Aintree

16:40 - RESULT

Runners: 14 Distance: 2m HCap Chase Handicap Going: GD/SF(GD PL)

Form
EW Places: 1/4 ODDS - 3 PLACES

Verdict: The change in ground conditions will catch out a few but not MY MATE MOZZIE who ran another excellent race at Cheltenham last month.

1st	9. Sans Bruit 2nd Fav	5/1
2nd	6. Calico	10/1
3rd	13. Inedit Star	18/1

Favourite

4/1

My Mate Mozzie

Jockey: K M Donoghue Trainer: Gavin Cromwell Age/Wt: 9/11-13 F: 26-324 OR: 151

2 tips

4/1

Comment: Sterling all-purpose type who hasn't won since late 2023 but has been involved in strong events on the Flat, including at Royal Ascot, over hurdles and fences since; ran as well as he ever has when a close fourth in the Grand Annual at Cheltenham (2m, good to soft) last month; solid claims in refitted cheekpieces.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
12/03/25	Cheltenham / Grade 3, Handicap / C	1	4 / 20	13/2	151
01/02/25	Leopardstown / Listed, Handicap / C	-	2 / 14	11/2	148
29/09/24	Curragh / Handicap / F	-	14 / 30	14/1	98
24/08/24	York / Handicap / F	2	9 / 20	12/1	98
01/08/24	Galway / Grade 3, Handicap / H	-	3 / 19	9/1	144
18/06/24	Ascot / Handicap / F	2	3 / 16	12/1	96

2nd Favourite

5/1

Sans Bruit

Jockey: H Cobden Trainer: Paul Nicholls Age/Wt: 7/10-6 F: 33P5P4 OR: 130

3 tips

5/1

Comment: Won this from the front (soft; acts well on good) 12 months ago but, although he started the winter with two respectable efforts, his form since Christmas leaves much to be desired; back on that last winning mark and market support would suggest there have been green shoots evident at home since last seen in February.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
22/02/25	Chepstow / Handicap / C	2	4 / 7	8/1	134
07/02/25	Kempton / Handicap / C	3	P / 10	9/1	136
19/01/25	Windsor / Handicap / C	2	5 / 8	4/1	138
27/12/24	Kempton / Grade 2, Handicap / C	1	P / 7	4/1	143
23/11/24	Ascot / Handicap / C	2	3 / 8	5/1	139
08/11/24	Exeter / Grade 2, Handicap / C	1	3 / 5	11/2	139

Rath Gaul Hill

Jockey: Sam Twiston-Davies Trainer: Samuel Drinkwater Age/Wt: 7/10-2 F: P211-1 OR: 123

6/1

Comment: Progressive 7yo who made it three in a row when winning on comeback at Newbury (2m, soft) where he travelled strongly until after the last but only just fended off a determined rival; effectively 8lb higher from out of the weights (3lb wrong) but he might have needed that run and do better yet.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
28/02/25	Newbury / Handicap / C	3	1 / 5	9/2	118
19/04/24	Ayr / Handicap / C	3	1 / 6	5/2	114
23/03/24	Newbury / Handicap / C	3	1 / 7	10/3	107
21/02/24	Doncaster / Handicap / C	4	2 / 9	15/2	107
24/01/24	Chepstow / Handicap / C	4	P / 6	13/2	108
22/12/23	Uttoxeter / Handicap / C	4	4 / 5	9/1	110

Petit Tonnerre

Jockey: Jonjo O'Neill Jr. Trainer: Jonjo & A.J. O'Neill Age/Wt: 7/10-6 F: 2661B OR: 130

4 tips

7/1

Comment: Has run well in handicaps over hurdles and fences on this track; capable of better form than he showed at Newbury in November and refitting cheekpieces seemed to help when winning at Doncaster (2m, good) in January; brought down on his only start since; likely type.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
01/03/25	Doncaster / Handicap / C	2	B / 9	5/2	130
25/01/25	Doncaster / Handicap / C	2	1 / 7	7/2	125
30/11/24	Newbury / Handicap / C	2	6 / 9	8/1	127
16/11/24	Cheltenham / Grade 2 / C	1	6 / 8	15/2	127
27/10/24	Aintree / Handicap / C	3	2 / 7	3/1	125
30/06/24	Cartmel / Handicap / H	2	9 / 12	6/1	128

