Rawnaq has Aintree options Rawnaq will have multiple options at Aintree after posting an excellent effort in finishing third at the Cheltenham Festival. Matthew Smith's charge won a Grade Two novice chase at Navan in February before stepping up to full company to finish two and three-quarter lengths adrift of Darna in the Brown Advisory & Merriebelle Stable Plate at Prestbury Park. The eight-year-old will now be given novice entries at Aintree, with Smith flexible on what distance to tackle with his stable star. He said: "He will get an entry in the Grade One at Aintree (the Manifesto Novices' Chase) over two and a half on the first day and he will also be entered in the three-mile Grade One (Mildmay Novices' Chase) there as well. "If he is OK after that, he could go to Punchestown. He has a few options there and we have no set plans with him. "He is tough and takes his racing well."
