Grand National Blog

Less than two weeks to go now to the Grand National 2011 and the picture is starting to become clearer as far as confirmed jockeys are concerned. AP McCoy as dismissed any frankly ludicrous idea of riding anything else other than Don’t Push It. Ruby Walsh has picked The Midnight Club over Niche Market. That [...]

Hi everyone, I’m not convinced that the majority want a dedicated page for the voting for who you think will win the Grand National so I’ll put this page up and if it doesn’t take off I’ll take it down again. There have been a few calls for a dedicated page on some of the [...]

As we have been having updates from Graham Regan, the owner of Niche Market recently I have brought back last year’s thread about the horse in line with a request I saw on one of the main Grand National threads. I’ve also moved most of the pertinent posts to this thread so perhaps all the [...]

AP McCoy raised a few eyebrows recently when he suggested if he felt there was a horse he could ride with a better chance he could desert Don’t Push It but he seems happy to stick with the 2010 Grand National winner now as he has confirmed in the press today that he will be [...]

A total of eight horses have been withdrawn at the latest scratchings stage today for the 2011 Grand National. Paul Nicholls’ team has been reduced by three with Tricky Trickster the highest profile horse to be withdrawn following an injury in the Midlands National last weekend. The full lists of withdrawals are as follows: Deep [...]

Champion Hurdle favourite Binocular has been withdrawn this morning following testing positive for a substance following medical treatment. Nicky Henderson’s gelding had been treted recently for an allergy and it appears that the medication will not clear his system in time for Tuesday’s big race. After consultation with the BHA Henderson has decided to withdraw [...]

Things are starting to hot up in the Grand National 2011. Recent runs for Niche Market, Ballabriggs and Silver By Nature amongst others. Backstage preparing for the Grand National in point to points, State Of Play being kept even fresher than last year and Quinz zooming up the betting charts. Will any of these win [...]

Hi everone, New general thread for all your non Grand National related tips and ideas. Don’t forget to check out the Cheltenham thread as well! I think I have now made sure that the threads that are likely to be used the most can be found easily in the ten threads listed on the left-hand [...]