Racecards
17:30 Aintree
Clark's Brewery Handicap Hurdle (Class A)
- 16 Runners
- Distance: 2m 4f
- Going: Good
Samon (GER)
23- Form 10-032
- Age 6
- Weight 11-4
mid-division, hit 3rd, headway 7th, ridden and every chance approaching 3 out, weakened 2 out
- Form 111414
- Age 6
- Weight 11-1
- Trainer T Taaffe
- Jockey B J Geraghty
held up, headway 7th, ridden to chase leaders 3 out, weakened approaching last
- Form 12-61P0
- Age 6
- Weight 11-1
- Trainer M C Pipe
- Jockey T Scudamore
prominent to 6th, tailed off when pulled up before 4 out
Tikram
27- Form 401436
- Age 6
- Weight 10-10
- Trainer G & J Moore
- Jockey L P Aspell
mid-division, ridden after 5th, weakened 8th
- Form 1-2P110
- Age 8
- Weight 10-6
chased leaders, led approaching 3 out, ridden and headed 2 out, stayed on
- Form 354605
- Age 6
- Weight 10-6
- Trainer O Sherwood
- Jockey J Culloty
held up, headway after 8th, ridden 3 out, weakened 2 out
- Form 3-40316
- Age 9
- Weight 10-4
held up in rear, steady headway 7th, led 2 out, driven out
- Form 25310/2
- Age 7
- Weight 10-2
- Trainer M C Pipe
- Jockey Mr J E Moore
in touch, blundered 7th, ridden approaching 3 out, soon weakened
- Form P-36000
- Age 7
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer A L T Moore
- Jockey D J Casey
prominent, driven approaching 8th, soon weakened
- Form 502260
- Age 7
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer Mrs M Reveley
- Jockey A Dempsey
mid-division, headway 7th, ridden to chase leaders and hit 3 out, weakened next
- Form 122046
- Age 5
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer Miss V Williams
- Jockey James Davies
led, hit 4th, ridden and headed 4 out, soon weakened
- Form 1153-30
- Age 7
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer Karen George
- Jockey S Durack
mid-division, ridden approaching 8th, soon weakened, tailed off when pulled up before last
- Form 035F-60
- Age 10
- Weight 10-0
- Trainer T Cuthbert
- Jockey B P Harding
always behind, tailed off 6th
In depth
Verdict
Plenty of these come into the race in good form and compiling a short list is no easy task. However, Emotional Moment has some solid form to his name and he just gets the vote to reverse Cheltenham form with Samon. Trainer, Tom Taffe knows Aintree as well as anyone and his preparations will have left no stone unturned as Emotional Moment bids to push his strike-rate past the fifty per cent mark from his outings over timber. In Contrast is an obvious danger and has to merit respect. But he faces a stiff task on these terms and will do well to hold some lesser-weighted rivals. Monkerhostin and Fnan have claims on the pick of their form but, along with Canada, have something to find with the top three in the weights.