The sponsors have installed Gold Cup hero Imperial Commander as their 5/6 favourite for the totesport Bowl at Aintree on Thursday.
The Nigel Twiston-Davies-trained nine-year-old takes on four rivals, two of whom he beat in the Gold Cup, the fourth Carruthers and the sixth Calgary Bay. The other runners are Sir Alex Ferguson’s Grade One winner What A Friend, successful in the Lexus Chase at Leopardstown in December, and Nacarat, who was second in the Racing Post Chase at Kempton in February.
“Imperial Commander lowered the colours of both Kauto Star and Denman in the Gold Cup and will be aiming to achieve something that neither of his illustrious rivals could manage in recent years in taking the totesport Bowl,' said totesport spokesman George Primarolo.
totesport Bowl - sponsors bet: 5/6 Imperial Commander, 3 What A Friend, 9/2 Nacarat, 14 Calgary Bay, 16 Carruthers.
