With all five chasing newcomers some guesswork is involved here although with Paul Nicholls having won the last two runnings of this event and with a chasing debutant last year Imperial Cup winner
Malaya has to be of interest. However, marginal preference is given to
ROUGE VIF who wasn’t disgraced in an Aintree Grade 1 on his final start having always looked as though this was going to be a discipline, he would shine in. It would be no surprise to see
Earlofthecotswolds play a major role around a course he clearly loves (three-time winner here) given how well his yard is performing at the moment.
- Rouge Vif
- Malaya
- Earlofthecotswolds