Betfred Grand Sefton Chase |
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| Handicap Chase, Aintree 15:20 £70,000 added, 6yo plus, 2m 5f 19y, Class 2  |
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| Saturday 5th December 2015 | |
1 Bennys Mist 8/1
2 Seventh Sky 14/1
3 Distime 20/1
13 ran Distances: 9l, 2¼l, 25l
TIME 5m 49.80s (slow by 28.80s)
Bennys Mist lands the Grand Sefton in great style for Liam Treadwell and Venetia Williams
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Bennys Mist was prominent throughout as he went two places better than 12 months ago.
The nine-year-old, representing trainer Venetia Williams and jockey Liam Treadwell, who won the Grand National with 100-1 shot Mon Mome in 2009, had been pulled up in his two previous starts this term.
He put those poor efforts behind him as he bounced back with an enthusiastic round of jumping.
Bennys Mist (8-1), who was also second in the 2014 Topham, had a tremendous duel on the second circuit with Top Cat Henry until that horse tired coming to the last.
Though the pack closed in on the long run from the elbow, Bennys Mist plugged on to score by nine lengths from Seventh Sky (14-1), with Distime (20-1) staying on stoutly for third place, a further two and a quarter lengths away.
Treadwell said: "I'm absolutely buzzing. This horse saves his best for around here now. His jumping has won it for him, going to Becher's he was electric. He as honest as they come and galloped all the way to the line. This place brings him alive."
Sean Quinlan was taken to hospital for tests following a fall from Mwaleshi.
Betfred Grand Sefton Handicap Chase
£70,000 added, 6yo plus, 2m 5f 19y, Class 2
13 ran
Going: Soft
| Pos | D | Horse SP | Jockey Weight | Trainer | Age |
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| 1st | Bennys Mist (IRE) 8/1 | L Treadwell 10-4 |
Miss V Williams | 9 | |
| 2nd | 9 | Seventh Sky (GER) 14/1 | G Sheehan 10-12 |
C J Mann | 8 |
| 3rd | 2¼ | Distime (IRE) 20/1 | Jonathan England (3) 10-0 |
R Drake | 9 |
| 4th | 25 | Fago (FR) 9/1 | P J Brennan 10-13 |
P F Nicholls | 7 |
| 5th | 7 | Double Ross (IRE) 7/2f | Ryan Hatch (3) 11-5 |
N A Twiston-Davies | 9 |
| 6th | 3¼ | Top Cat Henry (IRE) 10/1 | W Kennedy 10-0 |
Dr R D P Newland | 7 |
| 7th | 11 | Poole Master 15/2 | T Scudamore 10-10 |
D Pipe | 10 |
| 8th | 2¼ | Rathlin 12/1 | Wayne Hutchinson 10-9 |
Micky Hammond | 10 |
| PU | Rocky Creek (IRE) 11/2 | Nick Scholfield 11-12 |
P F Nicholls | 9 | |
| F | Mwaleshi 14/1 | S Quinlan 10-0 |
Mrs S J Smith | 10 | |
| UR | Art Of Logistics (IRE) 9/1 | B J Cooper 10-6 |
Ms Sandra Hughes | 7 | |
| UR | Silver Roque (FR) 33/1 | A P Cawley 10-6 |
F O'Brien | 9 | |
| UR | Witness In Court (IRE) 16/1 | B P Harding 10-3 |
D McCain Jnr | 8 |
