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The Aintree Festival is underway, and anticipation is building ahead of the Grand National on Saturday.
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1. Any Second Now
Age 11 Weight 11st-12lb JockeyMark Walsh
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Came to this race in 2021 and 2022 on the back of a Graded win and does so again today at the age of 11; did sterling work from off the pace to be third and second in those last two Grand Nationals; 20l clear of the third when he chased home Noble Yeats last year and, despite today's 8lb higher mark, he has to be in each-way calculations.
2. Noble Yeats
Age 8 Weight 11st-11lb JockeySean Bowen
To win this race last term as just a 7yo and a novice was seriously out of the ordinary and he's built on that with his form this season (now has 19lb higher mark); won over the conventional fences here in December and reverted to looking much more the out-and-out stayer in two runs at Cheltenham since, which meant he never got competitive when 15l fourth in the Gold Cup but keeps him as major contender for the National.
3. Galvin
Age 9 Weight 11st-11lb JockeyDavy Russell
Won the 3m6f NH Chase at Cheltenham in 2021 and fourth there in the 2022 Gold Cup; diverted to the cross-country for this season's Festival (soft) and he was back near his best in second to Delta Work; while losing at level weights in that race is a stumbling block on form - he gives Delta Work 7lb today - the jumping and stamina suggest he could take well to this test.
4. Fury Road
Age 9 Weight 11st-6lb JockeyJonjo O'Neill Jr
Career-best form when third in two Leopardstown Grade 1s (one on soft) over 3m this winter and it was 2m4f when his form dipped at Cheltenham last month; jumps well; while he's worth this first go beyond 3m1f, stamina for this extreme trip is something of a guess and he needs to improve for it.
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5. The Big Dog
Age 10 Weight 11st-5lb JockeyAidan Coleman
Opened this season with wins in two major 3m handicaps; sometimes jumps rather ponderously, including on the first circuit when good third in the Welsh National (soft) in which a blunder two out handed the upper hand to two rivals; fell two out at 33-1 in Irish Gold Cup latest, when disputing the lead so running a big race, but moving up the weights since is a negative to add to his fall.
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6. Capodanno
Age 7 Weight 11st-5lb JockeyDanny Mullins
Never-dangerous fourth in 3m Grade 1 novice race at Cheltenham in March 2022; jumped and ran better when ridden up with the pace for Grade 1 win at Punchestown that April; improved again at 2m4f in the mud on his only start this season, so he arrives with further potential, as well as with stamina all to prove beyond 3m.
7. Delta Work
Age 10 Weight 11st-4lb JockeyKeith Donoghue
Won last two editions of the 3m6f Cheltenham cross-country in March, latest from Galvin at level weights (on soft; 2022 on heavy); last year's National (good to soft) did not pan out so smoothly for him from off the pace and it was not his best round of jumping, but he still challenged for the lead two out before finishing a tired, 22l third; 1lb lower today and cheekpieces (tried once last term, below form) are added; can't be ruled out.
8. Sam Brown
Age 11 Weight 11st-4lb JockeyJohnny Burke
Showed he stays 3m2f on soft at Haydock last term but pulled up over 3m4f on heavy there next time; runaway winner at this meeting (3m1f, good to soft) last April but it wasn't over the National fences and he still has his career-high mark today, despite far more muted performances recently; has now had wind surgery.
9. Lifetime Ambition
Age 8 Weight 11st-3lb JockeySean O'Keeffe
Often front-runner; has run well in all his races when at about 3m (snaffled up by The Big Dog in the Troytown on soft at Navan) but has never been beyond that; took very well to these fences when fourth over 2m5f in November, so looks well capable of a bold show for a long way.
10. Carefully Selected
Age 11 Weight 11st-1lb JockeyMichael O'Sullivan
Produced a tired unseat at the final fence when 10-11 over 3m6f at Cheltenham in March 2020 on his only attempt at a long-distance chase; absent 1022 days before this season but short-head win from Dunboyne in the Thyestes at Gowran (3m1f, soft to heavy) showed he's as good as ever, a game effort too but he needs to bounce back from a lesser show one month later.
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11. Coko Beach
Age 8 Weight 11st JockeyHarry Cobden
Disputed the lead long way when 66l eighth in this race last year; usually ridden more conservatively this season and scored with authority over 3m4f at Punchestown on latest outing, jumping very well; that boosted hopes that he can last longer in this race at the second attempt but it also earned him a big career-high mark.
12. Longhouse Poet
Age 9 Weight 11st JockeyJJ Slevin
3m2f winner of non-handicap (soft) last month from Roi Mage; unseated at the first on penultimate start but jumped fluently through most of last year's National, in the first three or four until weakening from two out to finish 34l sixth; has same mark and connections hope he can be switched off better to boost chance of eking out his stamina.
13. Gaillard Du Mesnil
Age 7 Weight 11st JockeyPaul Townend
Has never finished out of the first three in his nine races over fences, including when third in the 3m5f Irish Grand National (yielding) last term and arriving on the scene in the nick of time to send the favourite backers home happy in last month's 3m6f NH Chase at Cheltenham (soft); this even greater stamina test has to make appeal.
