2 POINTS

AINTREE 3.20 ... SOLWAY SAM 2 Pts @ 15/2 S.James, 7/1 P.Power, BlueSq, VC.

Richie MGrath 2 from 4 on the gelding for a trainer with a 16% strike rate here showing a +36 Pt profit to level stakes over the last 5 seasons.


Solway Sam has a decent strike rate for one so lightly raced, he won here when fresh last October in a National Hunt flat event before sent over obstacles early this Year.
This step up in trip should suit the way he has stayed on late over 20 furlongs, where with some decent rounds of jumping he has scored 3 from 5 since going over hurdles.
His penultimate run he had the field spread out with some 120 plus rated rivals in arrears and last time out, he and Lambro Lad were 30 plus length clear of Nodform Violet, who on his previous outing, was beaten around 17 length by Henry Daly's 143 rated hurdler Possol, which makes Solway Sam's hurdle mark worthy of the 133 he is allotted for this.

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