2023 Grand National

[Morley Street]

I've gone with 11.

Corach Rambler looks a massive price this morning at 10-1, I was against him due to his run style prior to the Ultima, but he looked to travel and retain position a lot easier in that race and unless he reverts today he should run a massive race.

Mr Incredible should also run a decent race, but if he has to get racing early and is not still travelling then he may struggle.

The other 3 I like that I'll be backing some time today are Capodanno, Longhouse Poet and GDM, all of these are just the right sort of weight with potential for improvement.
Capodanno the only one in the top 10 of the weights I've backed as I think he is the least exposed, and could be a 170 horse.

Others in the team backed antepost are...

Coko Beach
Cloudy Glen
Enjoy Dallen
Gabbys Cross
Aint that a shame
Recite a Prayer
(all four figure returns from 1 or 2pts, except ain't that a shame)

Might back Our Power if he drifts even further.

I do respect the horses near the top of the weights and 2 or 3 will undoubtedly run well and they may even win the race if nothing really improves from further down the weights.
Delta Work the most likely.
The ground will make it harder for them all though.

Vanillier I can leave as he will likely find a way to run through at least one fence - but you never know, he has slowly improved his jumping the thick bastard.

I think without Corach Rambler the race is very open and you could make a decent case for around 75% of the field.
So if he doesn't run hos race or gets bad luck in running then anything could win.

At 10-1 though he looks very good value.

Nice one Q… you wrote what I was thinking this morning and your confidence led me to topping up on CR

[Odin]

Personally seeing a horse stuck in the middle of a fence scrabbling around in visible distress doesn't meet that criteria.

I struggled with this big time this year.

I can't help but feel we've shot ourselves in the foot by making the fences easier and smaller though. It feels like so many more riders are being unseated than falling, which then has the knock on effect of them running loose and the carnage of them struggling over fences or running across other runners happening. I'm amazed we only lost 1 horse yesterday in all honesty but I can completely understand trainers and jockeys saying those first two fences were in part related to the protestors. I've never seen anything like that over the first two fences before and it was a safe and relatively enjoyable second half of the race for me.

[RufusFlynn]

I would agree - the situation beforehand would definitely have wound plenty of them up even if they weren’t showing it externally - the tension in the atmosphere would be insane.

The carnage early doors then resulted in far more then normal loose horse chaos as those unseating/falling early then ran on with the pack - usually those dropping out are later on in the race and the rest of the field more strung out.

Fatality and the antis excluded - I thought it was a cracking renewal and the winner was remarkable. His running style generally means he needs a bit of luck but he looked like he was made for the race and Derek gave him a lovely ride.

Vanillier was nowhere near my shortlist but also ran a belter after suffering a few blockages at various points.

Good to also read just now that Cape Gentleman although injured and now retired should recover in time.