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Aintree Day 2 Betting Guide
Get the best tips for Aintree Day 2 from expert tipsters along with key stats and trends, and for all races on Friday, including the Melling Chase.
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There are no fewer than four Grade 1 races on the second day of action at the Aintree Grand National Festival, including the Mildmay Novices’ Steeple Chase, the Top Novices’ Hurdle, the Melling Chase and the Sefton Novices’ Hurdle.
To add extra flavour to Aintree Racecourse on the second day of this three-day festival, we have a couple of exciting handicap hurdle races as well as The Topham Chase.
It’s Ladies Day at Aintree on the Friday of this highly-anticipated festival, and with a lot of best-dressed ladies on display, the champagne corks will soon be popping as the runners head to the start for Aintree races on Friday.
Mystical Power brought his true ability to this track last season when taking the Top Novices Hurdle in fine style ahead of also winning the Champion Novice Hurdle at the Punchestown Festival a few weeks further down the line.
Below, we will take you through the race schedule, key trends and our top betting tips for Aintree on Friday, Day 2.
Aintree Grand National – Friday Racecards
| Time | Race | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| 13.45 | Huyton Asphalt Franny Blennerhassett Memorial Mildmay Novices' Steeple Chase (Grade 1) | 3m 1f |
| 14.20 | William Hill Handicap Hurdle | 2m 4f |
| 14.55 | TrustATrader Top Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) | 2m 1/2f |
| 15.30 | My Pension Expert Melling Chase (Grade 1) | 2m 4f |
| 16.05 | Randox Supporting Prostate Cancer UK Topham Handicap Steeple Chase | 2m 5f |
| 16.40 | Sefton Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) | 3m 1/2f |
| 17.15 | Hallgarten & Novum Wines Handicap Hurdle (Conditional & Amateur Jockeys) | 2m 1/2f |
Aintree Day 2 Betting Trends
I’ve taken a look back over the last 10 years of Aintree Grand National Friday runners to find the interesting betting trends that you might find useful when considering your bets:
- The leading trainer in the Top Novices Hurdle in recent renewals is Nicky Henderson who has won the race no fewer than six times with those six winners coming from General Miller (2010), Darlan (2012), My Tent Or Yours (2013), Josses Hill (2014), Buveur DAir (2016) and Jonbon (2022).
- There are two leading trainers in the Melling Chase in recent renewals with both Paul Nicholls and Nicky Henderson who have both won the race three times. Paul Nicholls’ winners have been with Master Minded (2011), Politologue (2018) and Pic D’ Orhy (2023). Nicky Henderson’s winners have been Finians Rainbow (2012), Sprinter Sacre (2013) and Jonbon (2024).
- Stuart Edmunds has a perfect record in the Topham Chase and has trained one winner from just one previous runner in the race (Arizona Cardinal 2024)
- Ciaran Gethings has a perfect record in the Topham Chase and has ridden one winner from just one previous runner in the race (Arizona Cardinal 2024)
- Nicky Henderson is the winning most trainer of the William Hill Handicap Hurdle with three previous wins in the race.
- Jack Kennedy is the jockey to follow in the William Hill Handicap Hurdle. He has won the race twice from just four previous attempts.
Aintree Day 2 Results & Post-Race Analysis
Make sure you check back on Aintree results page to ensure you get fully caught up on Aintree Day 2. The second day of action will determine how the final day of the meeting flows and a lot of that will be down to .
Keep an eye out in the big handicap to see how many horses finish in that race to gauge an idea of how others may do so a couple of days later in the Grand National itself.
The Team Behind This Page
The horse racing experts who maintain and update this page:
- Karl Hedley is a horse racing content writer and tipster for Punters Lounge. He received his break when he entered the Racing Post Search for A Tipster competition in 2006, and beat 6000 others to win the title in 2007.Since then he has been written countless articles for The Irish Field, The Irish Post and several online websites. He was until recently the Irish racing tipster for The Times (Ireland edition).His favourite racing memory to date includes being present to see the brilliant Kauto Star win the Champion Chase at Down Royal.
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