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Day Two; No selections as yet.
1.45; Since it was first run in 1989, just 7 winners have not visited the winners enclosure earlier in the same season. Only 2 favs have won in 31 years and 14 of the last 17 winners were double digit SPs - 8 of which fell between 10s and 16s. Nicky Henderson won this in '13, '15 & '17.
2.20; 22/29 winners were to be found in first 4 in market. Nicky Henderson won this in '10, '12, '13, '14 & '16. Last 12 winners had all had at least 3 runs prior to Aintree, 9 of those having run within 24 days.
2.50; Just one of the last 31 winners started higher than 10/1. 15/18 winners took part at Cheltenham and the last 21 winners had run in a Grade 1 earlier in their career. 32/37 winners had 2 chase victories to their name. Nicky Henderson won this in '03, '10, '17 & '18.
3.25; 13 of the last 17 winners had won a Grade 1 race earlier in the season. 16 of the last 25 running s have gone to either the fav or 2nd fav and the last 21 winners ran at Cheltenham. 20 of the 29 winners of this race had either won or placed at Aintree's 3 day festival in the past.
4.05; Since 2000, only 5 have carried over 11st to victory, with 10 of the last 17 carrying no more than 10-7. Aintree experience is hugely significant as 10/16 Topham winners already had experience of the National fences. In the last 26 runnings, 118 horses aged 11 or older have taken part with just the one winner. Henderson won this in '06, '13, '14 & '15, while Peter Bowen trained Always Waining to win this race in '10, '11 & '12, and Colin Tizzard trained Ultragold to win in '17 & '18.
4.40; 22 of the last 25 winners had won at least twice over hurdles and only 5 of the last 27 winners had not run at least 4 times over timber. Henderson won this in '14, '18 & '19, while Nigel Twiston-Davies has saddled 3 winners and 2 placed runners.
5.15; This race has seen it's trends change since becoming restricted to just amateurs and conditionals. One stat that does stand out, however, is that the Irish trainers have had a good time in this race recently. Between 200 and 2007, they saddled 4 winners, in 2011 they had the 1st and 2nd, in 2015, 2nd, 3rd & 4th, then the winners in '16, '17 & '19. A couple of negatives; favourites do not win this race and since 1998 (a 5-horse race), no front runner has won.