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Internationaldebut for me too! To be chased home by Splendorinthegrass. Wish it was that easy!
Fabalu, if placed right could also be one to follow. Wish I had a couple which were a lot more obscure, but that’s the best I can do.
Not so much of a dark horse over jumps, but think Deutschland could pick up a decent prize on the flat!
Definitely One Man for me too. That was hard to take, especially so soon after his victory at Cheltenham! So many more though!
John,
Not Ted Walsh’s biggest fan, but big fan of Gleesons, a gut I’ve always liked. I’d like to see more of him over here! Only seen the others in snippets, but certainly seemed to be ok to me! I wasn’t watching the full coverage last week, but got some if it through a link. I can only assume interruptions have been driving you up the wall. Never fun!
John, he was as bad as ever this week, he just can’t commentate,can he?
Didn’t have as many highlights this week as previous years, but a few things stood out!
The continuing rise of Paul Townend was great to see, as was the return of Hurricane Fly. Hope he stays fit for next season, if he does, the Champion Hurdle should be a cracker. It was also great to see War of Attrition bow out with a brave effort! Forpady ran his heart out again, he’ll win a big one soon hopefully, and the same can be said for Deutchsland and Bensalem.
Yeah, never struck me as a stayer either, just thought worth a mention on your thread, as Mullins obviously thinks of him as a future National horse, and kept him entered till late on this year!
Can’t quite put my finger on it, he just impressed me today. Really battled on today, and full of running at the the end. Don’t know why, just really took to him today! Probably talking through my b@ckside again though!
As for the pedigree, I’ll have to take your word on that, I’m hopeless when it comes to these things. Clueless! Ha!
Gerald, I know Mullins said he thinks of Deutchsland as a future National horse. I thought that was a pretty eye-catching run today, albeit under slightly different conditions from Aintree! Well, caught my eye anyway!
Well done Young Fella, good call.
Fingers crossed for Kilcrea Castle, but it didn’t look good!
Was delighted to see my old fave Monkerhostin run such a big race, and I hate to say it, but I’d really like to see him retired now!
Normally wait till the day, but couldn’t resist a few early bets this week, albeit pretty small ones!
Marty’s Mission @ 110’s
Monkerhostin @ 50’s
Tamarinbleu @ 30’sProbably have a bigger bet on one of these tomorrow!
Rich, I agree, Petit Margot for me, and I think his other runners today are well worth a look!
Gonna go for Idle Talk, and stick it in exacta and trifecta with Out The Black, and Razor Royale as well!
It goes without saying, that everybody will disagree on certain positions, so on it’s first posting I didn’t bother posting any queries. However, seen a couple of people asking, so I thought I’d give a couple of my own.
Near the bottom, how can Jumbeau, one run fell first, be at 1555, yet Mount Oliver, one run, brought down at 9th be at 1587. One of my old faves, Solihull Sport is at 1583 having one run and a first fence fall, yet Zabenz is way down at 1611, having had to pull up (with a broken leather) after Bechers, and then getting as far as water jump with next attempt.
From nearer the top, how can winners Mr Frisk (record time), and Seagram, be well below Him Of Praise, 1 attempt, ref 27th, and Beau, 2 starts, 2 falls. I know both winners both PU on subsequent attempts, but they still both got further than Beau ever did.
Being polite, you might need to tweak this just a little.
It definitely doesn’t need anymore changes. It’s been changed enough, and if there is anymore, it just won’t be a Grand National. I don’t think moving it to another time of year would work. I think we can do without the risk of any postponements, which would inevitably happen. Reducing the number of runners would also be a no-go. The Grand National is about many things, one of them being, that it is a spectacle. Look back to 96 when there were 28 runners, poor Rust Never Sleeps broke a leg lobbing a way at the back of the field in plenty of space. Fatalitles will happen anywhere be it in a 40 runner national, a 10 runner chase, or a 7 runner sprint, not to mention on the gallops. 40 runners has absolutely no bearing on the risk to horses.
As for raising the height of fences, I’m actually in favour of that, but understandably, I think it would kick up too much controversy.
As I said, it just needs leaving alone!
I think they’ll give it a go, and despite my previous post, I really like him, he’s a smashing big horse.
I just have my concerns over him around there.
dave, I feel your pain, but I’m sure there’ll be loads of us in the same boat. I had Maljimar as my main fancy, and he was running a blinder till he fell. I’m also of the opinion though, that it is irrelevant, as hand on heart, i don’t think he would have beaten Don’t Push It. I could give you a few hard luck stories on my slelctions over the years, 3 brought downs, falling when cantering etc….but, jumping is the name of the game, and as you have followed Black Apaplachi, you will know that it had already fallen in it’s 2 previous starts in the National, so it was a marked improvement in jumping to get round.
Despite his win in The Becher, he’s just not an Aintree horse, and I wouldn’t back him to jump round if he ran in it again.
rich…..you’re right to have a pop at the Camera Angles, i’m glad that it would appear I’m not the only one who feels the same. It is important to people. Not one of the new angles improve the coverage of the race.
A new camera angle was tried at Bechers during the 70’s, and after a few years, they binned it, because it was totally missing the action. Who makes these decisions? I believe that to the vast majority, it doesn’t really matter, but to a good few it really does. Think about it this way, how many viewers/racing fans have, over the years, wanted the camera angle moved at Bechers, elsewhere so that they can miss the action. NOT ONE. I don’t want to see arty producers messing with it, I just want to see the race. My final (surely) thought on the camera angle issue. Would they show the FA Cup Final with a camera posted by the Corner Flag. Of course they wouldn’t, it would be daft!
After a horror show by McGrath on Thu/Fri, I thought he was passable on Sat, although surely he’s skating on thin ice now! I honestly think he’ll struggle to recover after this week! I’ve already said that I’ve missed Hamner and Wilson, but that said, both Bartlett, and Owen, were very, very good, and to be fair to them, they have been for the last few years.
Of the rest, I wouldn’t get too worried about Lizzie Hughes. She’s just the latest flavour of the month! Clearly a friend of someone in high places at the BBC, or her agents working overtime! Expect to see her involved in a lot more sporting shows before she disappears on to Mainstream shows in a couple of years. There was no point to her being there, as is the case with her role on The Football League Show! It’s not her fault, it’s just the way it works!