Murcia wins Boodles Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle
The 11/4 winner never looked in doubt and Paul Townend had another fantastic ride:
Mike Jones3 April 2025 14:36
2:20pm Boodles Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle
Results for the second race at Aintree
3) Puturhansdtogether – 3/2F
4) Give It To Me Oj – 28/1
Mike Jones3 April 2025 14:32
2:20pm Boodles Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle
Murcia wins the Boodles Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle!
Puturhandstogether can’t get it going over the back straight and Murcia is too far ahead to catch.
It’s a second winner of the day for Paul Townend.
Mike Jones3 April 2025 14:26
2:20pm Boodles Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle
Heading back towards home and Aviemore has the lead but is quickly overtaken by Murica.
Live Conti pushes up as does Puturhandstogether…
Mike Jones3 April 2025 14:25
2:20pm Boodles Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle
Aviemore has the lead for Harry Cobden but Murcia is racing alongside and is moving well.
Over the third jump Live Conti and Filibustering are the two main challengers further back.
Mike Jones3 April 2025 14:22
2:20pm Boodles Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle
Puturhandstogether is the favourite for this next race with Murcia, ridden by Paul Townend, the closest rival.
Mike Jones3 April 2025 14:21
Nicky Henderson explains Lulamba decision
The Triumph Hurdle runner-up had been expected to line up against his own age group in the Boodles Anniversary 4-Y-O Juvenile Hurdle over two miles and a furlong.
However, he was entered in the two-and-a-half-mile race against his elders on Monday and the Seven Barrows handler now thinks that is the right way to go.
He said: “When we looked at it, the extra distance, the 10lb allowance, everything just swayed us towards the other race.
“It was something that only came to me in the middle of the morning on the day of entries really – the extra half-mile is what I’m really after.
“He really finished off his race strongly in the Triumph and as Nico (de Boinville) said, he needed all of the Cheltenham hill to get by East India Dock and then it wasn’t his fault that one (Poniros) came past him, he just never saw him.
“We just felt the nature of the race on Thursday, I don’t need to tell anybody that Aintree is a completely different track, it’s very much a speedier track than Cheltenham.”
Mike Jones3 April 2025 14:16
2:20pm Boodles Juvenile Hurdle
Latest odds for the second race at Aintree:
Mike Jones3 April 2025 14:12
Paul Townend react to Impaire Et Passe’s win
Jockey Paul Townend spoke to ITV Racing after the first race at Aintree.
Mike Jones3 April 2025 14:06
1.45pm Manifesto Novices’ Chase result
1) Impaire Et Passe – 9/4
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