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That is a shocker!!
I watched it live and fully expected a long ban. How could he tell the horse was spooked by the winning line twenty yards out.
If I ever get into trouble I want “the Doyler” as my lawyer.
I’m with Tonge. Boxing Day, National day and Cheltenham are the only times I have a bet at home. Other than that I only have a wager when I go racing.
I love horse racing as a sport just as I love watching football and the NFL without having a financial interest.
What does Jim do?
It’s six weeks until the Gold Cup. If Jordan wins another race before then he may be rated too high for Ayr.
Do you give the horse a break and freshen him up for the big one or is it better to cash in while the horse is in red hot form?
Are there any more options at Hamilton or Ayr before the big one?
I wonder how many of last years 31 sellers were run at Leicester?
They still seem to have one at most meetings, flat and jumps.
How do we know that his “best days are now behind him”?!? Corach had just run a career best in the Gold Cup and then came down at the first in the National. How can anyone tell how he would have performed that day?
How many National winners have travelled as well as he did in 23? It was only his tendency to pull himself up that stopped him winnning by twenty lengths.
I have no problem if the people who know Corach best feel he shouldn’t go on any longer but I would have loved to have seen him in one more National.
If events at Aintree have left their mark on Corach then it is the right decision.
I’m gutted though. He travelled so well through his National victory I would love to have seen him have one more go at the big race.
For £17k, What a horse. Have a great retirement.
To be honest I get more annoyed when courses are asked to run their biggest race of the day as the first race to suit TV(Hamilton yesterday the latest example).
As for rushed finishes nothing will ever beat C4 cutting their coverage moments after Sergeant Cecil had become the first horse in history to win the Northumberland Plate, Ebor and Cesarewich in the same season. Who would have thought that a 35 runner race with starting stalls would go off late
Horrible news.
I was privileged to see Shishkin win at Aintree last year. A great horse who put in some wonderful performances over the last few seasons
Even being in it’s stable can’t guarantee a horses safety.
I remember L’es Fremantle’s only win which came at Market Rasen when he finished like a train to get up under Rachel McDonald(a Sandy Thomson conditional who has disappeared from the jockeys ranks).
Only 40-1. Was rated in the mid 60s at the time.
Didn’t he have a horse placed in the Tote Gold Trophy many years ago? It was ridden by Billy Worthington. He was a decent horse who lost his form after being run far too often if my memory serves me well.
I wonder who has the better record, Chapman or Aytak Sadik?
I know that the race is still over 4 miles Stilvi but the fact that most of the field were still in a bunch turning in shows that they didn’t go any great pace.
Kittys Light didn’t fade away from the last through lack of stamina he was outpaced. It was a Sprint finish.
I would rather see the race run at a proper pace from the start. This race built its reputation on being the ultimate test of national hunt horses, both their jumping and stamina.
And I don’t want Bechers to go back to it’s late 80s form but the fence is no test of a horse at all now.
6 out of 10.
The race isn’t a test of jumping or stamina any more. The fact that twenty horses were in a bunch before the sprint for home tells you this. The race is now going to be dominated by grade 1 horses from the bigger stables.
Why were there no reserves? It’s bad enough that we no longer see the spectacular sight of forty horses flying over the fences without an extra two coming out.
I agree CAS re the meeting as a whole. I was there for the first two days. The quality of the racing was superb. It’s so easy to move round the facilities and everyone was very helpful.
I just wish I had managed to back a winner over the two days. Just one
Awful.
When it first happened I assumed we had lost Giavinco. But when the staff spent fifteen minutes ferrying water and attending to him my hopes were raised.
It wasn’t to be.
I walked the length of the home straight before racing and took a few photos. Unfortunately I am struggling to upload a picture of the final fence on the National course on this site.
Suffice to say it looked tiny even in comparison with the previous fence. But it still managed to take out one of the runners in the foxhunters.
I would agree re Bechers. It doesn’t present any sort of challenge these days.
