Cheltenham form at Aintree

Alistair Whitehouse-Jones does a nice little piece in this week’s Weekender – reckoning a run at Cheltenham can be a positive when turning out again at Aintree –

Apparently,

no less than 34 of the 57 winners at Aintree (excluding bumpers) during the last three seasons took in Cheltenham, including all bar 6 of the 19 winners last year.

You would expect the races to be flooded with festival participants & yet at last year’s meet (ex- bumpers again), only 111 of the 284 declared runners competed at Prestbury Park.
That’s a 39% coverage, which makes their SR of 69% impressive.

Furthermore, of the 34 winners in question during the last 3 years, 20 recorded a first 4 position at Cheltenham, including 9 of the 13 winners last year.

Big Buck’s, Albertas Run & Peddlers Cross won at both meetings.