14. Darasso
Age 10 Weight 10st 13lb JockeyLuke Dempsey
Unraced beyond 3m, seen most often at about 2m; the three runs over 2m6f/3m among his last six starts have all been good, including second in the Galway Plate and third in the Kerry National, but this reliable 10yo would still have to show himself in a very new light for a prominent finish today.
15. Le Milos
Age 8 Weight 10st 11lb JockeyHarry Skelton
Improved to win at Bangor (3m, heavy) and Newbury (3m2f, good) on first two starts for new yard, the latter a top handicap in which he jumped soundly, led three out and kept finding more; 6lb higher today but ran encouragingly last month after his winter break and, while stamina cannot be absolutely guaranteed, he could be about to taste even greater success today.
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16. Escaria Ten
Age 9 Weight 10st 10lb JockeyAdrian Heskin
Third in the 2021 NH Chase at Cheltenham over 3m6f but he cracked approaching two out in last year's National and was beaten 75l; also went to nothing in home straight for the Thyestes (3m1f) this January and no show at Cheltenham (2m4f) in March, so all in all he's had a fall from grace; usual headgear is removed.
17. The Big Breakaway
Age 8 Weight 10st 10lb JockeyBrendan Powell
No win since chase debut in 2020 and he's had his issues, but he almost wiped the slate clean with his first two runs this season when pipped at Haydock and rallying strongly for second in the 3m6f Welsh National; the latter performance would make him a huge player but those with longer memories will have doubts and he showed alarmingly little at Cheltenham last month; blinkers replace recent cheekpieces.
18. Cape Gentleman
Age 7 Weight 10st 8lb JockeyJody McGarvey
Initial promise as a novice (October 2021) has not been fulfilled; probably best run since when staying on in the 3m Kerry National last September only to fall at the last; unraced beyond that distance; changed hands and left Emmet Mullins before penultimate start; latest was a step back in the right direction but he has a lot to prove.
19. Roi Mage
Age 11 Weight 10st 8lb JockeyFelix de Giles
Fell at a Cheltenham cross-country fence in January but some of his runs in France make very interesting viewing, including when staying on well over 3m3f and 3m6f, and so do his performances in the same 3m2f Down Royal race in March 2022 and 2023; big odds but a lurking strength in stamina can bring him to the fore.
20. Diol Ker
Age 9 Weight 10st 8lb JockeyKieren Buckley
Acts on heavy; went mighty close to grabbing a top 3m handicap at Leopardstown at Christmas in first-time blinkers (kept since); that and other notable performances appeared to shout stamina, so much so that despite having failed comprehensively to back up that impression in three handicaps over 3m4f/3m5f in the last year, he's not dismissed.
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21. A Wave Of The Sea
Age 7 Weight 10st 6lb JockeyShane Fitzgerald
Second and fourth in last two editions of the Munster National on soft at Limerick in October were his best efforts over 3m; however, he can make jumping errors and Leopardstown on penultimate start showed that he's still fully effective over 2m1f, which is not overly suggestive of a Grand National victory; switches headgear.
22. Minella Trump
Age 9 Weight 10st 6lb JockeyTheo Gillard
Unraced on soft for nearly two years (has won on it); won eight of his last nine races over fences, all in small fields and latterly when upped to 3m for two handicaps at Perth last April/June; warmed up with a run over hurdles last month; should stay beyond 3m and still be capable of better but taking on this many rivals will be a very new experience.
23. Vanillier
Age 8 Weight 10st 6lb JockeySean Flanagan
Probably no ground issues; should have been a top chasing prospect going into last season but jumping fences has not come naturally to him, for instance in the 2022 NH Chase at Cheltenham; had back surgery since, fell nevertheless on his penultimate start but the latest was more reassuring; when he's on song he stays on strongly like a prime candidate for long distances.
24. Velvet Elvis
Age 7 Weight 10st 6lb JockeyDarragh O'Keeffe
No ground problems; good jumper; sixth in the Irish National one year ago showed he stays 3m5f and he's surged back to form for his last two outings; beaten by Any Second Now last time but much better off at the weights today; considered.
25. Ain't That A Shame
Age 9 Weight 10st 5lb JockeyRachael Blackmore
Failed to shine in the 2022 Kim Muir at Cheltenham but improved form on varied ground every time over fences in Ireland; close calls in two good 3m handicaps before easily making all when sights were lowered last month; scopey, long-striding sort who's a fascinating prospect for this distance.
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26. Corach Rambler
Age 9 Weight 10st 5lb JockeyDerek Fox
Never-nearer fourth to Le Milos at Newbury (3m2f); ran respectably over 3m5f at Warwick last term and loudly demands another go at a marathon distance, now that his strong finish from well off the pace has won him the 3m1f Ultima Handicap at Cheltenham for the second year in succession; due to go up 10lb, so he's the pick of the weights; has his own way of doing things and plotting his way through the pack will need luck, but he gave probably his most professional display last time (on soft) and brings plenty of positives.
