Aintree Day 1

[charlie]

The Shunter was hard to watch. If he could jump he'd have pissed that. Needs to go Henrietta Knights

[FinalFurlong91]

He'd be some horse if he could jump.

Which handicap hurdle does he win at cheltenham 2022 is the question

cant see why JP has bought him if not to have loads of nondescript runs then a big plunge in march

[Stormez]

Any word from the jockeys after the first on how the ground is riding?

[Supermaster]

Doom Bar juvenile hurdle:
Selection: Adagio
Value: Fiveandtwenty

Northern trainers target Aintree as their Cheltenham especially McCain

Edit:
1 Monmiral 10/11
2 Adagio 13/8
3 Fiveandtwenty 12/1

Scu looked confident until that last fence blunder - over confident?

[FinalFurlong91]

The Shunter was hard to watch. If he could jump he'd have pissed that. Needs to go Henrietta Knights

I'd be interested to know how big he is

his jumping technique looks ok just doesnt look the scopiest horse

[Stormez]

Emmet Mullins did say he thinks he’s better over hurdles, but his jumping today was unrecognisable from Cheltenham.

[FinalFurlong91]

Emmet Mullins did say he thinks he’s better over hurdles, but his jumping today was unrecognisable from Cheltenham.

The fences are stiffer at aintree on the mildmay course than at cheltenham from what I hear and have read

[robith]

So far, so "everything you think is wrong" Aintree. Bliss

[Supermaster]

Betway Bowl:
Selection: Native River
Value: Clondaw Castle

I'd love Waiting Patiently to win. Clan has failed twice in this race whereas Native River has won it.

Edit:
1 Clan Des Obeaux 5/2
2 Clondaw Castle 13/2
3 Native River 4/1

Impressive smooth win by Clan who has come back to form, Cheekpieces may have made a difference
Decent run by Clondaw Castle but he's not up to grade 1 standard
The redoubtable Native River had an off day (too soon after the Gold Cup?) but still placed 3rd

[FinalFurlong91]

Bloody Mister Fisher

Pings every fence beautifully then out of knowhere clouts one

Then unseats at the next

Time to give up on him i think

[kzammit]

I've never managed to work out when Clan Des Obeaux is going to turn up....always gets my confidence back and then back to square 1 when I back it ... Try again next season

[Supermaster]

Aintree Hurdle:
Selection: Abacadabras
Value: Brewinupastorm

Edit:
1 Abacadabras 5/1
2 Buzz 22/1
3 Millers Bank 80/1

Nice when the form works out though clearly the placed horses were overpriced

[robith]

You could almost see Jack's eyes light up as the loose horse gave him a target

[FinalFurlong91]

You could almost see Jack's eyes light up as the loose horse gave him a target

Yes it massively helped him

[Faugheen_Machine]

You could almost see Jack's eyes light up as the loose horse gave him a target

Yeah, once he got over the last there was no chance they were going to catch him with the loose horse keeping him honest.

Pleased for Abacadabras, he gets a fair bit of stick but he deserved to get his head in front.