Grand National 2021 Odds: (Coral)

 

Cloth Cap 7/2f

Any Second Now 10/1

Burrows Saint 10/1

Kimberlite Candy 12/1

Minella Times 14/1

Secret Reprieve 16/1

Discorama 20/1

Magic Of Light 20/1

Acapella Bourgeois 25/1

Bristol De Mai 25/1

Lake View Lad 25/1

Potters Corner 25/1

The Storyteller 25/1

Anibale Fly 33/1

Brahma Bull 33/1

Canelo 33/1

Class Conti 33/1

Farclas 33/1

Give Me A Copper 33/1

Lord Du Mesnil 33/1

Milan Native 33/1

Musical Slave 33/1

Shantou Flyer 33/1

Takingrisks 33/1

Yala Enki 33/1

Balko des Flos 40/1

Ballyoptic 40/1

Chris's Dream 40/1

Definitly Red 40/1

Deise Aba 40/1

Hogan's Height 40/1

Le Breuil 40/1

Mister Malarky 40/1

OK Corral 40/1

Shattered Love 40/1

Some Neck 40/1

The Long Mile 40/1

Vieux Lion Rouge 40/1

Beau Bay 50/1

Bellow Mome 50/1

Beware The Bear 50/1

Blaklion 50/1

Cabaret Queen 50/1

Double Shuffle 50/1

Fagan 50/1

Hold The Note 50/1

Jett 50/1

Plan of Attack 50/1

Prime Venture 50/1

Pym 50/1

Roaring Bull 50/1

Run Wild Fred 50/1

Talkischeap 50/1

The Jam Man 50/1

Aforementioned 66/1

Alpha des Obeaux 66/1

Another Venture 66/1

Captain Drake 66/1

Dounikos 66/1

Fingerontheswitch 66/1

Flying Angel 66/1

Golan Fortune 66/1

Hear No Evil 66/1

Minellacelebration 66/1

Soupy Soups 66/1

The Hollow Ginge 66/1

Tout Est Permis 66/1

Treacysenniscorthy 66/1

Valtor 66/1

Ami Desbois 100/1

Crievehill 100/1

Kauto Riko 100/1

Monbeg Notorious 100/1

Sub Lieutenant 100/1

 

Who will you be backing this year?

 

I'll check everything out later in the week. I still always say it's pretty much a lottery!

Runners:

 

 

Bristol de Mai (FR) 10 11 10 Nigel Twiston-Davies Mr Simon Munir & Mr Isaac Souede 25-1

The Storyteller (IRE) 10 11 8 Mrs Denise Foster Ireland Mrs Pat Sloan Keith Donoghue 20-1

Chris's Dream (IRE) 9 11 7 Henry de Bromhead Ireland Robcour 20-1

Yala Enki (FR) 11 11 3 Paul Nicholls Hills of Ledbury Ltd 40-1

Ballyoptic (IRE) 11 11 1 Nigel Twiston-Davies Mills & Mason Partnership 100-1

Definitly Red (IRE) 12 11 1 Brian Ellison Phil & Julie Martin 66-1

Lake View Lad (IRE) 11 11 0 N. W. Alexander Mr Trevor Hemmings 40-1

Burrows Saint (FR) 8 10 13 W. P. Mullins Ireland Mrs S. Ricci 9-1

Magic of Light (IRE) 10 10 13 Mrs J. Harrington Ireland Ann & Alan Potts Limited 20-1

Acapella Bourgeois (FR) 11 10 12 W. P. Mullins Ireland Slaneyville Syndicate 33-1

Talkischeap (IRE) 9 10 12 Alan King Mr Charles Dingwall 66-1

Tout Est Permis (FR) 8 10 12 Noel Meade Ireland Gigginstown House Stud 80-1

Anibale Fly (FR) 11 10 12 A. J. Martin Ireland Mr John P. McManus 33-1

Mister Malarky 8 10 12 Colin Tizzard Wendy & Malcolm Hezel 40-1

Kimberlite Candy (IRE) 9 10 10 Tom Lacey Mr John P. McManus 12-1

Any Second Now (IRE) 9 10 9 T. M. Walsh Ireland Mr John P. McManus 10-1

Balko des Flos (FR) 10 10 9 Henry de Bromhead Ireland Gigginstown House Stud 50-1

Alpha des Obeaux (FR) 11 10 9 Mrs Denise Foster Ireland Gigginstown House Stud Jody McGarvey 66-1

Ok Corral (IRE) 11 10 8 Nicky Henderson Mr John P. McManus 50-1

Takingrisks (IRE) 12 10 7 Nicky Richards Mr Frank Bird 40-1

Shattered Love (IRE) 10 10 7 Mrs Denise Foster Ireland Gigginstown House Stud 50-1

Jett (IRE) 10 10 7 Mrs J. Harrington Ireland Mr Robert Waley-Cohen 66-1

Lord du Mesnil (FR) 8 10 6 Richard Hobson Mr Paul Porter & Mike & Mandy Smith 33-1

