Annie can power home over best trip

There is a tremendous card to open Aintree’s Grand National meeting, one which resembles a Cheltenham Festival fixture, and bookmakers hoping for better results than they got in the Cotswolds, may be in for a tough start to proceedings.

Tomorrow and Saturday may provide the respite, but favourite backers should come out on top this afternoon.

Annie Power was so impressive in the Champion Hurdle, she wills surely follow up in the Aintree Hurdle, over her perceived preferred trip of two and a half miles.