Grand National Specials

The Grand National specials have been put up early by totesport. Totesport have opened up a special Irish-trained Grand National market and make Slim Pickings their 10-3 favourite ahead of 5-1 shot Chelsea Harbour. The firm go 5-6 about the winner carrying 11 stone or more, and it is the same price for the winner to shoulder less than 11 stone. With the lowest weight going to be 10 stone 8 pounds it is a very compressed handicap this year and the odds here are correct, with the mean set at 11 stone.

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Totesport have the number of finishers correct, as the going will be good come Saturday. There is a dry week ahead of us and as there are usually 18 finishers when the ground is like this. The winning distance at between 3 and 10 lengths at 5/2 looks a good bet again with the ground going to be good, this is the bet here.

Selecting the fisrt Irish trained horse home is a race within a race and Hedgehunter could be the bet here as you will be assured a run for your money.

Irish-trained Grand National

10-3 Slim Pickings, 5 Chelsea Harbour, 11-2 Hedgehunter, 6 Snowy Morning, 13-2 King John’s Castle, 7 Point Barrow, 8 Dun Doire, 12 Baily Breeze, 14 Black Apalachi, 16 Newbay Prop, 25 Hi Cloy, No Full, Tumbling Dice, 28 Livingstone Bramble, 33 Merderka, Native Jack, 40 Beantown, Wonderkid, In The High Grass, 66 Glennfinn Captain, 100 Secretof Shambhala

Each-way ¼ 1, 2, 3 (unless 16 or more run)

Winning Weight

5-6 11st and above

5-6 Under 11st

Win Only

Number of Finishers

10-1 8 or less

3-1 9-12 (inc)

11-4 13-16 (inc)

11-4 17-20 (inc)

9-2 21-25 (inc)

10-1 26-30 (inc)

33 31 or more

Win Only

Winning Distance

5-2 0-1½ lengths (inc)

5-2 Over 1 ½ to 3 lengths (inc)

5-2 Over 3 lengths to 10 lengths

7-2 Over 10 lengths

Win Only

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