27. Enjoy D'Allen
Age 9 Weight 10st 5lb JockeySimon Torrens
No ground worries but the same can't be said for his jumping, including as he unseated at the first in this last year (20-1) and errors held him back next time in the Irish National, a race in which he'd finished third in 2021; nothing to crow about this term and he's just 2lb lower than 12 months ago; tongue-tie (absent this season) returns
28. Mr Incredible
Age 7 Weight 10st 4lb JockeyBrian Hayes
7yo who's had very few races and refused to participate meaningfully in two of them; has set off okay for new yard this term, albeit among the backmarkers; one of the theories connections have about him is that he much prefers big fields; second over 3m5f at Warwick (heavy) and third in the Kim Muir at Cheltenham suggested stamina reserves and he's basically a good jumper, albeit forfeiting his momentum and perhaps his enthusiasm when meeting the last fence wrong at Cheltenham; if he fancies it, he has the tools to run extremely well.
29. Mister Coffey
Age 8 Weight 10st 4lb JockeyNico de Boinville
0-8 over fences but runner-up in five, including at the 2022 Cheltenham Festival and on first two starts this season; jumps well but two others saw the 3m6f out much better when he was a fair third to Gaillard Du Mesnil at Cheltenham (soft) this time round.
30. Cloudy Glen
Age 10 Weight 10st 4lb JockeyCharlie Deutsch
33-1 over 3m2f on good to soft when he took second at the 2021 Cheltenham Festival and won the big Newbury handicap that November; plenty of modest shows too; respectable third over 3m4f at Haydock on penultimate start but it looks as if others will finish much more strongly even if this is one of his good days.
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31. Hill Sixteen
Age 10 Weight 10st 2lb JockeyRyan Mania
Beaten a nose in 3m2f race (soft) over these fences in December 2021; yet to prove himself beyond that but he was in sixth when badly hampered four out in last year's 4m Scottish National; started this season okay, then had wind surgery before tailed off three weeks ago; cheekpieces first time.
32. Gabbys Cross
Age 8 Weight 10st 2lb JockeyPeter Carberry
No ground worries; won at Galway (2m6f) last July but subsequent evidence, including two creditable shows in big 3m handicaps, suggests he is handicapped up to his best and can make mistakes; should stay beyond 3m but has so much further to go here.
33. Recite A Prayer
Age 8 Weight 10st 2lb JockeyJack Foley
All his three wins under rules were on good ground but his third of 17 in the Cork National (3m4f) came in the mud; major backward steps in his two races since (he's been off since Christmas) and the first of them was over these fences.
34. Eva's Oskar
Age 9 Weight 10st 2lb JockeyAlan Johns
Won on heavy last term and career-best form over 3m3f/3m2f on good ground at Cheltenham this season; front rank until the second last in the 4m Eider at Newcastle on latest start but fading thereafter points to a stamina weakness; tongue tied first time.
35. Our Power
Age 8 Weight 10st 2lb JockeySam Twiston-Davies
Started on the Flat but has been a rising force through his five campaigns over jumps; this term he's knuckled down admirably to prevail on the run-in in valuable 3m handicaps at Ascot and Kempton, both on good ground but he scored last season on soft; 4lb well-in compared to his recently revised mark; unraced beyond 3m1f but trainer says "this lad stays forever".
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36. Dunboyne
Age 8 Weight 10st 2lb JockeyJack Tudor
2lb out of the handicap; refused to race once last November and soon dropped himself out once in December; on the other hand he also had a 10l win this winter, lost the Thyestes by a short head (to Carefully Selected) and also ran creditably at Cheltenham, all in the mud, but Mr Incredible finished more strongly in the latter; blinkers replace usual cheekpieces.
37. Francky Du Berlais
Age 10 Weight 10st 2lb JockeyBen Jones
2lb out of the handicap; negotiated these fences in three other races, twice soundly beaten but also 14l fourth in last year's Topham; showed plenty over the 3m6f Cheltenham cross-country last two starts and still led Delta Work and Galvin approaching two out last time but he had tired into a remote third when refusing at the last; soft ground was against him that day but both those runs cast doubt on his stamina.
38. Fortescue
Age 9 Weight 10st 2lb JockeyHugh Nugent
3lb out of the handicap; has shaped at 3m-3m2f, including on soft and over these fences, as if serious stamina tests could suit him but he had a lot to do when producing what looked a tired unseat four out in this race last year; Welsh National and Haydock trial on last two starts (in cheekpieces) also failed to enhance his claims; blinkered first time.
39. Back On The Lash
Age 9 Weight 10st 2lb JockeyAdam Wedge
3lb out of the handicap; a battler whose proficiency over the 3m6f Cheltenham cross-country course is a notable plus, but he failed to show it there when encountering soft (latest start) or heavy ground, so his chance could be scuppered if the rain has arrived in large quantities; place chance if it hasn't.
40. Born By The Sea
Age 9 Weight 10st 2lb JockeyPhillip Enright
6lb out of the handicap; won at Galway (2m6f) in July 2021 and good fifth in the same race last summer; no striking claims even on that form, though, and he does not have any form beyond 3m1f (had one attempt at 3m4f); 150-1 when beaten 22l at Cheltenham (2m4f) last month.
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