Taranis Throws His Hat Into The Grand National Ring

Until Saturday January 30th very few people would have thought of the Paul Nicholls trained Taranis as a potential John Smith’s Grand National winner, but after a tremendous performance to win Cheltenham’s Argento Chase he now looks one to seriously consider, writes Elliot Slater. Held in high regard by Paul Nicholls since his novice hurdle [...]

Raptor Out To Land Another National For ‘NTD’

Trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies (NTD) has won the John Smith’s Grand National twice before with Earth Summit (1998) and Bindaree (2002), and this year once again has a number of likely sorts including last year’s Topham Chase winner Irish Raptor, writes Elliot Slater.

Venturi Leaps Up Grand National list

Vic Venturi put in a polished performance to land one of Ireland’s principal John Smiths Grand National Trials, the Bobbyjo Chase at Fairyhouse, and is now amongst the ante-post favourites for the big race in April, writes Elliot Slater. Winner of the Becher Chase at Aintree earlier this season, Dessie Hughes’ charge had, (like so [...]

Dark Horse Possol Treading Unique Aintree Path

Henry Daly is not by nature the most optimistic of characters but there is little doubt that the Shropshire handler holds high hopes that his Possol could do something special at Aintree in April, writes Elliot Slater. Only a seven-year-old, French bred Possol has already proved himself to be a talented performer, last season giving [...]

Ante Post Grand National Runners

It’s still four months until the 2010 Grand National (10th April 2010) but already there are some movements on the runners in the race on the ante post markets. If you’ve got a pre-race favorite already it might be worth tracking the ante post Grand National odds for the next few months. Every month we [...]

Grand National Blogs

It’s about this time of year when the entries for the 2010 Grand National start to take shape. Ante post markets have already formed and there’s a few contenders already worth a second look. If you want to check out some big priced runners for the annual Aintree race then try these blogs. The first [...]