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AINTREE: Dom’s NAP – Grand National Festival | Thursday 7th April Best Bet
Our best bet for the opening day of the 2022 Grand National Festival at Aintree
GRAND NATIONAL FESTIVAL DAY ONE SELECTION: War Lord | 1:45pm SSS Super Alloys Manifesto Novices’ Chase (Grade 1)
A cracking opener to the 2022 Grand National Festival as fans descend onto this meeting for the first time in three years and we’re backing Colin Tizzard’s grey to do the business here.
The son of Jukebox ran a cracker in the Arkle, finishing fourth at a sizeable price despite having won three of his quartet of starts in this sphere prior to that.
Connections have clearly decided against a third shot at the Cheltenham hero Edwardstone on Saturday with a step up in trip no negative given how he ran at this distance over hurdles, finishing a solid seventh of 22 in the Pertemps here twelve months ago.
Pic D’orhy is a worthy favourite having won the Pendil at Kempton Park and will appreciate the flat track but there could be a concern that his form in general is quite sticky so he’s opposable at the prices.
The Nick Kent-trained Erne River has done absolutely nothing wrong as a chaser since his switch to the large obstacles in January and the unexposed 7-year-old should be on the premise.
