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2024 Aintree Bowl Tips, News and Predictions
The opening Thursday of Aintree's Grand National Festival is headlined by the Aintree Bowl. This Grade One was first held at Aintree in 1984, and is run over a trip of three miles.
As this is a three-mile Grade One for chasers, horses who ran in the Gold Cup at Cheltenham often reappear at Aintree, and some even go on to run in the Punchestown Gold Cup the following month.
Aintree Bowl Key Facts
Date | Thursday 11th April, 2024 |
Track | Aintree |
Distance | 3m |
Status | Grade One |
First Prize | £200k |
Age | 5YO+ |
Aintree Bowl Odds
No odds are currently available for the Aintree Bowl.
Aintree Bowl Tips
When the entries have been revealed, we'll publish our guide to the Aintree Bowl.
2022 Aintree Bowl Result
Position | Name | SP |
---|---|---|
1st | Clan Des Obeaux | 13/2 |
2nd | Conflated | 9/2 |
3rd | Kemboy | 5/1 |
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Aintree Bowl History
The Aintree Bowl was created back in 1984. Originally, the race was a consolation prize for horses which were beaten or had been unable to participate in the previous month's Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Wayward Lad won the Aintree Bowl in 1985, and became the first two-time winner when he regained his crown as a 12-year-old two years later. Fan's favourite, Desert Orchid won the Bowl in 1988, before landing the Gold Cup the following season.
See More Business won the Aintree Bowl the year after winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup. French raider, First Gold then won the Bowl in 2001 and 2003, with Cheltenham winner Florida Pearl scoring inbetween.
AP McCoy won the Aintree Bowl twice in his career, guiding Tiutchev and Exotic Dancer to victory. Ruby Walsh, Noel Fehily, Paddy Brennan and Richard Dunwoody have also ridden two winners.
The most successful trainer in the Bowl is Paul Nicholls. Nicholls has saddled the winner four times, most recent with Silviniaco Conti, who scored in back-to-back renewals in 2014 and '15.
Cue Card claimed a popular win in 2016. Lizzie Kelly then became the first female jockey to ride the winner of the Aintree Bowl, guiding Tea For Two to victory.
Might Bite made up for a runner-up finish in the 2018 Gold Cup by winning the Aintree Bowl. Kemboy then handed Willie Mullins his second victory, beating Clan Des Obeaux by nine lengths.
Aintree Bowl Winners
Year | Winner |
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2022 | Clan Des Obeaux |
2021 | Clan Des Obeaux |
2020 | No Race |
2019 | Kemboy |
2018 | Might Bite |
2017 | Tea For Two |
2016 | Cue Card |
2015 | Silviniaco Conti |
2014 | Silviniaco Conti |
2013 | First Lieutenant |
2012 | Follow The Plan |
2011 | Nacarat |
2010 | What A Friend |
2009 | Madison du Berlais |
2008 | Our Vic |
2007 | Exotic Dancer |
2006 | Celestial Gold |
2005 | Grey Abbey |
2004 | Tiutchev |
2003 | First Gold |
2002 | Florida Pearl |
2001 | First Gold |