{"id":12393,"date":"2025-04-02T12:05:45","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T12:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bettingsitesreviewed.co.uk\/?p=12393"},"modified":"2025-04-02T12:24:17","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T12:24:17","slug":"grand-national-festival-2025-day-2-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bettingsitesreviewed.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/04\/02\/grand-national-festival-2025-day-2-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand National Festival 2025 Day 2 Preview &#8211; Jonbon Out for Redemption in Melling Chase Defence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-12410\" title=\"Jonbon Aintree Grand National Festival 2025\" src=\"https:\/\/bettingsitesreviewed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Jonbon_Aintree_Grand_National_Festival_2025.jpg\" alt=\"Jonbon Aintree Grand National Festival 2025\" width=\"900\" height=\"623\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bettingsitesreviewed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Jonbon_Aintree_Grand_National_Festival_2025.jpg 900w, https:\/\/bettingsitesreviewed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Jonbon_Aintree_Grand_National_Festival_2025-300x208.jpg 300w, https:\/\/bettingsitesreviewed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Jonbon_Aintree_Grand_National_Festival_2025-768x532.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Grand National Festival of 2025 continues on Friday, 4 April with four more Grade 1s on the Mildmay Course. Jonbon is the headline act in the Melling Chase and looks to bounce back after suffering yet another Cheltenham Festival disappointment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Nicky Henderson&#8217;s solution to a mistake down the back straight in the Queen Mother Champion Chase that cost this high-profile horse victory is stepping him back up in trip. Jonbon landed the Melling Chase 12 months ago after skipping Cheltenham when a virus swept Seven Barrows.<\/p>\n<p>If there&#8217;s one thing the <a href=\"https:\/\/bettingsitesreviewed.co.uk\/blog\/2025\/04\/01\/aintree-festival-2025-day-1-preview\/\">Aintree Festival in 2025<\/a> provides, it&#8217;s a shot at redemption. Jonbon only faces three rivals in his defence of the Melling Chase before likely rounding his campaign off in the Celebration Chase at Sandown.<\/p>\n<p>Elsewhere on day two of the Grand National Festival 2025, the Mildmay Novices&#8217; Chase tests the stamina of eight steeplechasers. The Top Novices&#8217; Hurdle is a speedier examination, but the Sefton Novices&#8217; Hurdle is also about staying power.<\/p>\n<p>Over the famous Grand National fences, meanwhile, the Topham Chase takes centre stage 24 hours or so before the world&#8217;s greatest steeplechase. Action on the Mildmay Course this Friday also includes a couple of handicap hurdles.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s enough to keep punters and traders alike on <a href=\"https:\/\/bettingsitesreviewed.co.uk\/horse-racing\/\">horse racing betting sites<\/a> pretty busy, then. So too our experts, who cast their eye down the card on Merseyside in search of some Friday fancies. Here&#8217;s what they like at the Liverpool venue and why.<\/p>\n<h2>Grand National Festival 2025 Day 2 Preview<\/h2>\n<h3>1:45 &#8211; 3m 1f Grade 1 Mildmay Novices&#8217; Chase<\/h3>\n<p><iframe title=\"CALDWELL POTTER produces jumping masterclass to give Nicholls 50th Cheltenham Festival winner\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1mg5VjfLzkg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11071 alignright\" title=\"Sir Alex Ferguson silks\" src=\"https:\/\/bettingsitesreviewed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Sir_Alex_Ferguson_silks.png\" alt=\"Sir Alex Ferguson silks\" width=\"129\" height=\"200\" \/>An intriguing opener with half the field enjoying an official rating of over 150. Any of the quartet could win it, but\u00a0<strong>CALDWELL POTTER <\/strong>made most of the running in the inaugural edition of the Grade 2 Jack Richards Novices&#8217; Limited Handicap Chase at Cheltenham in such style that this longer trip might suit him even better. Paul Nicholls&#8217; expensive purchase from Ireland is totally unexposed as a stayer.<\/p>\n<p>If Caldwell Potter can&#8217;t follow-up, then\u00a0<strong>Handstands\u00a0<\/strong>is a major threat stepping back up in trip for Ben Pauling. His Scilly Isles defeat of Jango Baie around Sandown has been advertised by the runner-up going one better in the Arkle. Don&#8217;t forget about the only previous Aintree winner in the line-up, though.<\/p>\n<p>That is\u00a0<strong>Dancing City<\/strong>, who beat\u00a0<strong>Stellar Story<\/strong> here in the Sefton 12 months ago on this card. Willie Mullins hopes a return to Merseyside can revive the former&#8217;s fortunes. The latter won last term&#8217;s Albert Bartlett and ran second in the Brown Advisory at Cheltenham for Gordon Elliott and Gigginstown House Stud.