2 weeks Ago
Harry Cobden produced another front-running masterclass as Kalif Du Berlais dominated the Rosconn Group Maghull Novices' Chase at Aintree. Cobden had struck in the Grand National Festival's three-mile novice Grade One aboard Caldwell Potter on Friday and was teaming up with his Ditcheat boss Paul Nicholls once again - this time over two miles - as they picked up their second top-level prize of the week. As with Caldwell Potter, Cobden was donning the colours of the late John Hales and never missed a beat aboard his mount as the five-year-old bounced back to his best on a sound surface and back down in trip.
Sent off well-backed at 15/8, he came home three-and-a-half lengths clear of Anthony Honeyball's outsider Brookie, as Dan Skelton's 5/4 favourite L'Eau Du Sud could only finish third. He said: "He's a seriously good horse and we ran him at Sandown as I didn't want to take L'Eau Du Sud..
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