Fair points yeats. Perhaps a 160 cap? I didn’t see it as being a Grand National trial as such, though you could not remove the perceived or actual link, but concentrating on that pushes the focus to the Grand National, which gets more than enough publicity.
The Silver version would, ideally, be an homage to the great years of the big race when handicappers we saw year after year had a chance, or, at the very least, you got to see them have their big day. I’d see it more as a retro National for old sods like me.
The conditions would need altering too to ensure the big guys couldn’t set one up ratings wise.