THE Aintree meeting is well underway, and it was great to see Cue Card win the Betfred Bowl.
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He won a Grade One event and was runner-up in good company twice over hurdles at this fixture in his younger days and has developed into a classy chaser.
“No guesses for which horses I think are the ones to beat”.
“We laid our biggest individual bet on the McManus horse [Gallant Oscar] and he looks a prime candidate to shorten further this week”.
It’s a very humbling experience, and it makes you realise how lucky you are. The two will be gunning for glory at Aintree again on Saturday. He’s well handicapped on the best of his form and he runs off the lowest mark he has ever had of 144.
The Grand National, The Masters and the football fixtures will generate the highest turnover levels on any weekend in history.
For that reason, I’ll take a chance on the unexposed French-bred UCELLO CONTI who has stepped up on all three of his runs for Gordon Elliott.
The Grand National is one of the biggest races of the National Hunt season.
The Aintree bumper historically throws up some very good runners. Wearing large sunglasses and carrying a grey bag, Zara looked to be in good spirits as she chatted to friends before the race began.
“We had seven millimetres of rain overnight but it has been a nice drying day and I have changed the going on the Grand National Course”, Tulloch said on Monday.
“I try to work out on an exercise bike first thing in the morning”.
Market Rasen Racecourse ambassador Sean Bowen writes about his ride in the Crabbie’s Grand National. “It was a satisfying prep and I think he can reverse those placings”, she tells Metro.
The star rating we have used for today’s Grand National is based on the key Aintree factors: overall form; form here, jumping ability, going and proven ability in big fields.
This year the world’s most famous horse race will start at 5.15pm on Saturday – an hour later than last year, with an expected global television audience of 600m tuning in to cheer their horse along.
Then in a clear sign that he is coming to the boil at just the right time he trotted up by ten lengths in his final prep at Kelso a month ago.
“He might follow the same route as a year ago and go to Chester and York”. That chance will increase if the ground gets softer.
Miss Curtis has another runner in the National, though, with 40-1 contender The Romford Pele, named by jockey AP McCoy after his friend the Romford-born former Arsenal player Ray Parlour.
“But you need so much luck in running”.
The style choices of racegoers at Aintree racecourse during Ladies Day are one of the most talked-about aspects, with women showcasing the most creative and bold side to their aesthetic. Of the others you could give chances to Saint Are.
Fabulous prizes include a two-night stay for two with dinner and breakfast included at the Luttrell Arms Hotel on Exmoor for the best-dressed lady, as well as more prizes to be announced soon!
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Hedgehunter was sent off favourite for his attempt in 2006, 12 months after an impressive success in the race.