<\/p>\n<p>Even Joseph O&#8217;Brien runner\u00a0<strong>Jordans<\/strong>, another unexposed over the trip, and Polly Gundry mare\u00a0<strong>Don&#8217;t Rightly Know<\/strong>, who receives weight all-round, have a squeak of getting in amongst the market principals on the pick of their form. Class may tell in the end, however, and Caldwell Potter is from an excellent jumping family.<\/p>\n<h3>2:20 &#8211; 2m 4f William Hill Handicap Hurdle (Premier Handicap)<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">He&#8217;s done it again! \ud83d\ude4c<\/p>\n<p>Back-to-back wins in the feature <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Betfair?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Betfair<\/a> Imperial Cup Handicap Hurdle for the admirable Go Dante, with the nine-year-old forging ahead close home to score for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sean_Bowen_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Sean_Bowen_<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/O_J_murphy91?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@O_J_murphy91<\/a> combination \ud83e\udd47 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qZAlEAeg7U\">pic.twitter.com\/qZAlEAeg7U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Sandown Park (@Sandownpark) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sandownpark\/status\/1898382022579474750?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 8, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10997 alignright\" title=\"Megsons silks\" src=\"https:\/\/bettingsitesreviewed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/Megsons_silks.png\" alt=\"Megsons silks\" width=\"129\" height=\"200\" \/>Wide open as usual, so something unexposed at the trip might deliver in the first handicap hurdle of the Grand National Festival in 2025. The suggestion is\u00a0<strong>WRECKLESS ERIC<\/strong>, who hasn&#8217;t quite had the pace for two miles this season and looked strong at the finish when runner-up in the Imperial Cup at Sandown. An extra half-mile on an easier track could be ideal for him.<\/p>\n<p>Jonjo O&#8217;Neill also saddles joint-bottom weight\u00a0<strong>Wellington Arch<\/strong>, who just finished in front of re-opposing rival\u00a0<strong>Blenkinsop\u00a0<\/strong>around Uttoxeter. Both hit the frame that day, but take each other on again with better underfoot going.\u00a0<strong>Tintintin<\/strong> wasn&#8217;t far behind Wreckless Eric at Sandown either, so has claims for Fergal O&#8217;Brien.<\/p>\n<p>Punters should always be wary of handicap debutants in these races, so\u00a0<strong>Wade Out\u00a0<\/strong>commands respect off a workable mark of 128. <strong>Listentoyourheart\u00a0<\/strong>also fits the bill, but Dan Skelton stable jockey and brother Harry rides beaten Coral Cup favourite <strong>Be Aware<\/strong>. That one must improve on eighth place at Cheltenham, whilst the former has conditional jockey Harry Atkins taking a handy 7lb off.<\/p>\n<p>From those higher in the weights, meanwhile, this 2m 4f trip could bring more out of last season&#8217;s Scottish Champion Hurdle hero <strong>Favour And Fortune <\/strong>and Sam Thomas inmate <strong>Steel Ally<\/strong>. JP McManus owned pair\u00a0<strong>Impose Toi<\/strong>, who frames the handicap, and <strong>Kopeck De Mee<\/strong> have it to do off their current marks on this quicker ground.<\/p>\n<h3>2:55 &#8211; 2m 103y Grade 1 Top Novices&#8217; Hurdle<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Sign, sealed delivered by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JohnnyBurke2?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@JohnnyBurke2<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfc6 Tripoli Flyer takes the win in the Ladbrokes Dovecote Novices&#8217; Hurdle \ud83c\udfc6<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ITVRacing?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ITVRacing<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FOBRacing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FOBRacing<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kemptonparkrace?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@kemptonparkrace<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/i52iADCU8m\">pic.twitter.com\/i52iADCU8m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 ITV Racing (@itvracing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/itvracing\/status\/1893316852845072639?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 22, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12399 alignright\" title=\"Tripoli Flyer silks\" src=\"https:\/\/bettingsitesreviewed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Tripoli_Flyer_silks.png\" alt=\"Tripoli Flyer silks\" width=\"129\" height=\"200\" \/>This sharper track is a real concern for Supreme Novices&#8217; Hurdle third and fifth\u00a0<strong>Romeo Coolio\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Salvator Mundi<\/strong>. One who skipped Cheltenham for the Grand National Festival of 2025 appeals instead. That is none other than course bumper second\u00a0<strong>TRIPOLI FLYER<\/strong>, who was most impressive on a flat course when bolting up around Kempton in the Dovecote.