Potters Corner (IRE) 11 10 6 Christian Williams All Stars Sports, Davies & RacehorseClub 25-1

Class Conti (FR) 9 10 6 W. P. Mullins Ireland Mr Simon Munir/Mr Isaac Souede 40-1

Milan Native (IRE) 8 10 6 Mrs Denise Foster Ireland Gigginstown House Stud 33-1

Discorama (FR) 8 10 6 Paul Nolan Ireland Thomas Friel/Andrew Gemmell 18-1

Vieux Lion Rouge (FR) 12 10 5 David Pipe Prof Caroline Tisdall & Mr John Gent 50-1

Cloth Cap (IRE) 9 10 5 Jonjo O'Neill Mr Trevor Hemmings 4-1f

Cabaret Queen 9 10 5 W. P. Mullins Ireland Syndicates.Racing 100-1

Minellacelebration (IRE) 11 10 5 Katy Price Mr Nick Elliott 80-1

Canelo (IRE) 8 10 4 Alan King Mr John P. McManus 40-1

The Long Mile 7 10 4 J.P.Dempsey Ireland Mr John P. McManus 40-1

Give Me A Copper (IRE) 11 10 4 Paul Nicholls Done, Ferguson, Mason, Nicholls & Wood 66-1

Farclas (FR) 7 10 3 Mrs Denise Foster Ireland Gigginstown House Stud Jack Kennedy 33-1

Minella Times (IRE) 8 10 3 Henry de Bromhead Ireland Mr John P. McManus 12-1

Sub Lieutenant (IRE) 12 10 3 Georgie Howell Ms G. Howell 100-1

Hogan's Height (IRE) 10 10 3 Jamie Snowden Foxtrot Racing: Hogan's Height 50-1

Double Shuffle (IRE) 11 10 2 Tom George Crossed Fingers Partnership 50-1

Ami Desbois (FR) 11 10 2 Graeme McPherson The Reserved Judgment Partnership 100-1

 

 

Not guaranteed a run in the National:

 

Blaklion 12 10 2 Dan Skelton Darren & Annaley Yates

Some Neck (FR) 10 10 1 John McConnell Ireland Some Neck Partnership

Secret Reprieve (IRE) 7 10 1 Evan Williams Mr & Mrs William Rucker

Kauto Riko (FR) 10 9 13 Tom Gretton Mr and Mrs J.Dale and Partners

Fagan 11 9 13 Alex Hales Mr Ben Brackenbury

Deise Aba (IRE) 8 9 13 Philip Hobbs Mr Trevor Hemmings

Valtor (FR) 12 9 13 Nicky Henderson Mr Simon Munir & Mr Isaac Souede

Golan Fortune (IRE) 9 9 13 Phil Middleton P Middleton, M Lowther

Run Wild Fred (IRE) 7 9 11 Mrs Denise Foster Ireland Gigginstown House Stud

The Hollow Ginge (IRE) 8 9 11 Nigel Twiston-Davies The Ginge Army

Captain Drake (IRE) 8 9 11 Harry Fry Gary Stevens and Brian and Sandy Lambert

Another Venture (IRE) 10 9 11 Kim Bailey Racing For Maggie's Partnership

Crievehill (IRE) 9 9 11 Nigel Twiston-Davies Highclere T'Bred Racing- Crievehill

Flying Angel (IRE) 10 9 10 Nigel Twiston-Davies Mr R. J. Rexton

Prime Venture (IRE) 10 9 10 Evan Williams Mrs Janet Davies

Le Breuil (FR) 9 9 10 Ben Pauling Mrs Emma Palmer

Hold The Note (IRE) 7 9 9 Mick Channon Mr T. P. Radford

Plan of Attack (IRE) 8 9 9 Henry de Bromhead Ireland Mr A. Halsall

Roaring Bull (IRE) 8 9 9 Mrs Denise Foster Ireland Gigginstown House Stud

Dounikos (FR) 10 9 9 Mrs Denise Foster Ireland Gigginstown House Stud

Musical Slave (IRE) 8 9 8 Philip Hobbs Mr John P. McManus

Soupy Soups (IRE) 10 9 8 Neil Mulholland Equi ex Incertis Partners

Beau Bay (FR) 10 9 7 Mr Peter Green & Dr RDP Newland

Shantou Flyer (IRE) 11 9 7 Paul Nicholls David Maxwell Racing Limited

Hear No Evil (IRE) 9 9 7 Noel C. Kelly Northern Ireland Mr Patrick Joseph McCartan

Monbeg Notorious (IRE) 10 9 6 Mrs Denise Foster Ireland Gigginstown House Stud

Aforementioned (FR) 8 9 5 Mrs Denise Foster Ireland Gigginstown House Stud

Fingerontheswitch (IRE) 11 9 3 Neil Mulholland Cahill, Atwell & Crofts

Has to be Minella Times given his namesake won the Gold Cup!

