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Aintree Festival Day Two (Ladies Day)

Race 5 – Topham Chase (Grade 3)

Friday 08 April 2016

Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Exiting the Parade Ring; Distime (T: Sam Drake; J: Jonathan England) 08 April 2016	Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Exiting the Parade Ring; Cocktails At Dawn (T: Nicky Henderson; J: Nico de Boinville) 08 April 2016
Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Exiting the Parade Ring; Rathlin (T: Micky Hammond; J: Davy Russell) 08 April 2016	Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Exiting the Parade Ring; Blood Cotil (T: Willie Mullins; J: Ruby Walsh) 08 April 2016
Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Exiting the Parade Ring; La Vaticane (T: David Pipe; J: Conor O’Farrell) 08 April 2016	Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Exiting the Parade Ring; Gullinbursti (T: Emma Lavelle; J: Gavin Sheehan) and Third Intention (T: Colin Tizzard; J: Tom O’Brien) 08 April 2016
Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Exiting the Parade Ring; Third Intention (T: Colin Tizzard; J: Tom O’Brien) and As De Mee (T: Paul Nicholls; J: Sam Twiston-Davies) 08 April 2016	Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Exiting the Parade Ring; As De Mee (T: Paul Nicholls; J: Sam Twiston-Davies) 08 April 2016
Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Exiting the Parade Ring; Dromnea (T: Mouse Morris; J: Brian O’Connell) and Turban (T: Willie Mullins; J: Paul Townend) 08 April 2016	Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Exiting the Parade Ring; Turban (T: Willie Mullins; J: Paul Townend) 08 April 2016
Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Exiting the Parade Ring; Mr Moonshine (T: Sue Smith; J: Danny Cook) 08 April 2016	Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Exiting the Parade Ring; Gallery Exhibition (T: Kim Bailey; J: David Bass) and Pass The Hat (T: Arthur Moore; J: Jonathan Burke) 08 April 2016
Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Exiting the Parade Ring; Pass The Hat (T: Arthur Moore; J: Jonathan Burke) and Ruben Cotter (T: Paul Nicholls; J: Nick Scholfield) 08 April 2016	Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Exiting the Parade Ring; Ruben Cotter (T: Paul Nicholls; J: Nick Scholfield) and Dare To Endeavour (T: Eric McNamara; J: Paul Moloney) ... don’t you just hate it when someone spoils your photo? 08 April 2016
Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Exiting the Parade Ring; Fairy Rath (T: Nick Gifford; J: Tom Cannon) 08 April 2016	Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Exiting the Parade Ring; Bishops Road ... aka Buckaroo! (T: Kerry Lee; J: Jamie Moore) 08 April 2016
Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Exiting the Parade Ring; Minella Reception (T: Nigel Twiston-Davies; J: Adam Wedge) 08 April 2016	Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Exiting the Parade Ring; Rouge Et Blanc (T: Oliver Sherwood; J: Thomas Garner) 08 April 2016
Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Exiting the Parade Ring; Al Alfa (T: Philip Hobbs; J: James Best) 08 April 2016	Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Exiting the Parade Ring; Corrin Wood (T: Donald McCain; J: Will Kennedy) 08 April 2016
Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Exiting the Parade Ring; Witness In Court (T: Donald McCain; J: Wayne Hutchinson) 08 April 2016	Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Exiting the Parade Ring; Village Vic (T: Philip Hobbs; J: Richard Johnson) 08 April 2016
Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Exiting the Parade Ring; Eastlake (T: Jonjo O’Neill; J: Barry Geraghty) 08 April 2016	Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Exiting the Parade Ring; Top Cat Henry (T: Dr Richard Newland; J: Mr Sam Waley-Cohen) 08 April 2016
Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Exiting the Parade Ring; Astracad (T: Nigel Twiston-Davies; J: Jamie Bargary) 08 April 2016	Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) The 29 runners are at the start and it’s moments before the off 08 April 2016
Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) The runners head towards the water-jump 08 April 2016	Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) The runners head out into the country, Corrin Wood is detached in rear 08 April 2016
Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) And the winner is ... Eastlake (T: Jonjo O’Neill; J: Barry Geraghty) 08 April 2016	Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) In the Winners’ Enclosure; runner-up Fairy Rath (T: Nick Gifford; J: Tom Cannon) 08 April 2016
Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) In the Winners’ Enclosure; runner-up Fairy Rath (T: Nick Gifford; J: Tom Cannon) 08 April 2016	Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) In the Winners’ Enclosure; fourth-placed Distime (T: Sam Drake; J: Jonathan England) 08 April 2016
Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) In the Winners’ Enclosure; third-placed Third Intention (T: Colin Tizzard; J: Tom O’Brien) 08 April 2016	Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) In the Winners’ Enclosure; the winning horse, Eastlake (T: Jonjo O’Neill; J: Barry Geraghty) 08 April 2016
Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Connections of the winning horse, Eastlake, pose for photographs (T: Jonjo O’Neill; J: Barry Geraghty) 08 April 2016	Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Connections of the winning horse, Eastlake, pose for photographs (T: Jonjo O’Neill; J: Barry Geraghty) 08 April 2016
Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Connections of the winning horse, Eastlake, pose for photographs (T: Jonjo O’Neill; J: Barry Geraghty) 08 April 2016	Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) Connections of the winning horse, Eastlake, pose for photographs (T: Jonjo O’Neill; J: Barry Geraghty) 08 April 2016
Race 5: Topham Chase (Grade 3) The winning connections pose on the podium for photographs 08 April 2016
There was a sad postscript to this year’s Topham Chase; both Minella Reception and Gullinbursti lost their lives as a result of the injuries sustained when falling independently at Becher’s Brook RIP