Cheltenham Festival 2024 Race Result Aintree, Fri, 8th Apr, 2016, Imagine Cruising First In The Frame Top Novices´ Hurdle (Grade 1) of £75,000.00 4-y-o plus| irishracing.com

2.15 Imagine Cruising First In The Frame Top Novices´ Hurdle (Grade 1) of £75,000.00 4-y-o plus(Class 1) 2m. 103yds.

Aintree Results Fri, 8th Apr, 2016

Going - Good to Soft (Soft in places).

Placepot Pool - £518,742.00 Winning Units - 38.07 Dividend - £9,946.90. Quadpot Pool - £31,543.00 Winning Units - 20 Dividend - £1,167.00. Place Six Dividend - £4,509.63. Place Five Dividend - £912.59.

Imagine Cruising First In The Frame Top Novices´ Hurdle (Grade 1) of £75,000.00 4-y-o plus (Class 1) 2m. 103yds.

1st - £42,202.00, 2nd - £15,900.00, 3rd - £7,958.00, 4th - £3,975.00, 5th - £1,995.00, 6th - £998.00 , 7th - £495.00, 8th - £255.00 11 Ran

News Report

1st

Buveur D'air (FR) 11-4 (Potensis Bloodstock Ltd & Chris Giles)
Rated 152
Crillon (FR) - History (FR)(Alesso (USA))
Breeder - Gerard Ferte

(Morning price: 2/1 9/4 2/1 15/8 7/4 15/8)
(Ring price: 9/4 5/2 11/4) SP 11/4

Nicky Henderson

N D Fehily

Tote Win £3.60 Place £1.40

held up towards rear, headway after 4 out, went 2nd 3 out, ridden to challenge before last, stayed on well flat, led towards finish

15th Mar, 16 Cheltenham
3rd Hdl Rated 154 This
Race 17th Dec, 16 Haydock
1st Chs

2nd

Petit Mouchoir (FR) 11-4 (Gigginstown House Stud)
Rated 145
Al Namix (FR) - Arnette (FR)(Denham Red (FR))
Breeder - M Philip Gueret

(Morning price: 25/1 28/1 33/1)
(Ring price: 50/1 40/1) SP 40/1

W P Mullins

D J Mullins

Place £6.40

pressed leader, led 4 out, ridden and strongly pressed approaching last, stayed on, headed towards finish

15th Mar, 16 Cheltenham
8th Hdl Rated 145 This
Race 26th Apr, 16 Punchestown
2nd Hdl Rated 151

3rd

Limini (IRE) 10-11 (Mrs S Ricci)
Rated 145
Peintre Celebre (USA) - Her Grace (IRE)(Spectrum (IRE))
Breeder - Sir E J Loder

(Morning price: 11/8 5/4 6/4 11/8 6/4 13/8 15/8 6/4)
(Ring price: 11/8 5/4 6/5 11/10) SP 11/10fav

W P Mullins

R Walsh

Place £1.10

took keen hold, held up in mid-division, headway going well after 4 out, not fluent 2 out, soon not pace of front pair, beaten before last, stayed on one pace

17th Mar, 16 Cheltenham
1st Hdl This
Race 30th Apr, 16 Punchestown
2nd Hdl Rated 146

4th

0.75L

North Hill Harvey (GB) 11-4 (Mrs G Widdowson & Mrs R Kelvin-hughe)
Rated 140
Kayf Tara (GB) - Ellina (GB)(Robellino (USA))
Breeder - Mr E. Cantillon

(Morning price: 16/1 20/1 22/1)
SP 25/1

Dan Skelton

Harry Skelton

held up towards rear, headway to chase leaders 3 out, unable to quicken from next, 4th and one pace before last

15th Mar, 16 Cheltenham
9th Hdl Rated 140 This
Race 13th Nov, 16 Cheltenham
1st Hcp Hdl Rated 141

5th

0.75L

Bleu Et Rouge (FR) 11-4 (John P McManus)
Rated 145
Charming Groom (FR) - Lady Du Renom (FR)(Art Francais (USA))
Breeder - Haras de La Rousseliere

(Morning price: 12/1)
(Ring price: 10/1 9/1 8/1) SP 8/1

W P Mullins

B J Geraghty

held up in mid-division, took keen hold, headway 3 out, ridden and chasing leaders next, soon unable to quicken, one pace and beaten after

18th Mar, 16 Cheltenham
fell Hdl Rated 145 This
Race 28th Dec, 16 Leopardstown
1st Nov Chs

