Aintree Grand National Festival Results Day 2 – Where Did Your Horse Finish on Ladies Day?

Ladies Day brought more exciting Aintree Grand National Festival results on Merseyside. The big fences were again in use in the Topham Chase, while the Mildmay course hosted four more Grade 1 races on day 2 of the meeting.

After bookmakers and the leading horse racing betting sites took a hammering on the opening day, would that trend continue? Other Grade 1 action on the track included the Mildmay Novices’ Chase, Top Novices’ Hurdle and Sefton Novices’ Hurdle. Read up on whether your horse placed or not in the seven races on the card.

Full Aintree Grand National Festival Results from Day 2

Mildmay Novices’ Chase Result (1:45)

Position	Silks	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Distance	SP
1st		Inothewayurthinkin	Mark Walsh	Willie Mullins	4 lengths	6/4F
2nd		Iroko	Jonjo O’Neill Jr	Oliver Greenall & Josh Guerriero	1¼ lengths	9/2
3rd		Heart Wood	Rachael Blackmore	Henry De Bromhead	2¾ lengths	5/1

Despite another jumping display that lacked fluency, Inothewayurthinkin justified tons of market support on the top betting sites to land the Mildmay Novices’ Chase that opened Ladies Day. Gavin Cromwell’s Kim Muir winner followed-up markedly up in grade, pulling clear of fellow JP McManus runner Iroko. Back in third, according to Aintree Grand National Festival results was Leopardstown handicap winner Heart Wood, ahead of Ultima scorer Chianti Classico.

William Hill Handicap Hurdle Result (2:20)

Last year’s Mersey runner-up Kateira went on better in this first Premier Handicap on Ladies Day. She emerged out of the pack under Harry Skelton and got first crack at frontrunner Inthewaterside. That one kept one for third with Aintree Grand National Festival results noting the pair were split by course Grade 1 winner Jango Baie in second.

TrustATrader Top Novices’ Hurdle Result (2:55)

Position	Silks	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Distance	SP
1st		Mystical Power	Mark Walsh	Willie Mullins	½ a length	11/10F
2nd		Firefox	Jack Kennedy	Gordon Elliott	9½ lengths	9/4
3rd		Lookaway	Jack Quinlan	Neil King	1½ lengths	20/1

Pedigree lovers were in luck as Mystical Power added a Grade 1 to his CV with Top Novices’ Hurdle success, just about confirming Supreme form with Firefox. He was perhaps in front for long enough under Mark Walsh as JP McManus enjoyed a double. Firefox got closer to Mystical Power than at Cheltenham. The front two pulled well clear of Lookaway, a horse with Aintree bumper form.

My Pension Expert Melling Chase Result (3:30)

Position	Silks	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Distance	SP
1st		Jonbon	Nico de Boinville	Nicky Henderson	1¼ lengths	11/10F
2nd		Conflated	Jack Kennedy	Gordon Elliott	1¼ lengths	12/1
3rd		Protektorat	Harry Skelton	Dan Skelton	20 lengths	9/2

A well-backed Jonbon made it a treble for McManus on the card as the mighty Douvan’s brother stepped up in trip with Melling Chase success. He got the better of Conflated, who reversed Ryanair Chase form with Protektorat. Aintree Grand National Festival results should also note last year’s winner Pic D’Orhy was one of three in the field pulled up with only four of the seven completing. Envoi Allen, who split Protektorat and Conflated at Cheltenham, was last to get round.

Randox Topham Chase Result (4:05)

The in-form Stuart Edmunds stable nabbed victory in the Topham from second topweight James Du Berlais. There were plenty of finishers over the famous fences with Kandoo Kid snatching third. Aintree Grand National Festival results here also include Celebre D’Allen in fourth, ahead of Aime Desjy and Fantastic Lady.

Cavani Sartorial Menswear Sefton Novices’ Hurdle Result (4:40)

Position	Silks	Horse	Jockey	Trainer	Distance	SP
1st		Dancing City	Paul Townend	Willie Mullins	5½ lengths	4/1
2nd		The Jukebox Man	Kielan Woods	Ben Pauling	7½ lengths	85/40F
3rd		Cherie D’Am	Harry Skelton	Dan Skelton	4¾ lengths	7/1

An Albert Bartlett rematch between The Jukebox Man and Dancing City went to the latter as Mullins won a second Ladies Day Grade 1 in the Sefton. Ben Pauling’s horse was favourite and made most of the running, pestered much of the way by the faller Kyntara. Aintree Grand National Festival results show those two clear of Skelton mare Cherie D’Am.

Alder Hey Handicap Hurdle Result (5:15)

A turn up in the concluding Conditional Jockeys’ And Amateur Riders’ race saw 40/1 shot El Jefe score off bottom weight. He beat the horse framing the handicap in Ballee, ahead of Afadil who came down the stands’ side. Lively Citizen was fourth, ahead of favourite Go Dante who forfeited no end of ground when planting himself at the start.