In the Betfred Red Rum
Handicap Chase (4.40) at Aintree on Thursday, Pearls Legend is
10lb higher in the weights than when a rallying third, beaten 2¼
lengths, in the same race last year, but only 4lb higher than when
winning at Cheltenham in December and looks far from impossibly
handicapped. John Spearing’s 9-year-old doesn’t know how to run a
bad race and his latest fifth of 24, beaten 8¼ lengths, behind Solar
Impulse in the Johnny Henderson Grand Annual Chase at the Cheltenham
Festival last month was another solid effort. Indeed, the form has
already been franked by the fourth, Savello, who won a small
conditions chase in good style at Kelso last Saturday.
Pearls Legend 1lb lower
in the weights here and, having recorded four of his five career wins
on properly soft ground, any rain that falls is in his favour.
Regular partner Jamie Moore is at Taunton but, in his absence, Nico
De Boinville, who won on him at Cheltenham, comes in for the ride, so
the Midnight Legend gelding appears to have plenty going for him.
Selection:
Aintree 4.40 Pearls Legend to win
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