Day: 3 December 2016

Last year’s Grand National winner Many Clouds returns to Aintree for his seasonal reappearance in this Listed three-mile chase – but this slick-jumping nine-year-old isn’t the same horse first time out and isn’t an appealing bet. At 4/1 and behind MINELLA ROCCO in the betting, I reckon the market has this one…

The Betfred Becher Chase is always an excellent precursor to the Grand National and with unseasonably quick ground and a high quality field, it looks a cracking opening race over the National fences this season. There ought to be plenty of pace on with the likes of The Last Samurai…