14:25 Aintree

Sunday 27 October 2024

All12:4013:1513:5014:2515:0015:3516:08

Virgin Bet Vieux Lion Rouge Veterans' Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:25 | Winning time: 6m 33.66s

1^st

Copperhead

1010-13

11/5

T: J TizzardJ: Freddie Gingell (3)

Jumped left at times, close 3rd, went 2nd and not fluent 15th, led 2 out, ridden clear between last two, stayed on strongly op 2/1 tchd 7/4

2^nd

Fortescue

1011-12

7/1

T: H D DalyJ: Hugh Nugent (3)

Tracked leaders, led after 3rd, not fluent 14th and next, pushed along before 3 out, headed next, no chance with winner, kept on for clear 2nd op 12/1

3^rd

Rapper

1012-0

11/1

T: H D DalyJ: Stan Sheppard

Led until after 3rd, chased leader until 15th, pushed along in 3rd and hit 4 out, finished tired tchd 12/1

4^th

Five Star Getaway

1010-9

5/1

T: Christian WilliamsJ: H Cobden

Held up in last pair, gained a place 8th, pushed along in modest 4th after 4 out, finished tired op 4/1 tchd 7/2

5^th

3 ¾

Torn And Frayed

1011-3

15/8f

T: N & W Twiston-DaviesJ: Finn Lambert (3)

Held up in 5th on inside, ballooned 2nd, mistake 8th, bad mistake 15th, no chance after, went left and hit 3 out op 9/4 tchd 11/4

6^th

Diol Ker

1011-4

40/1

T: Evan WilliamsJ: Adam Wedge

Always in rear op 22/1

7^th

8 ½

Cap Du Nord

1111-4

18/1

T: Christian WilliamsJ: Nick Scholfield

Tracked leaders on inside, lost place 8th, struggling in last pair after 15th, tailed off op 11/1 tchd 10/1

Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£3.20Pl:£1.70, £3.20EX:£17.50Trifecta:£84.70SF:£16.74Swingers:£3.20, £4.30, £8.40

Forecasts

Torn And Frayed (15/8), Copperhead (11/5), Five Star Getaway (5/1), Fortescue (7/1), Rapper (11/1), Cap Du Nord (18/1), Diol Ker (40/1)

TORN AND FRAYED hails from an in-form yard and resumes on an attractive mark so looks the way to go here. Joe Tizzard also has his string in great nick and his Copperhead rates the obvious threat in his hat-trick bid, with Cap du Nord appealing as the pick of the remainder for minor honours.