Noble Yeats Horse Form Profile

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Age: 9 years

Owner: Robert Waley-Cohen

Place / No / Draw	Date / Going / Distance / Class	Time + Course Horse + Weight Jockey / Trainer	Verdict	Starting price
6	28th Dec 2024 Good To Yielding 2m 7f 80y	14:00 Leopardstown Noble Yeats 11st 10lb J: Donagh Meyler T: Emmet Mullins	midfield early, pressed leaders after 4th, lost position and dropped to rear when pushed along briefly after 6th, dropped to last and pushed along after 7th, reminders and struggling after 8th, weakened and pulled up before 2 out	13/2
19th 1	13th Apr 2024 Soft 4m 2f 74y Class 1	16:00 Aintree Noble Yeats 11st 12lb J: Harry Cobden T: Emmet Mullins	2022 Grand National winner and fourth in it (again on good to soft) last year when he was hard work from out the back and never got near the leaders; hurdling on last three starts, winning a Grade 2 but coming up well short when the cheekpieces (which had served him well hitherto) were restored at Cheltenham one month ago; just 1lb lower than last year but his strength of stamina will presumably be well served by a slog in the mud.	20/1
9	14th Mar 2024 Soft 2m 7f 213y Class 1	15:30 Cheltenham Noble Yeats 11st 10lb J: Harry Cobden T: Emmet Mullins	2022 Grand National winner who was fourth in that same Aintree race last April; back hurdling with tongue tied this winter and stayed on strongly to win the Grade 2 Cleeve here (3m, good to soft) in January, beating Paisley Park (who gave 6lb) by a head; also effective on soft/heavy; others possess stronger hurdle form but he may be capable of better in this sphere, especially now back in the cheekpieces worn for his National win (also worn last spring); could go well.	13/2
1st 6	27th Jan 2024 Good To Soft 2m 7f 213y Class 1	15:35 Cheltenham Noble Yeats 11st 2lb J: Harry Cobden T: Emmet Mullins	raced wide, prominent	7/2

About Noble Yeats

Noble Yeats is a bay gelding who was bred in Ireland by Mrs Kristene Hunter. He was sired by Yeats out of the Flemensfirth mare That’s Moyne. Trained by Emmet Mullins and currently owned by Robert Waley-Cohen, he has amassed over £699,000 in career earnings to date.

Noble Yeats Career Form And Notable Achievements

Noble Yeats has won 6 of his 18 career races to date, and is most well known for winning the 2022 Grand National at Aintree. He only had the one race over hurdles (which he won), before being sent chasing in the 21/22 season. Having won on debut over fences at Galway, he then failed to win any of his next six races, and was priced up as a 50/1 outsider for the Grand National in April. He put in a phenomenal effort to win, under an expert ride from the owners son, Sam Waley-Cohen, on what was his final ride as a jockey.

He progressed further in the 22/23 season, winning the Many Clouds Chase at Aintree in December, before a strong-finishing third in the Cotswold Chase at Cheltenham in January. He returned to the Prestbury Park course in March to finish fourth in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, before an attempt at retaining his crown in the Grand National. It wasn’t to be however, finishing fourth off a 19lb higher mark.