Aces Four

Aces Four, foaled on March 30, 1999 in Ireland, is an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse, born to sire, Fourstars Allstar and dam, Special Trix. He is owned by the DPRP Aces Partnership, trained by Ferdy Murphy, and his primary jockey was Graham Lee.

Aces Four started racing as a four-year-old in January 2004. In his early years, he was trained by Billy McKeown. In 2005, Ferdy Murphy took over duties and trained Aces Four to six wins in their first 10 races together. He won his first race, the Lugg Maiden Hurdle in February 2006 at Ludlow Racecourse located near Ludlow, Shropshire, England by 7 lengths. He went on to win a number of other novice races, including the Cleanevent Novices' Chase, EBF Future Champions "National Hunt" Novices' Hurdle and the Now Live At WBX Novices' Chase.

The final win in Aces Four’s career was arguably his most significant. At the 2007 Grand National meeting, Aces Four won the John Smith’s Mildmay Novices' Chase at Aintree Racecourse in Aintree, Merseyside, England. Entering the race as a 5-2 favourite, he beat Fassel by a remarkable 8 lengths despite a mistake made by Graham Lee’s mount at the onset of the race. After the win at Aintree, Aces Four was on his way to a win in the Punchestown Champion Novice Chase in Punchestown, Ireland, but crashed at the last hurdle, ending hopes for his first Grade 1 race win. While Aces Four was slightly concussed, jockey Graham Lee suffered a broken elbow from the fall. Afterward, Aces Four was never the same, missing a number of races and disappointing in those he did compete. Although a star novice horse, he failed to reach the lofty expectations placed on him after his win in at Aintree. Murphy once said of his prized horse: "He is a horse that I thought could go right to the top."

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Aces (song)

"Aces" is a song written by Cheryl Wheeler, and recorded by American country music artist Suzy Bogguss. It was released in March 1992 as the third single and title track from her album Aces. The song reached number 9 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in July 1992.

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Aces (parish)

Aces is one of eleven parishes (administrative divisions) in Candamo, a municipality within the province and autonomous community of Asturias, in northern Spain. It is a town famous for its granaries of which there are over forty due to the abundance of chestnuts, which they are used to store.

It is 2.31 km² (0.89 sq mi) in size with a population of 75 inhabitants (INE 2011) [1] in 56 homes (INE 2011).

It is located in the central area of the council, on the left bank of the river Nalón. It is bordered on the north by the parish of San Roman, to the northeast of the Valley on the east by the Crane, to the south of Prahu, and west by the San Tirso.

The main mode of communication of the parish is the CD-2 road, which links Aces Sandiche (Murias Parish) and Ferreras (parish of San Roman). It also has a station connecting to railway line built by the General Society of Asturian Basque Railways, which is now operated by LVEF and integrated into the local network of Asturias as line F-7, which communicates with Aces and San Esteban de Pravia Oviedo.