Randox Health Topham Chase |
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| Grade 3 Handicap, Aintree 16:05 £140,000 added, 5yo plus, 2m 5f 19y, Class 1  |
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| Friday 5th April 2019 | |
1 Cadmium 8/1
2 Sub Lieutenant 25/1
3 Doitforthevillage 25/1
4 Janika 9/2F
27 ran NR: Born Survivor, Dimple, Voix D'Eau
Distances: 6l, 3¼l, 3¼l Time: 5m 31.20s (slow by 10.20s)
Another for the Mullins' stable as Cadmium wins
Cadmium comfortably wins the Randox Health Topham Handicap Chase at @AintreeRaces
— ITV Racing (@itvracing) April 5, 2019
He led for so long he barely even saw another horse! pic.twitter.com/lIVpZdSaoP
The Willie Mullins-trained Cadmium put up a brilliant performance of jumping and galloping to run away with the Topham Chase.
Ridden by Paul Townend, for whom it was a first winner over the Grand National fences, seven-year-old Cadmium was an 8/1 chance. He beat Sub Lieutenant, trained by Henry de Bromhead and ridden by Rachael Blackmore, by six lengths.
Mullins was winning the Randox Health Topham Chase for the second time, having first taken it in 2002 with Its Time For A Win.
He said: "That was very good. He was going at his own speed limit, but you'd have to worry, watching him, if he'd stay. His jumping was phenomenal. He was very clean, and Paul got a great line. He [Townend] was very good at the Canal Turn with the loose horse near him.
"I think we'll keep him at that sort of trip, rather than run him in the National next year - I think he runs to free for that sort of distance.
On Cadmium's owners, Supreme Horse Racing Club/K Sharp, Mullins said: "They are great to train for - a great bunch. They don't have huge expectations, they really enjoy their racing and are delighted when a horse wins. We all know we are lucky to have horses like these; they don't have super-expensive horses, they have middle-of-the-road horses that anyone can have."
The rider said: "Cadmium was deadly, wasn't he? He was fairly lit up before the race but it was not a bad thing because I was able to get a position and hold it early on. I got into a beautiful rhythm and it was straightforward.
"You can only go as fast as they are able. Luckily, this lad has a little bit of class and he was able to go that gallop within himself.
"This is brilliant. Like I said after the Gold Cup, you dream of riding big winners on TV. The race is something special over those fences and I had not got close to riding a winner over them until today. Hopefully, it is a good omen for tomorrow."
"I got into a great rhythm early - Cadmium has a little bit of class and I was able to get into the positon I wanted to be in early on. He just loved it, he winged from fence to fence and gave himself breather whenever he needed. He was getting lonely up the straight as much as anything.
"You usually know after the first or second what kind of ride you are going to get. The way he took them on, he was deadly. He was measured but was attacking them at the same time. It's a joy to ride a horse like him that takes those fences that well. It's a different buzz to riding any other race.
"We got low at one of the ditches but, on the whole, you would take one mistake doing a lap around there.
"It's daunting running into all the noise and you are running into a tunnel. He had a little look but, once I grabbed hold of him and got the rail again, he wasn't for passing."
Randox Health Topham Chase (Grade 3 Handicap)
£120,000 added, 5yo plus, 2m 5f 19y, Class 1
27 ran
Going: Soft, Good to Soft in places
| Pos | D | Horse SP | Jockey Weight | Trainer | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cadmium (FR) 8/1 | P Townend 11-2 |
W P Mullins | 7 | |
| 2nd | 6 | Sub Lieutenant (IRE) 25/1 | Rachael Blackmore 11-5 |
H De Bromhead | 10 |
| 3rd | 3¼ | Doitforthevillage (IRE) 25/1 | T J O'Brien 10-4 |
P Henderson | 10 |
| 4th | 3¼ | Janika (FR) 9/2f | D A Jacob 11-12 |
N J Henderson | 6 |
| 5th | 4 | Woods Well (IRE) 20/1 | J W Kennedy 10-6 |
G Elliott | 8 |
| 6th | ¾ | Flying Angel (IRE) 10/1 | Thomas Bellamy 10-6 |
N A Twiston-Davies | 8 |
| 7th | 13 | San Benedeto (FR) 18/1 | Nick Scholfield 11-4 |
P F Nicholls | 8 |
| 8th | 3¾ | O O Seven (IRE) 20/1 | Nico de Boinville 11-1 |
N J Henderson | 9 |
| 9th | 8 | Beau Bay (FR) 66/1 | Charlie Deutsch 10-0 |
Dr R D P Newland | 8 |
| 10th | 1½ | Highland Lodge (IRE) 50/1 | Henry Brooke 10-0 |
James Moffatt | 13 |
| 11th | hd | Bigmartre (FR) 40/1 | L P Aspell 10-6 |
H Whittington | 8 |
| 12th | 1¾ | Double Shuffle (IRE) 33/1 | J J Burke 11-8 |
T R George | 9 |
| 13th | ¾ | Adrien Du Pont (FR) 12/1 | H Cobden 11-1 |
P F Nicholls | 7 |
| 14th | 1¾ | Fact Of The Matter (IRE) 66/1 | G Sheehan 10-4 |
Jamie Snowden | 9 |
| 15th | 3 | Kilcrea Vale (IRE) 16/1 | J McGrath 10-0 |
N J Henderson | 9 |
| 16th | 3 | Ballyhill (FR) 9/1 | Sam Twiston-Davies 10-6 |
N A Twiston-Davies | 8 |
| 17th | 10 | Henryville 33/1 | R T Dunne 10-0 |
P Bowen | 11 |
| 18th | 14 | Equus Secretus (IRE) 66/1 | J E Moore 10-0 |
B Pauling | 7 |
| 19th | 2¾ | Mercian Prince (IRE) 33/1 | Jack Quinlan 10-10 |
Miss Amy Murphy | 8 |
| 20th | 2½ | Activial (FR) 16/1 | T Scudamore 11-0 |
T R George | 9 |
| NR | Born Survivor (IRE) | Non Runner 10-6 |
D Skelton | 8 | |
| NR | Voix D'Eau (FR) | Callum Bewley 10-0 |
Miss Lucinda V Russell | 9 | |
| NR | Dimple (FR) | Sean Quinlan 10-0 |
A M Thomson | 8 | |
| PU | Polidam (FR) 25/1 | D J Mullins 10-4 |
W P Mullins | 10 | |
| PU | Forest Des Aigles (FR) 22/1 | D R Fox 10-0 |
Miss Lucinda V Russell | 8 | |
| F | Peregrine Run (IRE) 14/1 | B J Geraghty 11-1 |
Peter Fahey | 9 | |
| F | Indian Temple (IRE) 50/1 | Harry Reed (3) 10-0 |
T Reed | 10 | |
| F | Divine Spear (IRE) 33/1 | James Bowen 10-0 |
N J Henderson | 8 | |
| UR | Call It Magic (IRE) 6/1 | M A Enright 10-0 |
Ross O'Sullivan | 9 | |
| UR | More Buck's (IRE) 66/1 | Sean Bowen 10-0 |
P Bowen | 9 | |
| NR | Born Survivor (IRE) | Non Runner 10-6 |
D Skelton | 8 | |
| NR | Voix D'Eau (FR) | Callum Bewley 10-0 |
Miss Lucinda V Russell | 9 | |
| NR | Dimple (FR) | Sean Quinlan 10-0 |
A M Thomson | 8 |
