English and irish draw a blank in world's longest race

English and irish draw a blank in world's longest race

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The cross country race, half a furlong longer than the Grand National, was won for the second year running by the favourite Chriseti, owned, trained and bred locally by Etienne Leenders and


his wife Christine. Second home was another grey, Silver Whisper, with last year's runner-up Phakos completing a one-two-three for the home team. The 2010 winner Another Jewel, ridden


by Davy Russell, fared best of the four Irish runners, sticking his head out to take fourth ahead of Maljimar, trained by Nick Williams and ridden by James Reveley. Kim Bailey's runner


Wedger Pardy was the only one of the 16 runners to fall before halfway. Michael Hourigan's A New Story was unable to improve on last year's fourth, coming to grief in the latter


stages of the race. Willie Mullins' first runner in the race, Cheltenham and Punchestown winner Uncle Junior, finished down the field.