Who To Follow On Day Two Of The Aintree Grand National Festival

Leading British trainer Nicky Henderson does not have many runners on the second day of the Grand National meeting but it looks to be more quality over quantity with all of them having chances.

His first runner of the afternoon is No Ordinary Joe in the William Hill Handicap Hurdle with the second in the Martin Pipe at the Cheltenham festival looking to go close again.

Henderson will be hoping Luccia can bounce back to form in the Grade One Top Novices' Hurdle, getting the allowance off the boys could be massive.

The Seven Barrows trainer runs one more in the Topham Handicap Chase with Fantastic Lady although a big price she is weighted to go well.

Henderson heads into the meeting sporting a strike rate of 18% for the last two weeks, managing to land four winners from his last 22 runners.

Experienced rider Davy Russell looks to be running at his final Aintree Grand National festival this year and on the Friday he will be hoping to go out with a bang.

In the opener he gets the leg back up on Gerri Colombe who was a very unlucky loser at the Cheltenham festival and in what looks a weaker race on his preferred soft ground he can go one better.

Russell then rides Found A Fifty in the second Grade One of the afternoon with this gelding being a talking horse this term and currently favourite for the Top Novices' Hurdle he has a big chance.

The riders final chance of the afternoon is the smart stayer Absolute Notions who skipped the Cheltenham festival in favour of this event.