<\/p>\n<p>Fergal O&#8217;Brien has probably had this race in the back of his mind all along. Tripoli Flyer was unlucky not to win at this meeting on Grand National day 12 months ago, but can go one better. Of the others, last year&#8217;s Mares&#8217; Bumper heroine\u00a0<strong>Diva Luna\u00a0<\/strong>could go well now returned to this easier track.<\/p>\n<p>Also worth a look each way is Lucinda Russell&#8217;s Scottish raider\u00a0<strong>Jet To Vegas<\/strong>, who ran out a ready winner of a Grade 2 on home turf at Kelso. It&#8217;s surprising to see Neil King run\u00a0<strong>Rubber Ball\u00a0<\/strong>at this level off a mark of 128, meanwhile, as he looks potentially well-handicapped.\u00a0 The others make little appeal with\u00a0<strong>Royal Infantry\u00a0<\/strong>most disappointing when turned over at odds-on around Haydock.<\/p>\n<h3>3:30 &#8211; 2m 4f Grade 1 Melling Chase<\/h3>\n<p><iframe title=\"FULL RACE: Melling Chase distance proves just the ticket for Jonbon\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/KdZ_lwLzDJk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-10921 alignright\" title=\"JP McManus silks\" src=\"https:\/\/bettingsitesreviewed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/JP_McManus.jpg\" alt=\"JP McManus silks\" width=\"129\" height=\"200\" \/>As a more mature horse, this longer trip should be optimum for\u00a0<strong>JONBON<\/strong>. He returns to the Grand National Festival in 2025 as the reigning champ and still has opposition running scared despite that Champion Chase mistake. Nicky Henderson and McManus should give serious thought to campaigning Jonbon over the intermediate distance more often moving forward.<\/p>\n<p>With just three rivals against him, a clear round wins it.\u00a0<strong>El Fabiolo<\/strong> has defied Jonbon before, but his own odds-on defeat in the Webster Cup around Navan raises serious question marks. The bigger threat may come from\u00a0<strong>Protektorat<\/strong>, but he didn&#8217;t follow-up on Ryanair Chase glory in this race 12 months ago.<\/p>\n<p>A poor fourth when defending that crown at Cheltenham is arguably a worse run than Jonbon&#8217;s latest effort. Completing the Melling Chase line-up this year is another Simon Munir and Isaac Souede horse in\u00a0<strong>Matata<\/strong>. He&#8217;s the likely pace angle for Nigel Twiston-Davies here, but will his stamina last the extra half-mile after fading into third around Newbury in the Game Spirit?<\/p>\n<h3>4:05 &#8211; 2m 5f Topham Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap)<\/h3>\n<p><iframe title=\"A WILD Glenfarclas Cross Country Race!\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gOusaOyW13w?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12403 alignright\" title=\"The Goffer silks\" src=\"https:\/\/bettingsitesreviewed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/The_Goffer_silks.png\" alt=\"The Goffer silks\" width=\"129\" height=\"200\" \/>Normally speaking, previous form over the big fences or completing the course is key. The suggestion in this feature race on day two of the Grand National Festival in 2025 is\u00a0<strong>THE GOFFER<\/strong>. He finished the big one last year in 13th, but was also a tenderly handled fourth from out of the handicap in the Cheltenham Cross Country.<\/p>\n<p>Although behind <strong>Latenightpass\u00a0<\/strong>on both occasions, The Goffer is a younger horse aged nine. He also fits the ratings profile which, in recent years, has moved away from those carrying heavier weights. Danny Gilligan now takes the ride on The Goffer, who looks the pick of Elliott&#8217;s trio.<\/p>\n<p>Last year&#8217;s runner-up\u00a0<strong>James Du Berlais\u00a0<\/strong>has obvious claims, but so do other Mullins mounts. They include\u00a0<strong>Glengouly<\/strong> and\u00a0<strong>Adamantly Chosen<\/strong>, who both have Aintree experience too. Henry De Bromhead and Nicky Henderson run two apiece, meanwhile, with old rivals <strong>Shantreusse\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Fantastic Lady\u00a0<\/strong>taking each other on again.<\/p>\n<p>They finished seventh and sixth behind James Du Berlais 12 months ago. Towards the foot of the weights are a couple of others who know what the fences are like. Henry Daly saddles <strong>Lounge Lizard<\/strong>, who missed the Topham last season but has landed the same prep race around Huntingdon. <strong>Escaria Ten <\/strong>won&#8217;t mind the good ground for Martin Keighley and runs in a first-time visor.<\/p>\n<h3>4:40 &#8211; 3m 147y Grade 1 Sefton Novices&#8217; Hurdle<\/h3>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-media-max-width=\"560\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">A winner for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/gelliott_racing?