6th

0.5L

Agrapart (FR) 11-4 (The Gascoigne Brookes Partnership III)
Rated 149
Martaline (GB) - Afragha (IRE)(Darshaan)
Breeder - Jean-Marc Lucas

(Morning price: 8/1 9/1)
(Ring price: 9/1 10/1) SP 10/1

Nick Williams

Lizzie Kelly

tracked leaders, reminder after 5th, driven after next, responded and every chance before 3 out, hit 2 out, one pace and beaten after, plugged on flat

13th Feb, 16 Newbury
1st Hcp Hdl Rated 137 This
Race 1st Jan, 17 Cheltenham
1st Hdl Rated 149

7th

2.25L

Ball D'arc (FR) 11-4 (Gigginstown House Stud)
Rated 143
Network (GER) - Pretty Moon (FR)(Moon Madness)
Breeder - S.C.E.A. Le Fragneau & Nicole Terriere

(Morning price: 14/1 16/1)
SP 16/1

Gordon Elliott

B J Cooper

held up in last, headway on outside to track leaders 3 out, ridden and no impression next, soon edged left, well held when not fluent last

21st Feb, 16 Naas
1st Hdl Rated 135 This
Race 26th Apr, 16 Punchestown
6th Hdl Rated 142

8th

26L

Three Stars (IRE) 11-4 (Robert Finnegan)
Rated 140
Westerner (GB) - Hapeney (IRE)(Saddlers' Hall (IRE))
Breeder - A V Bloodstock

(Morning price: 25/1 28/1)
SP 50/1

Henry De Bromhead

J J Burke

tracked leaders on outside, ridden when not fluent 3 out, soon weakened, well behind when blundered last

8th Nov, 15 Navan
1st Hdl Rated 135 This
Race 4th Jun, 16 Tramore
5th Nov Chs

u.r.

Altruism (IRE) 11-4 (Mr V R Vyner-brooks, Mr K Bowron)
hd¹ Rated 133
Authorized (IRE) - Bold Assumption (GB)(Observatory (USA))
Breeder - Kevin & Meta Cullen

(Morning price: 100/1)
SP 100/1

James Moffatt

B Hughes

tracked leaders on inside, blundered and unseated rider 4th

23rd Mar, 16 Haydock
2nd Hdl Rated 130 This
Race 28th May, 16 Cartmel
1st Chs Rated 133

u.r.

Gwafa (IRE) 11-4 (Saleh Al Homaizi & Imad Al Sagar)
Rated 140
Tamayuz (GB) - Atalina (FR)(Linamix (FR))
Breeder - Kenilworth House Stud

(Morning price: 25/1 28/1 25/1 20/1 18/1)
SP 16/1

Paul Webber

R P McLernon

held up in mid-division on inside, badly hampered and unseated rider 4th

25th Feb, 16 Huntingdon
1st Hdl This
Race 7th May, 16 Haydock
1st Hcp Hdl Rated 138

p.u.

Marracudja (FR) 11-4 (Potensis Bloodstock Limited)
ts⁶hd⁵ Rated 140
Martaline (GB) - Memorial (FR)(Homme De Loi (IRE))
Breeder - E.A.R.L. De Cordelles et al

(Morning price: 33/1 50/1)
SP 50/1

Paul Nicholls

Sam Twiston-Davies

led until 4 out, weakened before next, pulled up before 2 out

27th Feb, 16 Kempton
2nd Hdl Rated 136 This
Race 26th Sep, 16 Newton Abbot
1st Chs Rated 140

Off 2.15
Time 4m. 4.50 secs, which is 0.53 secs slower than the course average on today's going
CSF- £107.47
Tricast- £187.65.

2015 Cyrus Darius 6 11-4 B Hughes 8/1 (J Jefferson)
2014 Josses Hill 6 11-4 B J Geraghty 6/4Fav (Nicky Henderson)
2013 My Tent Or Yours 6 11-4 A P McCoy 4/11Fav (Nicky Henderson)
2012 Darlan 5 11-4 A P McCoy 7/4Fav (Nicky Henderson)
2011 Topolski 5 11-4 D A Jacob 11/2 (D W P Arbuthnot)

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Aintree Results Fri, 8th Apr, 2016

Imagine Cruising First In The Frame Top Novices´ Hurdle (Grade 1) of £75,000.00 4-y-o plus (Class 1) 2m. 103yds.