Ballabriggs Odds and Grand National Form
Took a while to find his feet over fences but once he got the hang of things has gone from strength to strength
winning a hat-trick of races in 2010, including the Kim Muir and, of course, following that up with a brilliant success in the 2011 Grand National.
Was campaigned over hurdles in the early part of the 10/11 season to maintain a good handicap mark but that didn't stop him winning two novice hurdles. Came back over fences at Kelso after the publication of the Grand National weights to finish second to the improving Skippers Brig. Connections were very happy with his run at Kelso although it didn't please all viewers and must have been the reason he went from ante-post favourite for the 2011 Grand National to being available at 20/1 in the run-up to that race.
Any doubts were obviously misplaced as, given a very positive ride from Jason Maguire, he led from the third fence and despite being headed with six to jump, fought on bravely to see off the field by over two lengths.
As with every Grand National winner there inevitable comes plenty of hype regarding his chances of winning the race again as this is proving so difficult to do in the modern era.
Ballabriggs official handicap mark has gone up ten pounds. Compare this to impressive 2010 winner Don't Push It being raised only seven pounds for his win and it would seem that Ballabriggs will have his hands full to try and pull off an Aintree double.
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|---|---|
| Horse: | Ballabriggs |
| Number: | Not known yet |
| Current Rank (Only top 40 will run but there will be withdrawals up to the race): |
30 |
| Trainer: | Donald McCain |
| Age: | 11 |
| Jockey: | Not known yet |
| Weight: | 0-0 |
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|---|---|
| Offical BHB Rating: | 160 |
| Last 5 Races: | 1/1121- |
| Wins over 3-4 Miles: | 4 |
| Wins over 4 Miles: | 1 |
| Biggest Chase Win: | £535,000 |
| Prize Money - This Season: | £0 |
| Prize Money - Career: | £608,000 |
| Wins / Runs This Season: | 0/0 |
| Falls This Season: | 0 |
| Career Falls: | 1 |
| Runs in Chases: | 13 |
| Runs over Grand National Fences: | 1 |
| Days Since Last Race (on day of race): |
371 |
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|---|---|
| Stamina: | 8 |
| Jumping: | 8 |
| Form: | 8 |
| Ability to Handle the Course: | 9 |
| Ground Preference: | 4 |
| Stable Rating: | 8 |
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