Ben Morgan looks at the action on Thursday

AINTREE - DAY ONE
MANIFESTO NOVICES CHASE
This race often turns out to be clash of the best novice chasers with horses in the race dropping back down from 3m, some stepping up from two and some intermediate specialists all going to battle. This makes it hard for punters to compare form lines and even harder to find the winner.
I think the one to be on is WILLOUGHBY COURT, who unfortunately missed Cheltenham due to a minor injury. I think he would have ended up going off favourite in the JLT if he had run there, as punters would have ...