Betfred Grand Sefton Handicap Chase (3.25pm) with talented chaser Stormin Exit on course for the extended two mile and five-furlong contest at Aintree on Betfred Becher Chase Grand National Trials Day, which takes place this season on its new date of Saturday, December 3.

Stormin Exit
Grossick Racing Photography

The Scottish handler sent down Lampion Du Bost for a 66/1 surprise over the Grand National fences in 2007 and followed up 12 months later with Endless Power.

Stormin Exit himself looked set to lay down a strong challenge in the Betfred Grand Sefton Handicap Chase last season before exiting the race at Becher’s Brook. He returned to Aintree in the spring to finish eighth over the same course and distance in the Listed 2010 John Smith’s Grand National.

A seven-race card on Becher Chase Grand National Trials Day also includes the 35,000 Listed Betfred Goals Galore Bonus Chase (2.50pm). The action gets underway with at 12.00pm with the Jaguar Maiden Hurdle and continues with the Betfred Goals Galore Handicap Hurdle (12.35pm), the Betfred 1350 Shops Nationwide Novices’ Handicap Hurdle (1.10pm) and the Betfred Free Machine Play Mares’ Standard Open National Hunt Flat Race (1.40pm).