10.45am Fringe ready to have a cut at Aintree fences
Tony Paley: Trainer Enda Bolger has given On The Fringe the go-ahead to run in the Fox Hunters’ Chase over the Aintree Grand National fences in three weeks’ time.
The JP McManus-owned 10-year-old romped home in the Foxhunter Chase at the Cheltenham Festival by 17 lengths last week, and will now attempt to complete what has become a rare double.
Bolger told the Irish Independent: “He came home in great nick. Hopefully we will be heading to Liverpool with him. We are giving him a fortnight chilling out and we will start him back for Liverpool then.
“Liverpool was on our agenda at the beginning of the season because it looked like the obvious race for him. I don’t know whether it is because he has got older and more experienced, but he definitely seems to be seeing out his races better this season than ever.”
Friday’s best bets, by Tony Paley
Never listen to tips. Put your fingers in your ears and believe your own eyes. That’s sound advice but in the first at Newbury we do have a horse in Champagne Express (2.10) who qualifies on both counts. There’s a lot of talk in Lambourn about how this was has been working well in preparation for today’s run, while his victory in a very decent Chepstow maiden makes him the pick on the figures here.
The best bet of the day is on the level in the shape of Mignolino (3.55) at Lingfield. The David Barron runner is due to go up 6lb for his latest outing and considering the competitive nature of the event he is a fair price given what he has achieved.
Tipping competition, day five
Our winners so far:
Monday
Pagham Belle 14-1
Oriental Relation 11-4
Gunna Be A Devil 11-2
Tuesday
Cowslip 8-1
Midnight Request 2-1
Black Narcissus 25-1
Wednesday
Belmount 11-4
Carrigdhoun 25-1
Crowning Star 16-1
Thursday
Buachaill Alainn 3-1
Stephanie Frances 2-1
Colourbearer 4-1
And our leader is. . .
JahLion +32.75
. . . despite two losing days in a row. Those behind made limited headway on a low-scoring day. Other good scores: piggers5 +19, Tommy2002 +18, Mai11 +17.75, mmmdanish +14, 72luca +9.
For today’s thrilling climax, we’d like your tips, please, for these races: 3.10 Newbury, 3.45 Newbury, 4.20 Newbury.
This week’s prize is a copy of ‘How To Find The Crabbies Grand National Winner’, a 32-page guide by Paul Jones, to be published by Aintree at the end of next week. It will be largely trends-based but will also included profiles and interviews aimed at illuminating the famous race on 11 April.
As ever, our champion will be the tipster who returns the best profit to notional level stakes of £1 at starting price on our nominated races, of which there will be three each day up until Friday. Non-runners count as losers. If you have not joined in so far this week, you are welcome to do so today, but you will start on -12.
In the event of a tie at the end of the week, the winner will be the tipster who, from among those tied on the highest score, posted their tips earliest on the final day (TODAY).
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