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So far i have heard –
Tartak
Albertas Run
Monets GardenAll confirmed for the race.
Good to see the grey back for another go in the race he has done so well in.
Also good to see Albertas Run back at Aintree following his fine performance at the course last season.
Racecard and entries…
I’d be surprised if Monets turns up now that Geraghty is on Poquelin.
Them two had a great partnership last season.I’d be surprised if Monets turns up now that Geraghty is on Poquelin.
Them two had a great partnership last season.Richard Johnson or Dougie Costello, will get the ride.
Only me who can’t see past Alberta’s run? Although carrying top weight, expect him to slug it out.
So glad National Hunt season is returning!!
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Few trainers will be looking further up the line here so caution is recommended.
Can’t be sure how fit Poquelin will be for this and I doubt if Monet’s Gatden reatains enough speed even at the weights to outpoint Albertas Run who no doubt ‘will come on for the run" but should just about win. What does that mean exactly?
Kinda hard to imagine anyone improving a PN horse even David Pipe. H’es unpredictable but even at his best he’d be pushing it.
Tom George winnirs are to thin on the ground at the moment to even give Tarak a second thought and Ferdy’s looks outclased.
Alberta’s Run looks worth a cautious bet
Got to give Dougie Costello a mention. Great to see him geting a good chance like this he’s one of the coolest jockeys riding. His handling of Recession Proof at Carlisle last week is well worth a look really surprised he hasn’t been snatched up by a big yard down south.
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forecast doen’t look good and already changed to good to soft.
Comes up really soft or tacky he’ll be up against it.
If it stays on the soft side of good like his last visit he’ll be fine.
Nicky Richards sounded far from confident on TR just now which doesn’t fit in with what was written in the rags I read.
Gets dodgier by the minute this race
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Would imagine Poquelin would be pretty fit, Fist, as Barry Geraghty misses a few Hendo mounts elsewhere specifically to take the ride on him.
The 4lb pull he gets from Albertas plus the likely softer ground wouldn’t harm his chances, either.On the run at Aintree in the spring, the handicapper looks to have taken a massive chance in raising Tartak to just 153. With Albertas Run off 168 he has a 15 lb pull for just over 5 lengths. Hopefully teaming up with Brennan again will see him jumping much more like he did as a novice.
Monet’s Garden won for me last year, making all. He could do the same again & Albertas Run is another with front running style tactics. This year if they go too fast battling each other out then it could set up the race for Tartak.
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They make Tratak fav which shocks me.
He’s better of with good reason IMO
Huge dissapointment in this last year when favourite.Best performace came 6l and one paced behind Deep Purple. Albertas ran a stinker back in 3rd.
Overfaced behind Kauto and very one paced behind Kalahari King and again couldn’t find enough toe to get him into the race in the Melling.My worry with him is you could drop him another 10lbs and he might be too one paced to bother good horses like these.
Tom George is a decent trainer but his horses aren’t getting home at the moment They all seem to come there like there going to be involved in the finish and just stop.
That could be down to him running some moderate animmals but it could also mean the yard is right out of form.
Could be a handicap snip but I couldn’t back it.
Im not so sure Fist.
Tartak is in receipt of over 1 stone from Albertas Run, and he is getting 12lbs from Monet’s Garden. He was carrying 11 stone 5lbs last year in the race, so has dropped in the handicap a lot within the past year.
Albertas Run was giving Tartak 10lbs in the Peterborough last year, over the same distance, and ultimately finished behind the horse in the race which Deep Purple won.
If they were off level weights, i would say Tartak has no chance, but he is in receipt of a lot of weight from the market rivals.
That said, with Albertas Run in the race, Monets Garden is 3lbs better off in comparison to the race of 2009, which he won. The only doubt over Monets Garden is that he is another year older, and i have my doubts over how good last years’ race was.
I personally think Imsingingtheblues could be well in. I was impressed with him as a 2 miler, but his 2nd to Deep Purple last year at Ayr, could work out well. I just dont know whether Aintree will be too sharp for him, and i have a feeling he may be well in at the weights.
Im willing to take on Poquelin and Albertas Run, i couldnt side with Tartak, even with the pull in the weights, you just dont know how he is going to run. It will be a tough ask of Albertas Run to shoulder top weight but he does have class, as the latter stages of last season showed.
If i were to have a bet in the race, i’d side with Imsingingtheblues to finish in the front 2, as i’d leave the market leaders alone. A no play race for me, but i will side with Imsingingtheblues for a bit of value in the race.
Poquelin takes it for me. As much as i’d love to see Monets Garden take this for a 3rd time and i really am intrigued by Imsingingtheblues; Poquelin has all the right form for this and i simply can not get into Tartak.
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Seems like Liverpool too a bit of a battering by the weather and more rain is forcast.
I suppose that favours Tartak but it’s till not enough to meks me want to back him for the same reason as you Gaz. Very hard to put faith in a horse who doesn’t sem to know how to win.
I’msingingtheblues would surely prefer good ground?
Jonjo has now gone public to say he’ll need the spin bla bla bla. and the says he’ll follow the path he took last year….Jonjo never lies so note he won 1st time out last year
however the combination of the weather and that have seen him drift out to 5/1I don’t think the price has any reflection on how he’ll run at all. If the rain continues then the ground will be easy enough to go through. He manged fine on Good to soft on this track before and there’s nothing to say he can’t still win. Watching the first race to see how other bordline horses should help in that department.
Still a big worry for anmyone who backs him……kick yourself if you do and he pulls up kick yourself if you don’t and he wins. I’ve decided to give him a miss.I can’t have Monet Garden at all I could be wrong but I don’t think Nicky Richards is as happy as he makes out.
Taking everything into account, class the ground, the jockey’s decison to ride the horse and the weights everything seems to point to Poquelin who is probably the safest bet I think he’ll go close but I wouldn’t be puting my last 10p on him.
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Great minds! Peter
however the combination of the weather and that have seen him drift out to 5/1
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