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@gelliott_racing<\/a> as Familiar Dreams bolts up in the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Shannon Spray Mares Novice Hurdle in the hands of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GainfordJordan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@GainfordJordan<\/a> \ud83c\udfc6<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/IrishEBF_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@IrishEBF_<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9kwqIqRJYK\">pic.twitter.com\/9kwqIqRJYK<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Limerick Races (@LimerickRaces) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LimerickRaces\/status\/1900172588229201927?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 13, 2025<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12406 alignright\" title=\"Familiar Dreams silks\" src=\"https:\/\/bettingsitesreviewed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Familiar_Dreams_silks.png\" alt=\"Familiar Dreams silks\" width=\"128\" height=\"200\" \/>A sweet 16 runners in the final top level race of the Friday at the Grand National Festival in 2025. Elliott runs a couple and the mare <strong>FAMILIAR DREAMS <\/strong>tops official ratings whilst receiving a 7lb sex allowance all-round. She&#8217;s a bit of each-way value in a competitive edition. Familiar Dreams looked better than ever when landing a Grade 3 at Limerick over 2m 6f last month.<\/p>\n<p>There are plenty of dangers, however, headed by stable companion\u00a0<strong>Jacobs Ladder\u00a0<\/strong>and Henderson&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Califet En Vol<\/strong>. Both should improve for this longer trip and skipped Cheltenham to run here. O&#8217;Neill looks to have laid out course winner <strong>Mister Meggitt\u00a0<\/strong>too, but he&#8217;s light on hurdling experience.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Battle Born Lad<\/strong> has no stamina doubts with Mark Walford&#8217;s runner landing the Grade 2 Prestige at Haydock last time. He readily accounted for <strong>Moon Rocket<\/strong> that day. French raider <strong>Jet Blue\u00a0<\/strong>flopped in the Albert Bartlett and again encounters quicker going than ideal on Merseyside. The rest of the field have quite a bit to find on either form or ratings.<\/p>\n<h3>5:15 &#8211; 2m 103y Class 2 Conditional Jockeys&#8217; And Amateur Riders&#8217; Handicap Hurdle<\/h3>\n<p><iframe title=\"CRACKING RHAPSODY retains Morebattle Hurdle crown\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/MxiVJ0-I9p4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-12408 alignright\" title=\"Alnilam silks\" src=\"https:\/\/bettingsitesreviewed.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/04\/Alnilam_silks.png\" alt=\"Alnilam silks\" width=\"128\" height=\"200\" \/>Those placed in the Morebattle Hurdle could be the ones to concentrate on as the Friday of the Grand National Festival 2025 draws to a close.\u00a0<strong>ALNILAM<\/strong> fared best of those in second and now has Beau Morgan booked by Olly Murphy, taking a handy 5lb off with his claim. Factoring that in, he is effectively just 2lb above his last winning mark around Southwell and should confirm Kelso form with those in-behind.<\/p>\n<p>Also in the frame in Scotland behind Alnilam was Russell&#8217;s <strong>Old Gregorian<\/strong>, who again has 7lb claimer Conner McCann aboard. Back in fourth was\u00a0<strong>Slugger<\/strong>, one of two for Harry Derham with claims. Connections book Irish amateur Finian Maguire now. The yard also has\u00a0<strong>Lario <\/strong>with John Gleeson taking over in the saddle and 3lb off.<\/p>\n<p>Favourite\u00a0<strong>Afadil<\/strong> ran third in this 12 months ago, but seems to always found one or two too good these days.\u00a0<strong>Fiercely Proud\u00a0<\/strong>could have more races in him with Callum Pritchard removing 5lb from his back. One at the foot of the weights, but not running from out of the handicap is Tony Martin&#8217;s Irish raider <strong>Hamsiyann<\/strong>, who looks dangerous dropped back in trip.<\/p>\n<p>On a form line through Wade Out, a fancy for the 2m 4f handicap earlier on the card,\u00a0<strong>Celtic Dino\u00a0<\/strong>could be well-treated for Sam Thomas and Dylan Johnston. The same trainer and owners frame the weights with\u00a0<strong>Lump Sum<\/strong>, who Will Biddick rides. Plenty of others could get involved in a tough concluding race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Grand National Festival of 2025 continues on Friday, 4 April with four more Grade 1s on the Mildmay Course. Jonbon is the headline act in the Melling Chase and looks to bounce back after suffering yet another Cheltenham Festival disappointment. 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