Just watched the 11:55 at Aintree.  It was incident packed, The Grand Visir tried to almost refuse at the first hurdle, badly hampering the favourite Eldorado Allen, both riders came off, with the race eventually won by a 40/1 outsider.  To be honest I was very surprised by the jockey who rode the odds on favourite, why he was anywhere near a horse having its first run going to a hurdle is always a bad move, when riding a short odds favourite you don’t get anywhere near something that has never ran before.

Looking ahead to the rest of today’s racing.  Some good horses running at Aintree and also at Sandown.  Altior is short odds to win at Sandown, he should get the job done, although the ground is very soft.  It will be good to see One For Arthur run again today at Aintree, he is having his first run since winning the Gran National in 2017.

I try and give followers a horse to back on a Saturday.  Blaklion 1:30 Aintree must have a good chance of winning, he has experience at the track and has run well fresh before, he is my selection today.