G V A Caps Fantastic Week For The Irish

G V A Ireland capped a fantastic week for Irishtrained Horses by winning the John Smith's Midland Grand National at Uttoxeter.

The 5-1 favourite was a hugely popular selection, inthe morning, forcing bookmakers William Hill to cut the eight year old from 6-1 to 4-1 as punters both sides of the Irish Sea once again placed their faith in a big race Irish runner, following their well touted successes at the Cheltenham Festival.

At Lingfield an attractive all weather card, featuringthe betdirect.co.uk Winter Derby over 1m 2f, played host to a number of horses set to feature in nextweeks William Hill Lincoln at Redcar. In the bigrace Sri Diamond, trained by Sylvester Kirk and ridden by Jamie Spencer, swooped late to beatGrand Passion by half a length. Red Spell, a 20-1 shot with the sponsors for the Lincoln, ran a good race to finish a close up fourth and remained unchanged for the flat season curtain raiser.

2007 Ladbrokes World Hurdle: 9-2 Black Jack Ketchum, 5-1 Inglis Drever, 8-1 Asian Maze, Golden Cross, My Way de Solzen, 10-1 Skys The Limit, 12-1 Detroit City, Mighty Man, 20-1 Baracouda,Gungadu, Neptunes Collonges, 25-1 Ambobo, No Refuge, Toofarback.