18:10 Aintree

Friday 17 May 2019

All17:3518:1018:4019:1019:4520:2020:50

racingtv.com Handicap Chase

Off time: 18:10 | Winning time: 4m 53.10s

1^st

Casablanca Mix

711-6

5/2

T: N J HendersonJ: N de Boinville

Chased leaders, went 3rd 3 out, led last, stayed on, pushed out op 11/4 tchd 3/1

2^nd

1 ½

Indian Temple

1011-4

6/1

T: T ReedJ: Harry Reed (3)

Led, driven and headed last, held towards finish op 13/2 tchd 11/2

3^rd

Value At Risk

1011-0

2/1f

T: D SkeltonJ: Harry Skelton

Held up in rear, not fluent 5th, closed 8th, edged right after 2 out, close up when not fluent last, no extra flat op 11/4

4^th

Knockgraffon

911-9

4/1

T: O MurphyJ: Aidan Coleman

Chased leader, hit 9th, lost 2nd after 12th, hanging left when hit 3 out and weakened, tailed off op 3/1

5^th

Lofgren

811-1

14/1

T: D McCain JnrJ: B S Hughes

Chased leaders on outside, bad mistake 11th and lost place, weakened next, tailed off tchd 12/1

Also Ran

Acdc

911-0

8/1

T: C GrantJ: Sean Quinlan

Held up in rear, mistake and reminder 5th, reluctant and reminder after 7th, behind next, pulled up before 10th op 7/1 tchd 17/2

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Non-Runners

Dieg Man²¹¹

Weight: 11-1| Age: 6

T: N P Mulholland J: T Scudamore

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.00Pl:£1.80, £2.20EX:£17.00Trifecta:£72.10SF:£17.62Swingers:£2.30, £2.30, £2.30

Forecasts

Value At Risk (2/1), Casablanca Mix (5/2), Knockgraffon (4/1), Indian Temple (6/1), Acdc (8/1), Dieg Man (12/1), Lofgren (14/1)

Not a field packed with the most reliable types and although both Value At Risk and Casablanca Mix are capable of winning something like this neither come here with outstanding credentials and both have their quirks. Indian Temple will appreciate a return to this track after taking the runner-up slot in this last year and these fences will suit his front-running style a lot better. KNOCKGRAFFON always looks at home over this trip and despite losing his unbeaten Musselburgh record last time is taken to get back on the winning trail here; he’s a lot more reliable than all of these. Lofgren wouldn’t be out of this either although he would need to return to his autumn form.

Knockgraffon
Indian Temple
Value At Risk

Previous Winners

2018

Martiloo

Weight: 10-2 |Age: 8

J: Henry Brooke | T: Miss P Robson

9/2

Prize Money

1st: £9,097.002nd: £2,671.003rd: £1,336.004th: £668.005th: £450.006th: £450.007th: £450.008th: £450.00