Pineau De Re wins 167th Grand National at Aintree Balthazar King second, Double Seven third Alvarado fourth, Rocky Creek fifth 18 finishers from 40 starters
Blimey, that didn't go to plan. Many apologies ladies and gents. Will go through a recording to try to figure out what happened but I thought T43 wasn't travelling that well long before falling. Dude didn't appear to get home on ground maybe on the quick side for him. Chance Du Roy ran really well, despite a horrible mistake early. Gasp. Post mortem required....first another beer.
Blimey, that didn't go to plan. Many apologies ladies and gents. Will go through a recording to try to figure out what happened but I thought T43 wasn't travelling that well long before falling. Dude didn't appear to get home on ground maybe on the quick side for him. Chance Du Roy ran really well, despite a horrible mistake early. Gasp. Post mortem required....first another beer.
Unlucky PM - try not to beat yourself up too much.
Moloney strikes again. The Ruckers must be very pleased with him but I'm sure had a more aggressive rider been on board they might have been celebrating a win or two:
2009 State Of Play 4th 14/1 2010 State Of Play 3rd 16/1 2011 State Of Play 4th 28/1 2012 Cappa Bleu 4th 16/1 2013 Cappa Bleu 2nd 12/1 2014 Alvarado 4th 33/1
Cheers AA, That's the way it goes. First time the model's missed the winner or runner-up in its 9th GN. Got most of stake back with the 6th on Roy (thank gawd I waited for Victor) but a second loss-making year in 9. Still ahead in aggregate. The model rated the winner joint 7th (with 2 others) on Good ground so the result doesn't exactly exocet the system. Balthazar King and Double Seven both weren't fancied because of one big negative stat in each case, which will obviously need to be revisited. All for another day.
Blimey, that didn't go to plan. Many apologies ladies and gents. Will go through a recording to try to figure out what happened but I thought T43 wasn't travelling that well long before falling. Dude didn't appear to get home on ground maybe on the quick side for him. Chance Du Roy ran really well, despite a horrible mistake early. Gasp. Post mortem required....first another beer.
Unlucky PM - try not to beat yourself up too much.
Moloney strikes again. The Ruckers must be very pleased with him but I'm sure had a more aggressive rider been on board they might have been celebrating a win or two:
2009 State Of Play 4th 14/1 2010 State Of Play 3rd 16/1 2011 State Of Play 4th 28/1 2012 Cappa Bleu 4th 16/1 2013 Cappa Bleu 2nd 12/1 2014 Alvarado 4th 33/1
Have to say I am coming round (belatedly) to your view on Moloney. As you say, the 3rd horse he's ridden in precisely the same way - coming from nowhere. They can't all need the same sort of ride.
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Bollocks.
Balthazar King second, Double Seven third
Alvarado fourth, Rocky Creek fifth
18 finishers from 40 starters
Dude 7th.
Bill 9th
Many apologies ladies and gents. Will go through a recording to try to figure out what happened but I thought T43 wasn't travelling that well long before falling. Dude didn't appear to get home on ground maybe on the quick side for him.
Chance Du Roy ran really well, despite a horrible mistake early.
Gasp. Post mortem required....first another beer.
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Moloney strikes again. The Ruckers must be very pleased with him but I'm sure had a more aggressive rider been on board they might have been celebrating a win or two:
2009 State Of Play 4th 14/1
2010 State Of Play 3rd 16/1
2011 State Of Play 4th 28/1
2012 Cappa Bleu 4th 16/1
2013 Cappa Bleu 2nd 12/1
2014 Alvarado 4th 33/1
That's the way it goes.
First time the model's missed the winner or runner-up in its 9th GN. Got most of stake back with the 6th on Roy (thank gawd I waited for Victor) but a second loss-making year in 9. Still ahead in aggregate.
The model rated the winner joint 7th (with 2 others) on Good ground so the result doesn't exactly exocet the system. Balthazar King and Double Seven both weren't fancied because of one big negative stat in each case, which will obviously need to be revisited.
All for another day.