Mac primed for latest assault on National fences
Grand Sefton winner taking on Becher challenge.
Mac Tottie will aim for a unique double in the Unibet Becher Handicap Chase at Aintree on Saturday. Only a handful of races are run over the Grand National fences each season, with three of those at the big meeting in April – meaning options were limited. That was certainly the case when the Grand Sefton and Becher Chase were held on the same afternoon, as they had been up until this year, but running the Grand Sefton and Aintree’s November meeting means horses can now run in both.Victory at the first time of asking over the Grand National fences!
Mac Tottie strikes in the GBP 80,000 @betway Grand Sefton for @Peter_Bowen_ and @Sean_Bowen_ at @AintreeRaces pic.twitter.com/hEcrEc6yOi — Racing TV (@RacingTV) November 6, 2021
Peter Bowen, who trained Always Waining to win three Topham Chases over the National fences, expects Mac Tottie to be even more suited by the extra distance in the Becher than when he won the Grand Sefton. He said: “It probably will be harder task and he’s got 7lb more to carry so it will be harder, but I think the trip will suit and he’ll be even better going a bit further. Fingers crossed he should go well. “We’ve not had many that don’t take to the fences, most of the ones we have run tend to take to them and it’s been a very lucky place for us. He took to them straight away, we didn’t think it would be an issue and it wasn’t.
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