Irish Grand National 2015

[MrMcGoldrick]

What about Wounded Warrior, must be aimed at this although still quoted for the Ryanair

[Old Vic]

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[Old Vic]

What about Wounded Warrior, must be aimed at this although still quoted for the Ryanair

Prefer something with a bit less weight. I take it they go up 7lbs ?

[shoods]

how many get in the race

[mayo]

how many get in the race

30 max field

[MrMcGoldrick]

I suppose WW's chance will be ground dependent, if it's good ground then top weights can come into their own, but I can't see that being very likely, the softer the ground and the further the race it plays ever more into the hands of the lower weights

[loveracing]

I put up The Job Is Right and Perfect Gentlemen for the 4 Miler at Cheltenham and I think both will also run well here (if they run), especially the later.
PG ran a cracker for most of the race and it looked like the extra distance or fitness caught him out. Note: his previous run was back in December and he was stepped up in distance for the first time. This time round he will be much fitter as long as he came out well and the drop in distance will suit. The 4 miler could have actually been his prep run?

[Morning Glory]

Job is right - yes. Hourican also has Crafty Butcher also lurking at bottom of weights and might have been laid out for this.

It is strange Mullins has never won this.

Champagne James is another of the horses we talked about for Cheltenham. Katie rode the horse like it was a prepi

[MrMcGoldrick]

Tony Martin has said Gallant Oscar is unlikely to run on Monday, thinks it's come a little too soon after Cheltenham so will probably wait till Aintree. Why will any of the others that had hard races at Cheltenham be any different then, maybe this should be a clue as to which horses to leave alone.
Adds weight to MG's thinking regarding Champagne James being given an easy time.

[shoods]

is if in doubt trained by hobbs still in ran well in a grade 1 at cheltenham when 5th behind don poli could go better stepped up in trip

[Morning Glory]

What will AP ride in this ? Pendra ? If in Doubt ?

Price crash inevitable the way his mounts are being backed

CANTLOW has been cut to 9-1 clear favourite by Ladbrokes for the Irish Grand National, with Tony McCoy potentially set to ride the ante-post gamble in Monday’s race.

The Paul Webber-trained chaser was beaten 14 lengths in the BoyleSports-sponsored Fairyhouse showpiece off an official rating of 150 last year but is now rated a stone lower, having shown little since and suffering breathing issues.

However, he is reportedly pleasing in his preparation and Ladbrokes spokeswoman Hayley O’Connor said: “The money we’ve seen for Cantlow suggests he could well be the subject of a sustained Easter weekend gamble ahead of his Fairyhouse run.”

McCoy, riding at the meeting for the last time, has three options in the race, with Cantlow and likely topweight If In Doubt already preferred to Alderwood.

“It’s between Cantlow and If In Doubt as to who AP rides,” said JP McManus’s racing manager Frank Berry.

He added: “Cantlow has had a few breathing problems but he has been working very well with a tongue tie on him.

“He’s a stone below last year – he’d want to be, given what he has been doing. Hopefully he is over his breathing issues and Paul Webber is happy with him. He ran well in the race last year and, while he has lost his way, he is working much better.

“If In Doubt’s jumping is not wonderful but he jumped reasonably well at Cheltenham. It’s a big ask for him.”

[Morning Glory]

Katie Walsh

KATIE WALSH – 03 APRIL 2015 03:00 AM

Monday is obviously a big day in Irish racing as it's Irish Grand National day and with AP McCoy over to have his final rides in Ireland, there is sure to be even more hype surrounding the three-days.


The Irish Grand National is a race that has been very good to us in the past and with Champagne James set to run on Monday, I hope it's a race that will continue to be very good to us.

Of course, Commanche Court won the race for Dad in 2000, which was the same year as Papillon won the English National and Papillon himself ran a cracker in the Irish National in 1998 when he was second to Bobbyjo.

Jack High was also second in it when Ruby just got up to beat him on Numbersixvalverde for Martin Brassil so it's certainly a race we have plenty of fond memories of.

Champagne James has appeared to come out of his run at Cheltenham very well and while Cheltenham is Cheltenham and is the biggest meeting of the year, you have to be a very sharp-acting horse to go around there and I'd say Champagne James just wants more of a galloping track which he'll certainly get on Monday.

I don't think we are due much rain over the weekend but there is heavy in the description at the moment and the 3m5f is going to take a lot of getting. I'd be hopeful that the trip and the ground will suit Champagne James.

WIDE OPEN

It certainly is a wide open renewal and anyone involved in the race can look forward to a very competitive event. You can make cases for so many. One thing I would question on Monday though is whether a horse will be able to buck out and be handy on that ground and over the trip. If something does he'll be a very good horse.

In the last number of years, the Irish National has been a happy hunting ground for novices and the likes of The Job is Right, Dogora, Perfect Gentleman and Champagne James are just a few that come under that banner.

So if I was having a bet in the race and was unsure of what to back, I'd be siding with a novice who will handle the ground.

I won't be in Fairyhouse on Easter Monday as I'm going to Cork instead to ride Call It Magic for Ross and I wouldn't like to be the person standing beside me if Champagne James is jumping the last in contention!

Call It Magic is a lovely horse who has done well since winning his point-to-point and a bumper wasn't the first choice with him but it seemed pointless to break his novice status so late in the year so hopefully he can repeat what he did in his point-to-point and get the job done on Monday.

I'll be in Fairyhouse on Sunday to ride in the bumper and after Cork on Monday all road will be leading to Aintree.

I think the track will suit him better than Cheltenham.

[Old Vic]

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[mayo]

McCoy doing 10 6 for Cantlow.

Plotted up but no thanks.


similar thoughts to MG - Champagne James and The Crafty Butcher backed.

[loveracing]

I put up The Job Is Right and Perfect Gentlemen for the 4 Miler at Cheltenham and I think both will also run well here (if they run), especially the later.
PG ran a cracker for most of the race and it looked like the extra distance or fitness caught him out. Note: his previous run was back in December and he was stepped up in distance for the first time. This time round he will be much fitter as long as he came out well and the drop in distance will suit. The 4 miler could have actually been his prep run?

Perfect Gentleman has been slashed from 20's - 12's. Does anyone know why?