Our Aintree tips for Friday focus on day two of the 2026 Grand National Festival and include selections for all seven races.
With four more Grade One contests featured on another cracking card, punters are treated to lots of quality and quantity.
Aintree Friday Tips – Grand National Festival Day 2
13:45 Tip
13:45 William Hill Handicap Hurdle – Hot Fuss
Tom Dascombe’s five-year-old has had a busy campaign but showed no signs of going over the top when an excellent second of 24 in the Martin Pipe at Cheltenham.
14:20 Tip
14:20 William Hill Mildmay Novices’ Chase – Miami Magic
Was far from disgraced when third in the Scilly Isles at Sandown and deserves this step back up in class to Grade One company following a 15-length romp at Newbury.
14:55 Tip
14:55 Thatprizeguy Top Novices’ Hurdle – Sober Glory (NAP)
Trained by Philip Hobbs and Johnson White, the Brocade Racing-owned six-year-old has done barely a thing wrong in progressing from point to points to bumpers and then to hurdles.
When lining up at the Cheltenham Festival he had just one loss on his record, a fourth-placed run in a Listed Sandown race, but a line can be drawn through that effort considering the two wide-margin Newbury victories that followed.
In the Supreme, Sober Glory looked a real threat coming to the last, but a jumping error took the wind out of his sails and he was also then hampered when rallying up the hill.
Though having to settle for second, that run was hugely encouraging and he will not have his Cheltenham conqueror Old Park Star to contend with here, so this looks just the spot for him to gain a Grade One success during his novice season over hurdles.
15:30 Tip
15:30 JCB Melling Chase – Heart Wood
A 10-length winner of the Ryanair at Cheltenham, the eight-year-old has enjoyed a productive season with two earlier Grade Three wins on home soil.
Henry de Bromhead’s charge arrives in Liverpool in fine spirits then, and has run pleasingly at the track before when third in the Mildmay in 2024.
Jonbon, who finished second behind him at Prestbury Park and who has won the Melling Chase for the past two seasons, has Sandown in his sights instead and this therefore looks a nice chance for Heart Wood to complete the Cheltenham-Aintree double.
16:05 Tip
16:05 Randox Topham Handicap Chase – Will The Wise
Put in a cracking effort when second of 23 in the Plate at Cheltenham and this seven-year-old, who has always been well thought of by Gavin Cromwell, looks the type to relish running over the National fences.
16:40 Tip
16:40 Oddschecker Sefton Novices’ Hurdle – No Drama This End
Failed to land a blow at the Festival when considered a good thing in the Turners but has a chance to set the record straight in this elite-level event.
Trained by Paul Nicholls to win three graded races this term, including the Grade One Challow, the grey was a 5/2 chance at Prestbury Park but was pulled up after nothing went to plan.
No Drama This End wisely steps up in trip, which his point-to-point form invites, and can put the woes of Cheltenham firmly behind him with a far more true-to-form effort on what will likely be one of his final runs over hurdles.
17:15 Tip
17:15 Debenhams Handicap Hurdle – Wandering Ego
Enjoyed a nice confidence boost when scoring comfortably at Huntingdon last month and it is worth remembering he was once favourite to beat Old Park Star at Kempton earlier this term.
Grand National Festival Day 2 Tips
Aintree Betting Tips – Grand National Festival Friday
Hot Fuss – 13:45 William Hill Handicap Hurdle
Miami Magic – 14:20 William Hill Mildmay Novices’ Chase
Sober Glory (NAP) – 14:55 Thatprizeguy Top Novices’ Hurdle
Heart Wood – 15:30 JCB Melling Chase
Will The Wise – 16:05 Randox Topham Handicap Chase
No Drama This End – 16:40 Oddschecker Sefton Novices’ Hurdle
Wandering Ego – 17:15 Debenhams Handicap Hurdle
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