Congrats to the connections of Pineau De Re!
Scanman I was wondering your thoughts on the race which I obviously have not watched yet (although from what I hear everyone made it home just fine... is that right? Hope so).
Aintree
Crabbie's Grand National Chase (Grade 3 Handicap) 4m 3f 110y
(7yo+, 4m 3f 110y, Class 1, 40 runners)
Winner £561,300 2nd £211,100 3rd £105,500 4th £52,700 5th £26,500 6th £13,200 7th £6,800 8th £3,600 9th £2,000 10th £1,000
Going: Good (National Course: Good to Soft, Good in places)
Surface: Turf
1st 29 Pineau De Re (FR) Dr R D P Newland 11 10-6 L P Aspell 25/1
2nd 5 9 Balthazar King (IRE) P J Hobbs 10 10-13 R Johnson 14/1
SP 14/1 opened 16/1
3rd 1¼ 14 Double Seven (IRE) M Brassil 8 10-11 pt A P McCoy 10/1j
SP 10/1j £4900-£350 £4800-£400
4th 10 37 Alvarado (IRE) F M O'Brien 9 10-2 Paul Moloney 33/1
5th 2½ 5 Rocky Creek (IRE) P F Nicholls 8 11-5 N Fehily 16/1
6th s.h 26 Chance du Roy (FR) P J Hobbs 10 10-6 p T J O'Brien 33/1
7th 3 19 Monbeg Dude (IRE) M Scudamore 9 10-9 P Carberry 16/1
SP 16/1 opened 20/1
8th 16 34 Raz De Maree (FR) D T Hughes 9 10-3 v1 D J Condon 50/1
9th s.h 40 Swing Bill (FR) D Pipe 13 10-1 C O'Farrell 66/1
10th 4½ 28 Kruzhlinin (GER) D McCain Jnr 7 10-6 K Renwick 100/1
11th 2½ 16 Buckers Bridge (IRE) H De Bromhead 8 10-10 A E Lynch 66/1
12th 18 33 The Package D Pipe 11 10-4 pt T Scudamore 14/1
SP 14/1 opened 16/1
13th 6 32 Vesper Bell (IRE) W P Mullins 8 10-5 Ms K Walsh 40/1
SP 40/1 opened 50/1
14th 2 13 Across The Bay (IRE) D McCain Jnr 10 10-11 bt Henry Brooke 50/1
15th 7 11 Mr Moonshine (IRE) Mrs S J Smith 10 10-12 Ryan Mania 20/1
SP 20/1 opened 25/1
16th 37 18 Prince De Beauchene (FR) W P Mullins 11 10-10 P Townend 20/1
17th 33 3 Hunt Ball
(IRE) N J Henderson 9 11-7 A Tinkler 50/1
18th 1 27 Hawkes Point P F Nicholls 9 10-6 Ryan Mahon 50/1
Also Ran
Tidal Bay (IRE), Long Run (FR), Triolo D'alene (FR), Quito De La Roque (FR), Colbert Station (IRE), Walkon (FR), Wayward Prince, Teaforthree (IRE), Battle Group, Lion Na Bearnai (IRE), Big Shu (IRE), Burton Port (IRE), Our Father (IRE), Mountainous (IRE), The Rainbow Hunter, Vintage Star (IRE), Golan Way, Twirling Magnet (IRE), Rose Of The Moon (IRE), Shakalakaboomboom (IRE), Last Time D'albain (FR), One In A Milan (IRE),