Ballyfitz Odds and Grand National Form
Started his career with Nigel Twiston-Davies with two wins in Novice Hurdles in 2005 and was booked in to go over fences the following season.
Unfortunately things went badly wrong on his chasing debut that year and it was decided to revert to hurdles as his jumping of the larger obstacles had left much to be desired in his first outing over fences at Cheltenham.
This turned out to be a good decision as Ballyfitz went on to win three more hurdle races before returning to fencing including the big prize of the Pertemps Hurdle final at the Cheltenham Festival in 2008.
The following season he started off with two wins in Novice Chases and it looked as if he was destined for top honours but unfortunately his jumping problems returned and three further outings produced no more wins.
The 09/10 season saw him well fancied for the Paddy Power and the Hennessy but an encouraging fourth in the former led to more jumping problems in the latter.
Twiston-Davies sent him back over hurdles again for a confidence boost and this seemed to do the trick as he ran out a good winner of a decent handicap hurdle at Sandown but again jumped stickily when put back over fences in the Welsh National.
Ballyfitz took his chance in the Grand National in 2010 and made it to Bechers second time around before his jumping problems got the better of him.
This season he has run well on all his starts particularly whaen fourth in the Welsh National and when runner-up in the Haydock Grand National Trial and the Midlands National.
Ballyfitz would be a fine asset to any Aintree field but it looks as if his drop down the handicap will count against him this year as he will be lucky to make the race but he could be interesting for 2012.
Sorry. Ballyfitz is not running in the 2012 Grand National
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| Ballyfitz Basic Info | |
|---|---|
| Horse: | Ballyfitz |
| Number: | Not known yet |
| Current Rank (Only top 40 will run but there will be withdrawals up to the race): |
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| Trainer: | Nigel Twiston-Davies |
| Age: | 11 |
| Jockey: | Not known yet |
| Weight: | 9-9 |
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| Ballyfitz Form Stats | |
|---|---|
| Offical BHB Rating: | 131 |
| Last 5 Races: | 44522 |
| Wins over 3-4 Miles: | 6 |
| Wins over 4 Miles: | 0 |
| Biggest Chase Win: | £14,000 |
| Prize Money - This Season: | £38,000 |
| Prize Money - Career: | £193,000 |
| Wins / Runs This Season: | 0/6 |
| Falls This Season: | 0 |
| Career Falls: | 2 |
| Runs in Chases: | 16 |
| Runs over Grand National Fences: | 1 |
| Days Since Last Race (on day of race): |
392 |
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| Ballyfitz - Our Ratings (out of 10) | |
|---|---|
| Stamina: | 7 |
| Jumping: | 4 |
| Form: | 5 |
| Ability to Handle the Course: | 4 |
| Ground Preference: | 4 |
| Stable Rating: | 7 |
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