The Grand Sefton Handicap Chase at Aintree has the panel barely divided, however Kate Tracey and Declan Rix each facet with a 16/1 shot.
Host Tracey is joined by BetVictor’s Sam Boswell and Rix of attheraces.com to pick their choices for the race and the opposite prime motion this weekend.
Declan Rix…
“You’re going to need a horse going forward and I think there’s only been one horse in the last decade who has won on seasonal debut so I’ve been stuck between two here.
“I’ll point out King Turgeon as he’s such an excellent jumper, he might actually take to this check. I am simply nervous that the drop again in journey and the step up at school might have him on his head.
“Nonetheless my choice is the previous Willie Mullins horse Licensed Artwork. Now with the Gary and Josh Moore group, he seems tailored. He is an excellent jumper when he is on it, he is obtained a excessive cruising velocity and he is obtained a outstanding model of racing – these are what you need for a check like this.
“It’ll be tough off his mark as he would be the highest-rated winner of this race in the last decade, but Caoilin Quinn takes 3lb off his back and he’s a big, big price, I’d be having him each-way to run into the places.”
Kate Tracey…
“For us each to land on a horse that’s greater than 12/1, I believed he is completed the identical as me and seemed on the tendencies.
“The fact that Authorized Art has already had one start this season and this didn’t come in a race that would lead to this as it was in a Listed Hurdle, he wasn’t disgraced at all.
“He nonetheless has loads of potential and if you have a look at his aggressive chase handicaps that he is been operating in of late… just like the Galway Plate the place he ran a stable race. He’ll happier over this journey and he’s a category act.”
Sam Boswell…
“The selection is Gaboriot. He was last seen in hunter chases, switched back to that code and unseated at the last turn going back to these fences last April. I think you can forgive that run; you’ve got to think that with this type of horse I like the fact they did something different.
“The mark is workable, he lacks a latest run which might be preferential right here however a lot of them do lack that. I like him each-way.”
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