Talking Horses: Best bets for day two of the Grand National meeting


God’s Own can be backed at 7-2 for another win in the Melling Chase, while Nicky Henderson may have the Topham winner

Hmmm, another 3mm has been put on the track at Aintree after racing yesterday and, while that’s not a great deal, I don’t see the case for watering at all. There were four Grade One races there yesterday and all of them took at least 10 seconds longer than standard time, indicating plenty of juice in the ground. There has been sun but temperatures have not been high and are not due to get above 12C before 1pm tomorrow by my forecast.

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