We’ve been applying trends and our racing experience in our attempt to winkle out the winner in a race that needs plenty of luck, a brave and quick-thinking jockey and a machine of a horse with a heart of oak.
We are down to less that half the field so at this point we chuck out any with poor recent stable form and/or aren’t rock solid jumper and no hopers!
Monbeg Notorious will love as much rain as the heavens can throw down upon Aintree if it comes. However, he hasn’t shown any hint of the stamina required to win this so far in his career but strange things can happen….
Don Poli has a 100% record if the going was to turn heavy, but it’s not expected to. He was pulled up here on reappearance in December after a 664 day absence but hasn’t found his previous old form since. It would be nice to see him spring a surprise but his odds say it all really!