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Aintree Festival Preview - Day #2

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 Aintree Festival Preview - Day #2 13.45 - Mildmay Novices' Chase The opener on day 2 looks a pretty tricky one to solve. Although the favourite brings the best piece of form into the race I feel he's more suited to an intermediate trip so I wouldn't want to take the short price about him. The one I've landed on is STELLAR STORY . He was 2nd In the Brown Advisory at Cheltenham a few weeks back which could be turn out to be some solid form and I could see him running a big race here. Although I don't fancy him here its clear that HANDSTANDS has got the form in the book to justify favouritism. All be it a narrow victory he was very good at Sandown beating Jango Baie and comes here with a massive chance. Selection: Stellar Story EW Danger: Handstands 14.20 - William Hill Handicap Hurdle I mentioned the first race on day 2 was a tough one to judge but it looks like this one might be even harder but the one I've picked out in this is WADE OUT for Olly Murphy. He...

Aintree Festival Preview - Day #1

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 Aintree Festival Preview - Day #1 I think the dust has just about settled from the Cheltenham Festival which is great timing as we now look ahead to Aintree for one of the best meetings of the year which of course includes the Randox Grand National on Saturday. In this preview I'll be looking into every race as well as my best bets for the meeting. Again I'll be picking a selection along with the potential dangers in each race so lets keep this introduction short and get straight to it! 13.45 - Manifesto Novices' Chase  Although there are many horses that win at Cheltemham do go on to win here, personally I like to try and stick with the one's that have skipped the festival and have this meeting as their main spring target so with that being said I'm siding with IMPAIRE ET PASSE . He disappointed last time out but his form from last season over hurdles as well as his 2 previous chase starts is pretty solid so I'd be happy to forgive him for that. Paul Townend i...