Premier Handicap Hurdle (1.20 Aintree Saturday)

[Ian_Davies]

Seeing as they won't lay me any sort of a bet, let alone guarantee me anything, I refuse to type the race title on a point of general F-ing principle.

That aside, this is another cracking contest and completes my trio of big Saturday Aintree Handicaps (Lord Euronymous has created a handy thread to mop up everything else on Merseyside), so that's the lot from me in the Big-Race thread creation department for this week.

Ante-Post betting: https://www.oddschecker.com/horse-r...nt/top-price-guarantee-handicap-hurdle/winner

 

[Ian_Davies]

One doesn't have a strong view on this yet, but Navajo Indy, up a MILE in trip after coming from Thatcham to finish third in the "Schweppes" is of potential interest, as is Hamsiyann IF it gets in.

The latter was runner up in a Chester Cup off OR87 (for which he was fairly put up to OR91), showed he can be a force over timber when winning at Cheltenham and no way does a 10lb hike to OR121 cripple his potential over a trip in this sphere.

He's got a big 3m handicap hurdle in him off his current mark, Musselburgh lapse notwithstanding.

Trouble is his mark is so low he keeps failing to make the cut in the kind of races (like this one) they clearly want to have a crack at.

 

[Robicheaux]

Ruth Jefferson amongst the winners lately. Could be interested in Sounds Russian if he's declared. May be on a good mark hurdling, after some good chasing efforts.