The three most backed horses for Thursday at the Grand National Festival post final declarations combine for a best price 10/1 treble through oddschecker.
Aintree Bowl Chase
Ahoy Senor
The most backed horse for the first day of the Grand National Festival at Aintree is the eight-year-old AHOY SENOR, trained by Lucinda Russell.
Ahoy Senor landed the Betway Mildmay Novices' Chase at Aintree last year, disposing of Fury Road, L'Homme Presse and Bravemansgame.
Having found life tougher this term, he bounced back after a disappointing King George run (5th of nine, 33 lengths behind winner Bravemansgame) to land the Cotswold Chase at Cheltenham in a stellar field including Protektorat and Noble Yeats - 9/1 second favourite for the big one on Saturday.
However, Russell’s stable star is now looking for another bounce back after falling when leading the Gold Cup field up until five fences from home under Derek Fox, where he got in too close and had a heavy fall. Fox has been replaced by Brian Hughes for this outing.
Just short of 5% of the punters betting through oddschecker have shown their support for Ahoy Senor since final declarations for the day’s racing were made on Tuesday.
Manifesto Novices' Chase
Banbridge
BANBRIDGE was declared to run at the Cheltenham Festival in the Turners Novices' Chase, won by Stage Star, before the ground went against the seven-year-old on the day of the race.
Joseph O’Brien’s promising seven-year-old was noticeably outpaced in the Irish Arkle in February, but staying on resolutely to claim second place behind El Fabiolo had enhanced his claims for the more stamina-demanding Turners.
Three weeks on, he trails only Stage Star in the betting market for the Manifesto Novices' Chase - a Grade 1 race open to horses aged five years or older.
At the time of writing, 4.4% of all bets on Thursday's Aintree card and 39.6% of those on the Manifesto Novices' Chase have gone the way of Banbridge.
Aintree Hurdle
Constitution Hill
CONSTITUTION HILL romped to a nine-length success as a 4/11 favourite in the Champion Hurdle - the feature race on the first day at the Cheltenham Festival last month.
30 days on and Nicky Henderson's superstar will go off in the six-runner Aintree Hurdle at an even shorter price (currently best price 1/7).
Once again it’s hard to see any horse matching his high cruising speed and decisive turn of foot - his six wins have delivered an average winning margin of more than 14 lengths.
More than 50% of the Aintree Hurdle betslips feature backing for Constitution Hill.
