article_snippet.sent: — 1988 favourite Sacred Path and Eric’s Charm in 2010 — had fallen at the first fence.
article_snippet.sent: and I was a very tired man at the end
article_snippet.sent: but this time this time was very smooth.
article_snippet.sent: I am in cloud cuckoo land.
article_snippet.sent: Early exits included Al Co, one of three to get no further than the first fence, and Unioniste, who fell at the fifth.
article_snippet.sent: The Aintree course, packed to the rafters with 72,000 fans, has been the backdrop to some remarkable stories in The Aintree
article_snippet.sent: course long history and many had arrived in this suburb of Liverpool with both hope and expectations of witnessing a piece of sporting folklore unfolding.
article_snippet.sent: — an example of just how hard it is to script the perfect denouement.