With Nicky Henderson’s Jonbon – a winner of the 2m4f Grade One function on Girls Day for the previous two seasons – having been taken out of the race to attend for Sandown – Henry De Bromhead’s Ryanair Chase hero Coronary heart Wooden can rating once more. The eight-year-old has received three of his 4 begins this season, culminating in an outstanding 10-length success over Jonbon within the Ryanair on the Cheltenham Competition.
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He’s within the actually good order in the intervening time and has course type at Aintree, having been a good third to subsequent Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Inothewayurthinkin and final yr’s Grand Nationwide fourth and main fancy for this yr Iroko as a novice within the Grade One Mildmay Novices’ Chase in April 2024. That was over 3m1f however Coronary heart Wooden has usually been higher of those shorter distances
With no Jonbon to tackle, Coronary heart Wooden can triumph forward of mainly the Dan Skelton-trained Gray Dawning, who drops again down within the journey having been fourth within the Cheltenham Gold Cup final month.
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He could make if 5 from 5 on the well-known Liverpool observe forward of Henry De Bromhead’s Ryanair Chase winner Coronary heart Wooden and the Dan Skelton-trained Gray Dawning, who drops again down within the journey having been fourth within the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup final month.
One other McManus-owned winner from final yr at Aintree, Willie Mullins-trained GENTLEMAN DE MEE, can land a second successive victory within the Randox Topham Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) (4.05pm). Within the second race of the assembly over the Grand Nationwide fences, the 10-year-old can triumph once more.
Gentleman De Mee took to the distinctive Aintree obstacles in model final yr, successful by three-quarters-of-a-length from the reopposing Lisnamult Lad. He hasn’t received since that success at Aintree however he has clearly been aimed toward a repeat. Gentleman De Mee is simply 3lb larger than for his success final yr and has received the Grade One Dublin Chase at Leopardstown in February 2023 from the identical 158 mark he’s at present racing off. He can rating once more forward of mainly Skelton’s Cheltenham Competition scorer Madara and the Olly Murphy-trained Booster Bob, if he’s over his fall at Prestbury Park.
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One other who can land back-to-back victories is the AJ and Jonjo O’Neill-trained WELLINGTON ARCH within the opener, the William Hill Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) (1.45pm). The seven-year-old received the 2m4f contest from Kopeck De Mee final yr and was back-to-form with one other victory at Uttoxeter final time. He could also be 14lb larger within the handicap this time however he’s in type, loves the course and may rating once more forward of the likes of one other course and distance winner Indeevar Bleu from the Murphy secure.
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SOBER GLORY can go one higher than when second on the Cheltenham Competition with victory within the Grade One ThatPrizeGuy High Novices’ Hurdle (GBB Race) (2.55pm). The Philip Hobbs and Johnson White-trained six-year-old has received three of his 5 begins over obstacles and misplaced little in defeat to the gifted Previous Park Star within the Supreme Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham final month, when a slight error on the final price him. However he can construct on that effort to land a primary win at Grade One stage.
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MIAMI MAGIC can win the Grade One William Hill Mildmay Novices’ Chase) (GBB Race) (2.20pm). Stuart Edmunds’ seven-year-old was a formidable winner of a Novices’ Chase at Newbury in February, having been third to Sixmilebridge within the Grade One Virgin Guess Scilly Isles’ Novices Chase at Sandown on his penultimate begin. He has already overwhelmed the reopposing Regent’s Stroll earlier within the season. And having bypassed Cheltenham he can rating for a primary time on the high stage over fences.
Jamie Snowden’s JOHNNY’S JURY was a formidable winner of the Albert Bartlett Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham and he can land the Grade One double within the Oddschecker Sefton Novices’ Hurdle (GBB Race) (4.40pm) – a race his coach took with Julius Des Pictons final yr.
Harry Fry’s hat-trick-seeking SHERMINATOR can deliver up a 3rd straight success within the finale, the Debenhams Handicap Hurdle (Conditional Jockeys’ And Novice Riders’ Race) (GBB Race) (5.15pm), below final season’s Grand Nationwide-winning newbie rider Patrick Mullins.
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