Mangan (7)
O McKiernan
139
tracked leaders, progress approaching 6 out, 2nd 5 out, lost place after 4 out, 6th next, stayed on from 2 out
4 1¾ 16. A New Story 16/1 12 9 - 11 A P Heskin (7)
M Hourigan
131
tracked leaders, 7th after 6 out, 6th before 2 out, stayed on
5 8 30. Agus A Vic 11/1 9 9 - 9 A P Thornton (3)
P Martin
125
held up, headway into 8th before 4 out, kept on same pace from next
6 nk 27. Will Jamie Run 14/1 9 9 - 12 C D Maxwell (3)
P Stafford
128
mid-division, 8th after halfway, improved into 4th 5 out, led next, ridden and headed 2 out, no extra from last
7 25 29. Leanne 20/1 8 9 - 13 R C Colgan
W Harney
126
towards rear, kept on without threatening from before 3 out
8 15 28. Bronte Bay 25/1 7 10 - 0p T J Doyle
P W Flynn
127
rear of mid-division, 10th after halfway, stayed on from after 3 out
9 8 14. Officier De Reserve (FR) 20/1 8 10 - 6 Aidan Coleman
Miss V Williams
133
prominent, 3rd halfway, led after 6 out, headed before 4 out, soon weakened
10 ½ 8. Ballytrim 16/1 9 10 - 12 P Townend
W P Mullins
139
towards rear, mistake 7 out, no impression from 4 out
11 dist 23. Selection Box 33/1 9 9 - 10 E J O'connell (7)
C A McBratney
130
towards rear, ridden and no impression from 4 out, almost refused and unseated rider last, remounted to finish, completely tailed off
F 1. Siegemaster 25/1 9 11 - 7b1 D N Russell
D T Hughes
148
tracked leaders, 5th halfway, improved to lead 4 out, headed next, 6th and weakening when fell last
PU 3. Equus Maximus 14/1 10 11 - 2 R Walsh
W P Mullins
143
prominent, 3rd halfway, close up when slight mistake 5 out, mistake and lost place next, pulled up before 2 out
U 4. Ambobo (USA) 20/1 10 11 - 0t P W Flood
M Brassil
141
held up towards rear, progress 6 out, 5th after 4 out, no extra from next, towards rear when badly hampered and pulled up approaching last
RR 6. Dancing Tornado 20/1 9 10 - 13 A P McCoy
M Hourigan
140
held up, ridden and no impression from 4 out, towards rear when refused last
PU 7. One Cool Cookie 33/1 9 10 - 6tb K M Donoghue (7)
C F Swan
140
led, headed after 6 out, soon weakened, trailing when pulled up before 4 out
PU 11. Moskova 16/1 7 10 - 11 B J Geraghty
P Nolan
138
towards rear,, hampered 10th, headway after 6 out, 5th next, slight mistake 4 out, soon no extra, pulled up before 2 out
F 12. Telenor (GB) 9/1 7 10 - 10t A E Lynch
J T R Dreaper
137
mid-division, fell 10th
PU 13. Alpha Ridge 8/1 2Fav 8 10 - 8t A P Cawley
P Nolan
135
prominent, mistake and lost place 10th, towards rear when pulled up after 15th
B 15. Hangover 12/1 8 10 - 2 N J O'Shea (3)
C O'Dwyer
132
prominent, 2nd from 5th, 4th halfway, weakening when brought down 7 out
U 17. Across The Bay 14/1 6 10 - 4 P Carberry
N Meade
131
unseated rider 2nd
U 18. Beckett Rock 25/1 6 10 - 4 N P Madden
M F Morris
131
mid-division, mistake and unseated rider 13th
F 19. Double Dizzy (GB) 33/1 9 9 - 11tb Nathan Sweeney (7)
R H Buckler
131
close up, 2nd halfway, fell 7 out
U 20. Operation Houdini 25/1 8 10 - 4b1 S W Flanagan
D E Fitzgerald
131
held up, fell 10th
F 22. Knock On The Head 25/1 8 10 - 3 M P Walsh
A L T Moore
130
held up towards rear, fell 6 out
F 26. Saddlers Storm 7/1 Fav 8 10 - 1 D J Casey
A J Martin
128
held up in touch, fell 6 out
2. Church Island Non Runner 143

