rest of Aintree

Cheltenham form does not always work out at Aintree, as we saw yesterday, and we think that likely odds-on shot My Tent or Yours (Nicky Henderson/ Tony McCoy) is not certain to score in the opening novice hurdle at 15.00 CET despite his excellent performance at the Festival and his previous win at Newbury. Stable companion Forgotten Voice (Barry Geraghty) and German-bred Zuider Zee (John Ferguson/ Denis O´Regan) were both smart on the flat and have shown great promise over hurdles; they could well give the favourite something to think about.
The novice chase at 15.30 looks on the face of it between Dynaste (David Pipe/ Tom Scudamore) - who also had a hard race at Cjheltenham- and Rocky Creek (Paul Nicholls/ Ruby Walsh), but there is a strong Irish fancy for Sea of Thunder (Charlie Byrnes/ Geraghty), who has been waiting for this better ground and he could be the one.
There is another hot favourite who could be vulnerable oin the novice hurdle over 3 miles at 17.15 - At Fishers Cross (Rebecca Curtis/ McCoy); he is unbeaten in 5 starts this season, but the drying ground could be a problem here. We shall take a chance each way on Uxizandre (Alan King/ Wayne Hutchinson), whose stable had a winner here yesterday.
The handicapos aretough as ever, with with 29 runners in the ZToopham Trphy over 2 3<74 miles of the National course at 16.40 and 22 in the 2 1/2 mile hurdle at 17.50. Peter Bowen has won the Topham for the last 3 years with Always Waining, who runs this year in the National itself., but can take it again with Gullible Gordon /Jamie Moore); 2012 second and third, Chance du Roy (Philip Hobbs/ Richard Johnson) and Fistral Beach (Nicholls/ Daryl Jacob) are just two of many dangers. In the hurdle race, Cotton Mill (Ferguson/ O´Regan), Meister Eckhardt (King/ Aidan Coleman) and Minella Forfitness (Henderson/ David Bass) are our 3 against the field.

Betting forecast:
1. Race: Forgotten Voice - Brick Red - Zuider Zee
2. Race: Dynaste - Rocky Creek - Super Duty
3. Race: Flemenstar - Cue Card - Finian`S Rainbow
4. Race: Chance Du Roy - Little Josh - Criqtonic
5. Race: At Fishers Cross - Road To Riches - Gevrey Chambertin
6. Race: Broadway Buffalo - Funny Star - Meister Eckhart
7. Race: Carole`s Spirit - Molly`s A Diva - Nouveau Moulin