Tizzard may be Lord of Aintree
Course preparations continued at Aintree racecourse yesterday ahead of the start of the Randox Grand National Festival. Picture: David Davies/PA Wire for the Jockey Club
Aintree begins its three-day extravaganza a little later than usual as it tries to find some space after a late Cheltenham and the Scottish National. It kicks off with the Grade One Manifesto Novices’ Chase, which is the most recent addition to the meeting.
Pic D’Orhy, trained by Paul Nicholls, is favourite. Paul bypassed Cheltenham with a lot of his horses, keeping them fresher and saving them for what he hoped might be easier targets, I presume, at Aintree.
