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Saturday 25 April 2015 – Race 7

               

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In the Parade Ring;

The jockeys have arrived but

there is no sign of any connections!

From the left; Leighton Aspell, Aidan Coleman,

Sam Twiston-Davies and David Bass

 

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Ruby Walsh with the owners of his mount, Bayan;

including, in the foreground (with binoculars)

ATR’s Irish presenter Gary O’Brien.

 

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In the Parade Ring;

Aqalim trained by John Ferguson

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In the Parade Ring;

Twentytwo’s Taken trained by David Pipe

and Bayan trained by Gordon Elliott

 

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In the Parade Ring;

Southfield Vic trained by Paul Nicholls

 

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On the rhododendron walk;

Twentytwo’s Taken and Tom Scudamore ...

she’s a handful!

 

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On the rhododendron walk;

Bayan and Ruby Walsh

 

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On the rhododendron walk;

Aqalim and Aidan Coleman.

On the left is retired jockey Alex Merriam; now

Assistant to trainer John Ferguson.

 

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On the rhododendron walk;

Southfield Vic ridden by Sam Twiston-Davies

 

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On the rhododendron walk;

Dragon’s Den ridden by Leighton Aspell

and Polly Peachum ridden by David Bass

 

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On the rhododendron walk;

Polly Peachum ridden by David Bass

 

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One circuit to go; Southfield Vic and

Twentytwo’s Taken lead the way

 

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The panoramic view across the car park and golf course;

the runners head down the back straight

 

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Polly Peachum holds off the

challenge of Aqalim to win

 

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The fourth-placed Bayan and

Ruby Walsh return

 

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The third-placed Southfield Theatre

and Sam Twiston-Davies return

 

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The runner-up Aqalim and Aidan Coleman,

followed in by winner Polly Peachum

 

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The Winners’ Enclosure;

last year’s runner-up goes one better,

Polly Peachum and David Bass

 

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In the Winners’ Enclosure;

David Bass vaults off the winner!

 

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The winning connections receive their mementos;

trainer Nicky Henderson, jockey David Bass

and owner Lady Tennant

 

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