Grand National Blog

Would Black Apalachi have won the Grand National had he not fallen at Bechers Brook second time round? Hi everyone and apologies for the delay in new posts recently but I’ve been away on leave and busy working on some other projects. I thought I’d continue the possible runners for Grand National 2010 thread with [...]

Our initial Grand National 2010 Tips thread was the maximum size we want for this year so could I ask all our contributors to start using this thread for all the main discussions on your fancies etc on the big race. This could be quite good timing after the Neptune Handicap Chase at Cheltenham today [...]

Apart from the Welsh National at Chepstow, the other big handicap chase over the Festive period is the Paddy Power at Leopardstown and this is another race which can have connotations on the Grand National at Aintree. In recent years Aintree horses such as Hear The Echo, Point Barrow, Chelsea Harbour, and Numbersixvalverde have run [...]

The early entries for the Welsh National has recently been released so even though the race is still just under a month away I thought it would be good to get a page up and running. The significance of the Chepstow race in terms of who wins the Grand National at Aintree cannot be underestimated [...]