Primoz

Jockey: P W Wadge Trainer: Lucinda Russell Age/Wt: 7/10-6 F: 14F310 OR: 130

3 tips

17/2

Comment: Improved hurdle form when winning at Ayr last April and he looked a natural for fences when winning on chase debut at Wetherby (1m7f, good to soft) in October; the path hasn't been smooth for different reasons since and he had problems at the start of the Grand Annual at Cheltenham, thereafter unable to race as prominently as usual and losing heart; still of interest.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
12/03/25	Cheltenham / Grade 3, Handicap / C	1	14 / 20	6/1	130
14/02/25	Kelso / Handicap / C	3	1 / 2	4/7	129
20/01/25	Ayr / Handicap / C	3	3 / 4	13/8	130
18/12/24	Newbury / Handicap / C	3	F / 5	9/2	131
17/11/24	Cheltenham / Handicap / C	3	4 / 7	5/1	132
16/10/24	Wetherby / Handicap / C	3	1 / 5	4/6	123

Calico

Jockey: Harry Skelton Trainer: Dan Skelton Age/Wt: 9/11-2 F: P1343 OR: 140

10/1

Comment: Can lead; his one run here was a very respectable show until falling at the last in Grade 1 novice chase at the 2023 meeting; gained a useful win at Cheltenham (2m, good) in October and drying ground will suit but he needs to show he's well enough treated for this competitive a race.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
01/03/25	Doncaster / Handicap / C	2	3 / 9	12/1	141
25/01/25	Doncaster / Handicap / C	2	4 / 7	4/1	142
17/11/24	Cheltenham / Handicap / C	2	3 / 4	7/4	142
25/10/24	Cheltenham / Handicap / C	2	1 / 8	3/1	138
06/05/24	Kempton / Handicap / C	2	P / 5	3/1	140
01/04/24	Chepstow / Handicap / C	2	4 / 7	5/1	142

The Folkes Tiara

Jockey: Rachael Blackmore Trainer: Henry de Bromhead Age/Wt: 9/11-0 F: P-012 OR: 138

2 tips

10/1

Comment: Lost his way a touch in 2024 until returning from a break to win a well-contested Listed handicap at Fairyhouse (2m1f, yielding) in November and he lost nothing in a narrow defeat to a rapid improver at Leopardstown on Boxing Day; the handicapper has had his say but the yard has won two of the last five runnings; has to be respected.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
26/12/24	Leopardstown / Handicap / C	-	2 / 12	6/1	131
30/11/24	Fairyhouse / Listed, Handicap / C	-	1 / 10	8/1	126
02/05/24	Punchestown / Listed, Handicap / C	-	11 / 17	20/1	128
13/03/24	Cheltenham / Grade 3, Handicap / C	1	P / 16	33/1	133
03/02/24	Leopardstown / Listed, Handicap / C	-	8 / 11	7/1	130
26/12/23	Leopardstown / Handicap / C	-	1 / 10	11/2	124

General Medrano

Jockey: Ben Jones Trainer: Emma Lavelle Age/Wt: 8/11-5 F: 7-21428 OR: 143

14/1

Comment: Generally quite progressive over the winter and there shouldn't be much between him and Dr T J Eckleburg on Haydock form (2m, soft) in November; however he couldn't play a part in the Grand Annual at Cheltenham in March and he's been left on the same mark in another warm race.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
12/03/25	Cheltenham / Grade 3, Handicap / C	1	8 / 20	10/1	143
25/01/25	Doncaster / Handicap / C	2	2 / 7	9/2	141
18/12/24	Newbury / Handicap / C	3	4 / 5	11/8	141
30/11/24	Newbury / Handicap / C	2	1 / 9	8/1	131
23/11/24	Haydock / Handicap / C	3	2 / 7	4/1	129
22/04/24	Kempton / Handicap / C	3	7 / 11	5/1	131

Tommy's Oscar

Jockey: Danny McMenamin Trainer: Ann Hamilton Age/Wt: 10/12-0 F: 41-334 OR: 152

16/1

Comment: Ideally suited by a sharp 2m and he's back on the same mark as for an Ayr win last April; however, he prefers good to soft or slower ground and the sunny forecast spells danger; looks to have his work cut out trying to give weight to all bar one.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
01/03/25	Doncaster / Handicap / C	2	4 / 9	11/1	155
08/12/24	Kelso / Handicap / C	2	3 / 7	13/2	156
06/10/24	Kelso / Handicap / C	2	3 / 7	3/1	157
20/04/24	Ayr / Grade 3, Handicap / C	1	1 / 6	15/2	152
02/03/24	Doncaster / Handicap / C	2	4 / 5	11/8	154
04/02/24	Musselburgh / Handicap / C	2	4 / 8	8/1	156

