Ben Jones Sunday rides blog - October 25, 2026

Bluey - 3.00 Aintree

We've then got Bluey in the big race - and she's great at the moment. She progressed last season, and every time we thought she was just getting at her handicap mark, she just kept improving and improving. You never know, a break might have done her the world of good, and she can improve again. She's probably going to need to improve again to fit in this type of grade. But she's got no weight on her back, she goes well fresh and she's been in brilliant order at home, so I'm very much looking forward to giving it a go with her.

Vol Royale - 3.35 Aintree

I then finish the day with Vol Royale for Kayley Woollacott in a two-and-a-half-mile handicap. It's one I don't know a whole lot about, but he progressed last season, and has won a few, so he's gone up in the handicap, but not to a ridiculous mark. Kayley's horses seem to be in brilliant order, and hopefully this one is fit and ready to go first time out. If he's in the same kind of form as the rest of the stable, then he should hopefully be bang there for us. 

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