BetVictor have announced they will be paying out 6 places on the Grand National a week today. This fantastic offer will run alongside BetVictors Bet £10 Get £60 offer, which will expire on the first day of the Aintree Festival. Terms and Conditions BetVictor are paying 6 Places at 1/4 odds on each way bets placed on the Grand National Enhanced place terms apply to Each Way bets on The Grand National race winner market from 12:00 (BST) Friday 31st March until 17:15 (BST) on Saturday 8th April. Offer is open to all validated customers who place a qualifying bet within the offer…
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After connections confirmed different plans for both Apple’s Jade and Yanworth in the final weeks of the season, Aintree has re-opened the entry stage into the Aintree Hurdle.Apple’s Jade, who conquered Vroum Vroum Mag and Limini in a thrilling Mares’ Hurdle at Cheltenham, looked set for an appearance at Aintree, but Gigginstown Stud manager, Eddie O’Leary confirmed to the press on Friday that his star mare will not be making another journey to England this season.O’Leary told the Irish Independent, “Everything is fine with Apple’s Jade but she’s being kept for Ireland later in the season.”Cheltenham champion, Buveur D’Air is the current…
Bookies braced for biggest week of the year as punters look for Grand National revenge. After a largely successful Cheltenham Festival last month, Britain’s bookmakers are preparing for the biggest week of the year, which climaxes in the Grand National next Saturday. Up to £200 million will be wagered on the Aintree showpiece, making it by far the single biggest betting event of the year, and with a full programme of Premier League football and golf’s first Major of the year, the Masters, also taking place, next weekend will see punters seek to gain revenge for Cheltenham in a £500…
Ruby Walsh confirmed he will ride Pleasant Company for Willie Mullins at Aintree, as the super-jockey searches for a third Grand National title.Mullins has five entries currently in the betting at Aintree, but Walsh has sided with Bobbyjo Chase winner Pleasant Company, who has marched up the betting in recent weeks and looks to have an excellent chance of winning the 2017 Grand National. “I’d imagine I’ll ride Pleasant Company.” Walsh said to At The Races. “Alechi (Inois) looks to have an awful lot of weight (11st 7lb). It’s probably a summer mark he has more than a winter mark. The…
Barry Geraghty has been given the all-clear to return to riding and is targeting a successful Aintree Festival after missing out on the festivities at Cheltenham last month.Geraghty suffered a punctured lung and six broken ribs after a fall on Charli Parcs in the Adonis Hurdle at Kempton in February. Those injuries forced the 37-year-old to give up several plum rides at the Cheltenham Festival, but he revealed to At The Races yesterday that has he been cleared to return to riding, just in time for the upcoming Grand National festival at Aintree. “I got the results of my scan this evening…
Sam Waley-Cohen will be hoping The Young Master can carry him into the Grand National winners’ enclosure for the first time, when the duo hit the track at Aintree on April 8th. Very few jockeys can match Sam Waley-Cohen’s record over the Aintree fences. Despite his failure to win National Hunt racing’s most famous contest, the amateur rider has finished a close second with Oscar Time behind Ballabriggs in 2010, before coming home fourth on the same horse two years later. The pair finally enjoyed Aintree success together when Waley-Cohen and Oscar Time won the 2014 Becher Chase. Combine that…
David Pipe will be sending Vieux Lion Rouge and Ballynagour to Aintree next month as they both look to land the Grand National title on their second attempt. Fourteen years after his father, Martin won his one and only Grand National title, David Pipe cheered along with the crowd as Comply Or Die carried the tag of favouritism into the Aintree winners enclosure when he won the 2008 Grand National. He will be hoping his maturing chaser, Vieux Lion Rouge can follow in his former stablemates footsteps and win from the top of the market. Following Minella Rocco’s withdrawal, Pipe’s…
Injuries to Ryan Hatch and his son, William has led to Nigel Twiston-Davies turning to Noel Fehily, as he confirmed booking the in-form jockey to ride Blaklion in the upcoming Grand National. There were scenes of high emotion and jubilation when Blaklion pulled away after the last fence at Cheltenham and landed the 2016 RSA Chase title for Nigel Twiston-Davies and his team. Young jockey, Ryan Hatch gave him a fantastic ride that day, storming away from several more established rivals, jumping the last beautifully and pounding up the hill to land a maiden Grade 1 title for both the…
After watching his charge come within a whisker of claiming Grand National glory in 2016, we take a look at what Kim Bailey had to say about The Last Samuri’s chances of taking the title next month. Scaling the final fence in the 2016 Grand National, The Last Samuri had every chance of winning. He had led the way for the entire second circuit at Aintree and his jumping had remained smooth and precise as challengers either side had crumbled under the pressure. With the finishing line in sight, David Bass asked his charge to push on once again, but…
The Aintree Festival is almost upon us, with the Grand National at the forefront of the minds of trainers, jockeys and punters all over the world.Wading through current listings of entrants in the Grand National can be tricky and tedious, so here are the 40 runners at the top of the weights who are in pole position to start the 2017 Grand National. Number, name, age, weight, trainer. 1) CARLINGFORD LOUGH 11 11-10 John Kiely (IRE) 2) THE LAST SAMURI 9 11-09 Kim Bailey 3) ALELCHI INOIS 9 11-07 Willie Mullins (IRE) 4) MORE OF THAT 9 11-05 Jonjo O’Neill (IRE) 5) SHANTOU FLYER 7 11-04 Rebecca Curtis 6) PERFECT CANDIDATE 10…