10. Flintoff (USA) Non Runner 138

24. Stewarts House Non Runner 129

25. Pomme Tiepy (FR) Non Runner 128

Thanks a million Virgin :)

took me ages to type all that out ;)

;)

26 ran TIME 8m 31.60s (slow by 74.60s) TOTAL SP 145%
NON RUNNERS: Church Island ,Flintoff (USA) ,Pomme Tiepy (FR) ,Stewarts House
ESQL/C : owner_breeder : unsupported field type[165]
ESQL/C : totes : unsupported field type[155]
Analysis
A tremendous staying performance from BLUESEA CRACKER, who thoroughly banished any doubts about her stamina in a race that was made by the sensible pace which was set. She jumped superbly and seemed to settle very well just off the pace, making her ground steadily to get to the front entering the straight. A long way home from there it certainly was, and she may well have been there plenty soon enough, but found plenty and her wanderings before the last were due to idling as her ears were**ed. Atthat stage, rider Andrew McNamara said that he threw away his whip, and whether it was purposeful or not it didn't do her any harm as she got back on an even keel quickly and met the last on a perfect stride.

This was truly a career-best performance from the mare, the quality of whose jumping is certainly good enough for Aintree. She had a nice bit up her sleeve in winning this too.

Paddy Power Chase winner Oscar Time ran as good a race as he ever has in defeat here. He was given a fine patient ride by Robbie Power and was delivered from off the pace to deliver a well-timed challenge before the second-last. The objective would have been not to get to the front too soon, but the winner had a bit in hand and in the end this horse's stamina just ran out a bit after the final fence.

Having lost his way a bit over fences, Whatuthink showed a good bit more behind Zaarito at Naas last time and showed even more here. Never that far from the pace and jumping pretty well, he was driven up right into contention five out but hit something of a flat spot before the straight and was struggling a bit to get into a challenging position after that. He stayed on well, though, from the second-last and would have been second in another stride or two.

Veteran A New Story is in the form of his life and at the age of 12 got into the money in this race for the fourth time. Again, he was up with the pace and travelled for most of the way. He just simply wasn't good enough on the day and didn't have a change of gear on this ground, but he kept going admirably.

Stamina and the quality of his jumping was always going to be something of an issue with Agus A Vic, but he ran a good race. Held up off the pace, he made some headway to chase the leaders into the straight but that was as close as he could get.

Will Jamie Run was one whose stamina did give out in the end. He jumped and travelled like a good horse the whole way and was going as well as anything turning in having gotten to the front after the fourth-last. In the end he started to flag a bit after the second-last which was unfortunate as he deserved to get into the placings.

The remainder were well strung out. The mare Leanne wasn't a factor at any stage, hunted around at the back of the field, and just came home past beaten horses, while Bronte Bay did similarly although not quite as exaggerated.

Those that didn't get home included the prominent Officier De Reserve, who ran out of steam after the fourth-last, and Dancing Tornado, who was given a good ride by Tony McCoy considering the huge stamina doubts surrounding the horse in the race with most speed. The champion jockey was rewarded for his efforts with his mount refusing at the last.

Barry Geraghty performed miracles to keep Moskova upright after she was brought to a standstill by the falls of Operation Houdini and Telenor a circuit out. He managed to get her right back into the race, but she was struggling after a mistake four out and eventually pulled up.

Equus Maximus raced prominently and jumped well most of the way, but he was another that couldn't recover from significant errors five out and four out. He was pulled up once his chance was gone.

Favourite Saddlers Storm was travelling perfectly well and was well in touch when he fell, while top-weight Siegemaster ran a huge race from a long way. He was beaten when taking a tired fall at the last.

Ante-post gamble Alpha Ridge dropped back after a mistake with a circuit to go and continued to back-pedal until pulled up about a mile from the finish. [JOH]