Why You Shouldn’t Rule Out French Breds
February 23rd, 2008Its been mentioned on several threads on this blog already that you should simply put a line through all French breds running in the Grand National. Why? Well the argument is that one hasn’t won since 1909.
But I would urge you not to be so hasty. French breds do stay!
Since 1994 French breds have filled six places in the Grand National itself as well as winning and placing in many other nationals.
In the same time frame French breds have been responsible for 4 winners and 10 places in the Scottish and Welsh nationals.
In 2007 alone French breds filled the first two places in the Irish and Welsh Nationals and the runner up spot in the Scottish National.
Are you telling me that L’Aventure, Gingembre and Halcon Genelardais don’t stay? What about Clan Royal and Blowing Wind? Royal Auclair? Mely Moss, Encore En Peu? Miko De Beauchene?
There are some great trends which do make sense when trying to narrow down the Grand National runners but the French bred exclusion theory should be treated with caution.