Inedit Star

Jockey: Tom Broughton Trainer: Nick Kent Age/Wt: 7/10-5 F: 2-235 OR: 129

18/1

Comment: Hurdle winner in France nearly two years ago; some fair chase and hurdle runs in Britain but he bled from the nose when down the field at Sandown in January on latest outing; up against it this time.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
24/01/25	Sandown / Handicap / C	3	5 / 7	10/1	130
26/12/24	Aintree / Handicap / C	3	3 / 3	9/4	130
18/05/24	Bangor-On-Dee / Handicap / C	2	2 / 11	14/1	130
13/03/24	Huntingdon / Unknown / H	4	2 / 6	3/1	130
23/12/23	Haydock / Unknown / C	3	2 / 3	11/10	130
18/11/23	Wetherby / Handicap / C	3	2 / 4	13/2	130

Hunters Yarn

Jockey: J J Slevin Trainer: W. P. Mullins Age/Wt: 8/12-0 F: F15-6P OR: 152

22/1

Comment: Has two ways of jumping but he's perfectly capable of a virtually unblemished round, as when so impressive in a good beginners chase at Fairyhouse (2m1f, soft; has won on good to yielding) last January; this season has gone badly so far but he returned with a bruised sternum when pulled up in January and would be very interesting if back to anything like his best; tongue tied for first time since 2021.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
11/01/25	Fairyhouse / Grade 3, Handicap / C	-	P / 12	9/2	152
08/12/24	Cork / Grade 2 / C	-	6 / 8	16/1	152
12/03/24	Cheltenham / Grade 1 / C	1	5 / 10	15/2	153
13/01/24	Fairyhouse / Unknown / C	-	1 / 7	8/15	-
16/12/23	Fairyhouse / Unknown / C	-	F / 12	1/3	-
09/04/23	Fairyhouse / Grade 2 / H	-	2 / 6	6/5	143

Galunggung

Jockey: B S Hughes Trainer: Donald McCain Age/Wt: 9/10-5 F: 6321 OR: 129

25/1

Comment: Kept the excellent rules strike-rate going with a Carlisle win (2m, soft; effective on good to soft) in February but quicker ground raises some doubts against this more forbidding opposition.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
03/02/25	Carlisle / Handicap / C	3	1 / 6	7/4	124
20/01/25	Ayr / Handicap / C	3	2 / 4	6/1	122
26/12/24	Market Rasen / Handicap / C	4	3 / 4	7/2	122
23/11/24	Haydock / Handicap / C	3	6 / 7	4/1	124
15/05/24	Perth / Handicap / C	4	1 / 4	5/6	119
20/04/24	Bangor-On-Dee / Handicap / H	4	1 / 11	15/2	111

Gunsight Ridge

Jockey: S Bowen Trainer: Olly Murphy Age/Wt: 10/11-7 F: 31-FP1 OR: 145

28/1

Comment: All four chase wins on heavy and soft; disappointing favourite in the 2022 running of this but he was a C&D winner that autumn; said never to have travelled when pulled up in December but he redeemed himself in refitted cheekpieces when winning from Dr T J Eckleburg at Sandown (1m7f) in February; up 3lb to another career-high mark and today's different ground is a query.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
01/02/25	Sandown / Handicap / C	2	1 / 6	11/1	142
08/12/24	Kelso / Handicap / C	2	P / 7	4/1	142
17/11/24	Cheltenham / Handicap / C	2	F / 4	5/1	139
24/04/24	Perth / Handicap / C	3	1 / 5	6/4	134
23/03/24	Newbury / Handicap / C	2	3 / 6	6/1	135
15/02/24	Sandown / Handicap / C	3	2 / 10	9/1	135

Dr T J Eckleburg

Jockey: Adam Wedge Trainer: Evan Williams Age/Wt: 7/10-6 F: 2321 OR: 130

28/1

Comment: In good heart over the winter and there shouldn't be a huge amount between him and General Medrano and Gunsight Ridge on their respective Haydock and Sandown runs; however, all his best form is on soft and heavy ground so the surface switch is a worry.

Date	Course/Race Class/Type	Class	Result	SP	OR
22/02/25	Chepstow / Handicap / C	2	1 / 7	6/1	125
01/02/25	Sandown / Handicap / C	2	2 / 6	8/1	124
18/01/25	Haydock / Handicap / C	3	3 / 7	4/1	119
27/12/24	Chepstow / Handicap / C	4	2 / 8	12/1	119
23/11/24	Haydock / Handicap / C	3	1 / 7	14/1	112
30/10/24	Newton Abbot / Handicap / C	4	3 / 5	6/1	113