Gus blows away Aintree rivals

Gus Macrae made full use of his feather weight to claim the feature race at Aintree on Sunday.

Gus blows away Aintree rivals
Sun, 28 Oct, 2012 - 15:48

Gus Macrae made full use of his feather weight to claim the feature race at Aintree on Sunday.

Trained in Newport by Rebecca Curtis and ridden by 10lb claimer Patrick Corbett, the eight-year-old gelding was one of just a few horses in the Weatherbys Hamilton Bloodstock Insurance Handicap Chase to revel in the Merseyside mud.

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CourtsRacingHeathrowPlace: AintreePlace: NewportPlace: MerseysidePlace: WiltshirePlace: IrelandPerson: GusPerson: Gus MacraePerson: Rebecca CurtisPerson: Patrick CorbettPerson: Silver RoquePerson: CorbettPerson: SimonsidePerson: Brian EllisonPerson: Aidan ColemanPerson: ColemanPerson: EllisonPerson: AidanPerson: Robert ThorntonPerson: Alan KingPerson: Paul NichollsPerson: HandazanPerson: Noel WilliamsPerson: KingPerson: John OxxPerson: Tom GeorgePerson: Paddy BrennanPerson: GeorgePerson: Ely BrownPerson: Charlie LongsdonPerson: AbnakiPerson: JockeyPerson: Kielan WoodsPerson: BuachaillPerson: Peter BowenPerson: LongsdonEvent: Weatherbys Hamilton Bloodstock Insurance Handicap ChaseEvent: Matalan Handicap HurdleEvent: Pertemps Handicap HurdleOrganisation: AintreeOrganisation: Forgotten GoldOrganisation: GoldOrganisation: Racing UK
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