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Hennessy winner heads stellar line-up for Aintree test
3.50 Aintree188Bet Monet's Garden Old Roan Handicap Chase | Grade 2 | 2m4f | 4yo+ | RUK
Rarely can there have been more strength in depth to the field for this Grade 2 chase, not even on the famous day nine years ago when Monet's Garden got the better of Kauto Star.
No fewer than five of these nine runners won in Grade 1 or Grade 2 company last season, with Sire De Grugy landing the fifth top-level success of his career in the Tingle Creek at Sandown.
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