Noble Yates wows on return to scene of his greatest triumph

Ashley Iveson
December 3, 2022 1:57 pm

National hero storms to victory in Many Clouds Chase.

Grand National hero Noble Yeats made a spectacular return to Aintree in claiming the Boylesports Many Clouds Chase.

Emmet Mullins’ Irish raider was a 50-1 outsider in April when he provided amateur Sam Waley-Cohen with a fairytale farewell to the saddle and also became the first seven-year-old since Bogskar in 1940 to win the world’s most famous steeplechase.

However, he was much more respected in the market this time around and was gambled into 3-1 second-favourite shortly before the off.

Noble Yeats – what a superstar for Emmet Mullins 🏇
– Grand National hero– Many Clouds Chase
Noble Yeats loves @AintreeRaces & turns on the turbo to run out a brilliant winner of the G2 Many Clouds Chase under @Sean_Bowen_ pic.twitter.com/0zG22JExrh

— Racing TV (@RacingTV) December 3, 2022

Content to stalk the fancied Ahoy Senor for the majority of the journey, it was at the second-last when Noble Yeats was set alight by his new pilot Sean Bowen and the duo put the race to bed in a matter of strides as he recorded a taking success over the admirable Dashel Drasher, who was up with the pace alongside Lucinda Russell’s well-held favourite throughout in the hands of Rex Dingle.

Such was the manner of victory, Betfair make Noble Yeats 10-1 from 25-1 for the Gold Cup in March and 6-1 from 25-1 for the King George at Kempton later this month. Coral went 12-1 for a second National and 16-1 for the Gold Cup.