The Midnight Club bound for Aintree

ALL roads lead to Aintree on April 9 following the Grade 2 At The Races Bobbyjo Chase, won by The Midnight Club, at Fairyhouse yesterday as the first four home are all bound for the John Smiths Grand National.

The Midnight Club, runner-up to Siegemaster in the ‘Thyestes’ on his seasonal debut, got the better of stable-companion Arbor Supreme by a length, with Oscar Time third and Vic Venturi fourth.

The second leg of a Grade 2 double for Paul Townend, The Midnight Club was registering his first win in the familiar Ricci colours while the chestnut’s previous owners, the Cistercian College Roscrea Racing Syndicate were successful in the bumper with debutant Vesper Bell, which completed a double for champion trainer Willie Mullins.