Aintree Ladies Day 2m 4f Handicap Hurdle
The Handicap Hurdle run at the Grand National Meeting on the Aintree Ladies Day Friday over 2m 4f was won in 2014 by Clondaw Kaempher ridden by Wayne Hutchinson and trained by Donald McCain. The race is the Aintree equivalent of Coral Cup at Cheltenham.
The 2012 renewal was won by the Malcom Jefferson trained Attaglance under Denis O’Regan. The horse was completing a notable Cheltenham – Aintree double having won the Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys Handicap Hurdle on his previous outing.
Aintree Ladies Day is due to take place on Friday 10 April 2015.
Aintree 2m 4f Handicap Hurdle Stats 2003-2014
Starting Price: No winning favourite (and just one placed) in the last ten. Favourite finished 4 2/0 0 5 0 7/0 P 8 3 0 over the decade. Winner’s Market position was 6 5 0 04 7 8 5 5 6 with 9 of the last 10 winners returned at double figure price inclusing the future Grand National winner Auroras Encore at 50-1.
Last time out: 3 horses have won this off a break in excess of 131 days in the las12. Just 3 won their previous run but just 5 of the winners in the race’s 26 year history failed to win earlier in the season.
Trainer: Irish trained horses have won 3 of the last 10 from a low overall representation. Paul Nicholls has not won this race during the 12 year period reviewed. Caid du Berlais was beaten by a neak in 2014.
Owner: JP McManus owned horses have won 5 of the last 17 renewals. The Jonjo O’Neill trained Sunnyhillboy won here of a mark of 133 in 2009.
Age: Just two winners older than 8 in the last 12. Novices have won 8 of the last 12 renewals.
Aintree 2m 4f Handicap Hurdle Winners 2003-2014
| Year | Form | Horse | LTO | Age | Wgt | OR | Trainer | Jockey | Odds |
| 2014 | 930 | Clondaw Kaempfer | 24 | 6 | 11-4 | 137 | D McCain | W Hutchinson | 10-1 |
| 2013 | 311 | Minella Forfitness | 28 | 6 | 10-3 | 135 | N Henderson | D Bass | 10-1 |
| 2012 | 135P1 | Attaglance | 28 | 6 | 11-12 | 144 | M Jefferson | H Haynes | 14-1 |
| 2011 | 10110 | Russian War (IRE) | 145 | 8 | 10-1 | 128 | G Elliott | P Carberry | 16-1 |
| 2010 | 4FV10 | Sir Harry Ormesher | 22 | 7 | 11-1 | 139 | A King | R Thornton | 16-1 |
| 2009 | 31110 | Sunnyhillboy (IRE) | 20 | 6 | 11-0 | 133 | JJ O’Neill | A P McCoy | 8-1 |
| 2008 | C62FF | Auroras Encore (IRE) | 21 | 6 | 10-7 | 129 | Mrs SJ Smith | T Collier | 50-1 |
| 2007 | 0000 | Two Miles West (IRE) | 131 | 6 | 10-7 | 125 | JJ O’Neill | N Fehily | 25-1 |
| 2006 | 00322 | Strangely Brown (IRE) | 23 | 5 | 11-0 | 145 | E McNamara | BC Byrnes | 10-1 |
| 2005 | 20011 | Genghis (IRE) | 29 | 6 | 10-13 | 130 | P Bowen | A P McCoy | 10-1 |
| 2004 | 34540 | Zibeline (IRE) | 16 | 7 | 10-6 | 124 | B Ellison | G Lee | 12-1 |
| 2003 | 40310 | Patriot Games (IRE) | 180 | 9 | 10-4 | 127 | CF Swan | C F Swan | 16-1 |
