Grand National Day!

Well, the big day is here...Grand National Day at Aintree.  There are five meetings taking place today with Chepstow and Sedgefield hosting jumps cards and Lingfield and Wolverhampton on the all-weather supporting the big meeting from Liverpool.  The Grand National is one of the most viewed sporting events worldwide and David has three runners in the big race; Ballynagour, Soll and Vieux Lion Rouge (pictured above).  Meanwhile, David also saddles Kings Palace and Dell' Arca at Aintree, while Alternatif and Brook represent the stable at Chepstow.

The £1 million Grand National takes place at 5.15pm and it is the latest time slot the race has ever had...I am not sure it is a good move, although time will tell.  Ballynagour is the choice of Tom Scudamore, Soll will be ridden by Conor O'Farrell and Vieux Lion Rouge by James Reveley (who had a winner yesterday in France).  Which is the best of the three?  Well they are all big prices but they are good horses and deserve their places in the line-up.  Vieux Lion Rouge could be interesting with only 10-5 on his back.

I thought that Starchitect ran a cracker yesterday in the 2m4f handicap hurdle when finishing a close third, conceding weight to the two in front of him.  Un Temps was a little disappointing in fourth in the Grade One novices' chase, just looking a little flat after Cheltenham while La Vaticane ran well for a long way in the Topham, jumping these big fences in good style.

What about the punter who had £80,000 on Vautour to win £20,000?  I wonder if he had a good night?

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It is a great day's viewing for us sports fans - my team, West Ham play Arsenal at 12.45pm.  The Gunners need a result to keep their slim chances of the Premier League alive.  The big matches are on Sunday thought with Spurs playing Manchester United and Sunderland taking on top of the table Leicester.  I would love to see Leicester win the Premiership and this match is a big one for both teams.

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"If you fall out of that window and break both of your legs, don't come running to me", Groucho Marx

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