Joe Tizzard: ‘I think Oscar Elite has an outstanding chance at Aintree.’

Coral ambassador Joe Tizzard previews his stable’s runners on day two of the Grand National Festival

Ahead of a busy day at Aintree, our man Joe Tizzard talks us through his stable’s runners, including several he feels have a good chance.

Aintree 13:45 – War Lord & Amarillo Sky

We run two in the Grade 3 handicap hurdle, War Lord and Amarillo Sky.

War Lord has been consistent all season, and perhaps the handicapper has just got hold of him a bit now.

We’re looking forward to going novice chasing with him next season, and he seems in good form at home, so he deserves to take his chance here, and if he runs up to his best form, that would give him a chance in an ultra-competitive race.

Amarillo Sky is more of an unknown. He got hiked in the weights for an admittedly impressive win at Exeter, so we’ve had to step him up in class.

Like War Lord he’ll be novice chasing next season, he did take some time to come to hand this year, but he looked good at Exeter, and that hopefully puts him in here with a decent each way chance, if he can take that next step forward.

Aintree 14:50 – Fiddlerontheroof and The Big Breakaway

We’re double handed here too, with two of our best novice chasers.

We were delighted with both Fiddlerontheroof and The Big Breakaway when they finished second and third behind Monkfish in the Brown Advisory at Cheltenham last month.

The Big Breakaway put it up to Monkfish that day, and that probably just stopped him finishing off his race strongly, whereas Fiddlerontheroof sat off the pace and picked up the pieces to take second.