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A good start to Grand National week with the 9/1 victory of Soldier In Milan in Monday’s Irish Grand National. However, the best we could manage in Saturday’s feature race was the seventh place finish of our 50/1 long-range pick Final Orders.
The rain which fell at Aintree on Friday night and during racing on Saturday didn’t help the chances of our ante-post selection.
- P/L for the week ending Sunday, 12 April: -£11.25
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- P/L for the year 2025: +£22.38
- P/L for the year 2024: +£200.42
- P/L since 1st September 2022: +£558.01
Alan Kelly's Tips - Monday, 13 April
The 2026 Flat season steps-up a gear in the week ahead courtesy of Newmarket’s three-day Craven meeting, the final two days on Wednesday and Thursday due to be covered by the ITV Racing cameras.
The Classic trials continue on Saturday at Newbury, while the highlight on Ayr’s jumps card is the Coral Scottish Grand National.
2:30pm Hexham - Rock On Jet & Heads Or Harps
Both of Royal Deeside’s wins over fences to date have come on this course. Those two wins were over 2m 4f however and I’m not convinced the mount of 3lb claimer Charlie Maggs will be suited by this much shorter trip. My two against the field for this extended 1m 7f handicap chase are HEADS OR HARPS, one of two runners for the Russell/Scudamore stable, and the George Bewley-trained ROCK ON JET.
An impressive winner on his third start over fences at Ayr around this time last year, Heads Or Harps hasn’t really built on the first victory so far this season. However, the nine-year-old was staying-on nicely when runner-up to stablemate Walking On A Dream at the Scottish racecourse last month and is more than capable of winning a race of this nature off a mark of 109.
This will be just the fourth start over fences for George Bewley’s Rock On Jet, the lightly-raced son of Jet Away, an easy winner over hurdles at Ayr last January off a mark of 105. Jonathan Bewley’s mount has a couple of decent efforts to his name over hurdles on this course and could make a bold bid from the front over today’s trip on ground which should suit.
Recommendations: Rock On Jet - 9/1 with bet365 & Heads Or Harps - 6/1 with bet365
2:40pm Fakenham - Rialannah (Nap)
Trainer Lucy Wadham didn’t have much luck with her only runner at Aintree last week (Jax Junior pulled-up in Thursday’s Grade 1 Manifesto Novices’ Chase) but the stable were successful with two of their previous four runners this month. Wadham has a good record at this track and is represented by RIALANNAH (Nap) in this staying handicap hurdle.
Previously with Joel Parkinson & Sue Smith, the daughter of Mount Nelson made her debut for new connections following an absence of almost a year when fifth at Uttoxeter towards the end of last month over a trip of 2m 4f. After holding a clear lead 2 out, the mare weakened going to the last but was still beaten only a little over four lengths.
With that run under her belt and over a more suitable trip, Gavin Sheehan’s mount is fancied to take Fakenham’s opener. Runner-up in a Go North Brindisi Breeze Series Qualifier at Doncaster last January with today’s rider in the saddle, Rialannah would take plenty of beating if in the same kind of form off a mark only 1lb higher.
Caroline Fryer’s Raby Mere was probably flattered by his victory at Southwell last month (runner-up found precious little when put under pressure), a bigger danger to the selection possibly that of November Lingfield winner Tropical Speed.
Recommendation: Rialannah (Nap) - 7/2 with bet365
3:30pm Hexham - Streamsforth Lad
Top weight Jamesieconn has hit a rich vein of form for trainer Nicky Richards since leaving the stable of Sam England towards the end of last year, the seven-year-old now on a four-timer following victories at Newcastle, Doncaster and Carlisle in the last month or so. Now running off a mark 13lb higher than when recording the first of those wins, Danny McMenamin’s mount may still be capable of improving upon today’s career-high rating of 100.
Despite a field of 16 for this 3m handicap chase, it is hard to make a convincing case out for many of the runners, one exception being the Gary Hanmer-trained STREAMSFORTH LAD. Third over hurdles at Wetherby back in November, the Mahler gelding failed to complete the course in chases at Uttoxeter, Southwell and Stratford on his next three starts, unseating his rider in the first two before falling 2 out at Stratford when looking the most likely winner.
The mount of 3lb claimer Alan Doyle possibly ran into one on his most recent start when second to the gambled-on Three Zambezi’s over today’s trip of 3m at Bangor two weeks ago, the easy winner in receipt of 22lb from Streamsforth Lad. The eight-year-old looks sure to make up into a better chaser than hurdler, and on just his 6th start over the bigger obstacles, can open his account over fences with a trouble-free round of jumping.
Recommendation: Streamsforth Lad - 9/2 with bet365
* Betting odds correct at the time of publication. All odds are subject to changes.
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