One for your note books
Given that Bennys Mist has appeared at the last four Aintree meetings to feature races over the National course, you can be fairly confident of him turning up in the Topham come April. With that in mind, the ride he received in the race won by Le Reve on Saturday can perhaps be taken as a statement of intent rather than a kamikaze effort.
It so often pays to race handily over the National fences and Aidan Coleman tested the theory to destruction on Saturday, over-doing the forcing tactics on soft ground but shaping very well in lasting in the lead as long as he did. Bennys Mist is clearly still in top form and is currently rated just 1 lb higher than when he was a staying-on second in last year’s Topham. More assertive tactics, a slightly less aggressive approach than on Saturday, could see him do even better this time.
Given that Bennys Mist has appeared at the last four Aintree meetings to feature races over the National course, you can be fairly confident of him turning up in the Topham come April. With that in mind, the ride he received in the race won by Le Reve on Saturday can perhaps be taken as a statement of intent rather than a kamikaze effort.
It so often pays to race handily over the National fences and Aidan Coleman tested the theory to destruction on Saturday, over-doing the forcing tactics on soft ground but shaping very well in lasting in the lead as long as he did. Bennys Mist is clearly still in top form and is currently rated just 1 lb higher than when he was a staying-on second in last year’s Topham. More assertive tactics, a slightly less aggressive approach than on Saturday, could see him do even better this time.
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