Daily Placepots 
/ Joe Szekeres / 02 December 2011 / Leave a Comment 
The Becher Chase over the National fences is leg 2 of the Scoop6
"Always Waining has to be respected bearing in mind his affinity with Aintree and the unique Grand National fences..."
There is £2million+ up for grabs this weekend for anybody lucky enough to land the Scoop6 before going on to land the bonus. Timeform's Joe Szekeres gives you his thoughts on the six races while coming up with a suggested perm...
13:25 Sandown - Drumbaloo was a very promising youngster two seasons ago and went off the well-fancied third favourite for the 2010 Cheltenham Champion Bumper, only to finish well beaten. He never seemed to transfer that Bumper ability to hurdles last year, but a change of stable seems to have revitalised him, an impressive victory at Chepstow on his debut for Evan Williams last time clear evidence of that. Drumbaloo is only 8 lb higher now, which isn't enough to prevent him giving another good account. Arrayan is another worthy of inclusion given David Pipe's ability to get his horses ready first time out and his record in recent big-race handicaps. Arrayan looked on the upgrade last season before unseating at Taunton on his penultimate start, when almost certain to win. He disappointed in the Imperial Cup last time, but we can forget that run and there is every chance he has improved over the summer. Poungach is the final selection in a tricky opener, given his progressive profile and lofty reputation, and one of the trio will hopefully navigate us through the first leg.
14:10 Aintree - Always Waining has to be respected bearing in mind his affinity with Aintree and the unique Grand National fences, so he is an obvious starting point. Twice a winner of the Topham, his style suggests the extra distance here should be of little problem. Niche Market is another with Aintree experience, having finished fifth in last season's Grand National, and he should be capable of going close. Nicto de Beauchene is the third and final selection in this leg. An impressive winner on his seasonal reappearance at Bangor last month, he is well handicapped based on a victory at Sandown last season and, with headgear employed, seems a solid selection.
14:30 Sandown - Edgardo Sol is the most likely winner of this handicap given the manner of his victory last time out at Cheltenham, travelling well for much of the way before quickening up to put the race to bed inside the final two furlongs. He seemed to have a bit in hand at the finish and is definitely worth siding with again. Venetia Williams' horses have come back into form recently and Tenor Nivernais can add to her good run. Tenor Nivernais, who ran well below form when well fancied for the Fred Winter Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival last season, was pulled up on his reappearance this term, but the yard was out of form and he can now regain the progressive thread.
15:05 Sandown- Many will be banking on Sizing Europe in this leg, but we're going to take the favourite on with Wishfull Thinking . Wishfull Thinking has all of the right attributes to do well at Sandown, given his front-running tactics and natural jumping ability, so there is every chance he could get a few of these in trouble from some way out. He is our one and only banker of the afternoon
15:20 Aintree - Buffalo Bob is Timeform top-rated and the main hope in the fifth leg. The pick of his form comes from Bangor last year, where he finished second behind Summery Justice. There have been a couple of subsequent winners emerge from that contest, whilst the winner himself is fancied to go well in the Welsh National later on this month. Linnel is the other one worth siding with in this contest and he should come on for his latest run, where he finished second. A lack of recent run seemed to be his undoing on that occasion and, with Arthur Moore rarely racing his horses in Britian, Linnel should be respected.
15:40 Sandown - Madison du Berlais has dropped so far down the weights recently that he is worth gambling on. Deep Purple is another classy chaser who has dropped in the weights and the step up in trip gives him the chance to banish his critics. The final selection is Do it for Dalkey, who boasts a progressive profile and is definitely a chaser on the upgrade. Two recent victories have seen him increase in the weights but we predict there might still be further improvement to come.
Selections
13:25 Sandown - 3, 10, 16
14:10 Aintree - 3, 5, 9
14:30 Sandown - 6, 10
15:05 Sandown - 9
15:20 Aintree - 11, 13
15:40 Sandown - 1, 3, 7
= 108 lines
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