Hennessy Gold Cup Form
2011 Grand National Tips from The Hennessy Gold Cup
With four horses having won at Aintree after competing at Newbury in the same season, horses who perform well in The Hennessy will be interesting betting prospects.
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SkyBet and get a £10 Free BetThe Tother One The two performances that stood out from a Grand National persective at Newbury in 2010 came from Niche Market and The Tother One. Both excellent races behind three potential Cheltenham Gold Cup horses in Diamond Harry, Burton Port and Denman. Now in the care of Paul Nicholls, Niche Market already has the Irish National under his belt and he would seem to have strong claims of performing better at Aintree in 2011 given he returned from the National with a cut leg in 2010. The Tother One looks like he would appreciate a test of stamina on decent ground and could also prove an interesting contender for the Nicholls yard.
Hennessy Clues for The Aintree Grand National
The Hennessy Gold Cup is run at Newbury in November over 3m2.5F. This is a top quality handicap chase and together with the Paddy Power, provides the early season highlights for National Hunt fans.The Hennessy Gold Cup has a rich tradition as it has been won by jumping legends such as Arkle and Mill House. More recently other horses who have gone on to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup such as Bregawn, Burrough Hill Lad and most recently, Denman have won the Hennessy on route to Cheltenham.
Recent Grand National Runners who ran in The Hennessy Gold Cup
Since 1988, seven Grand National winners have run in The Hennessy Gold Cup in the same season: 2002 Grand National winner Bindaree finished 5th at Newbury2001 Grand National winner Red Marauder finished 5th at Newbury
1998 Grand National winner Earth Summit finished 5th at Newbury
1996 Grand National winner Rough Quest finished 2nd at Newbury
1992 Grand National winner Party Politics finished 2nd at Newbury
1991 Grand National winner Seagram finished 9th at Newbury 1990 Grand National winner Mr Frisk finished 3rd at Newbury
So,a third of the last twenty-one winners of the Grand National had run in The Hennessy Gold Cup in the season before winning at Aintree.
Also, during that period six of the Grand National winners were trained in Ireland and The Hennessy tends to be not targeted as much as some of the other British handicaps by the top Irish trainers.
If we take out the Irish winners, seven of the last fifteen British winners of the Grand National have used the Hennessy as one of their prep races. A definite statistic to remember when studying the runners at Newbury in November!
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