No change since Monday.

 

Cloth Cap, Minella Times, Burrows Saint and Canelo for me this year.

1 BRISTOL DE MAI (FR) 10 11 10 Nigel Twiston-Davies Daryl Jacob 25/1

2 CHRIS'S DREAM (IRE) 9 11 7 Henry de Bromhead IRE Darragh O'Keeffe 40/1

3 YALA ENKI (FR) 11 11 3 Paul Nicholls. Bryony Frost 40/1

4 BALLYOPTIC (IRE) 11 11 1 Nigel Twiston-Davies Sam Twiston-Davies 66/1

5 DEFINITLY RED (IRE) 12 11 1 Brian Ellison. Henry Brooke 40/1

6 LAKE VIEW LAD (IRE) 11 11 0 Nick Alexander. Brian Hughes 40/1

7 BURROWS SAINT (FR) 8 10 13 Willie Mullins IRE Patrick Mullins 9/1

8 MAGIC OF LIGHT (IRE) 10 10 13 Jessica Harrington IRE Robbie Power 20/1

9 ACAPELLA BOURGEOIS (FR) 11 10 12 Willie Mullins IRE Danny Mullins 33/1

10 TALKISCHEAP (IRE) 9 10 12 Alan King. Tom Cannon 50/1

11 TOUT EST PERMIS (FR) 8 10 12 Noel Meade IRE. Sean Flanagan 80/1

12 ANIBALE FLY (FR) 11 10 12 Tony Martin IRE. Denis O'Regan 25/1

13 MISTER MALARKY (GB) 8 10 12 Colin Tizzard. Jonjo O'Neill Jr 40/1

14 KIMBERLITE CANDY (IRE) 9 10 10 Tom Lacey. Richie McLernon 11/1

15 ANY SECOND NOW (IRE) 9 10 9 Ted Walsh IRE Mark Walsh 10/1

16 BALKO DES FLOS (FR) 10 10 9 Henry de Bromhead IRE. Aidan Coleman 50/1

17 ALPHA DES OBEAUX (FR) 11 10 9 Denise Foster IRE. Jody McGarvey 66/1

18 OK CORRAL (IRE) 11 10 8 Nicky Henderson Derek O'Connor 40/1

19 TAKINGRISKS (IRE) 12 10 7 Nicky Richards. Sean Quinlan 33/1

20 SHATTERED LOVE (IRE) 10 10 7 Denise Foster IRE. Kevin Sexton 40/1

21 JETT (IRE) 10 10 7 Jessica Harrington IRE. Sam Wahley-Cohen 66/1

22 LORD DU MESNIL (FR) 8 10 6 Richard Hobson. Nick Scholfield 33/1

23 POTTERS CORNER (IRE) 11 10 6 Christian Williams Jack Tudor 25/1

24 CLASS CONTI (FR) 9 10 6 Willie Mullins IRE. Brian Hayes 33/1

25 MILAN NATIVE (IRE) 8 10 6 Denise Foster IRE Jamie Codd 33/1

26 DISCORAMA (FR) 8 10 6 Paul Nolan IRE. Bryan Cooper 16/1

27 VIEUX LION ROUGE (FR) 12 10 5 David Pipe Conor O'Farrell 40/1

28 CLOTH CAP (IRE) 9 10 5 Jonjo O'Neill. Tom Scudamore 4/1f

29 CABARET QUEEN (GB) 9 10 5 Willie Mullins IRE Sean O'Keeffe 66/1

30 MINELLACELEBRATION (IRE) 11 10 5 Katy Price Ben Poste 66/1

31 CANELO (IRE) 8 10 4 Alan King. Tom Bellamy 33/1

32 THE LONG MILE (GB) 7 10 4 Philip Dempsey IRE Luke Dempsey 40/1

33 GIVE ME A COPPER (IRE) 11 10 4 Paul Nicholls Harry Cobden 40/1

34 FARCLAS (FR) 7 10 3 Denise Foster IRE. Jack Kennedy 20/1

35 MINELLA TIMES (IRE) 8 10 3 Henry de Bromhead IRE. Rachael Blackmore 10/1

36 SUB LIEUTENANT (IRE) 12 10 3 Georgie Howell Tabitha Worsley 100/1

37 HOGAN'S HEIGHT (IRE) 10 10 3 Jamie Snowden Gavin Sheehan 50/1

38 DOUBLE SHUFFLE (IRE) 11 10 2 Tom George Jonathan Burke 50/1

39 AMI DESBOIS (FR) 11 10 2 Graeme McPherson Kielan Woods 100/1

40 BLAKLION (GB) 12 10 2 Dan Skelton Harry Skelton 50/1

who is on the best form?

who is on the best form?

I would say Cloth Cap.

I generally think in the National, form goes completely out of the window, with such a huge field all it takes is one bad jump from a horse in front of you and it can either cause the horse to fall of hamper the horse and then it is rare they ever account for that.

 

My usual go to is to look for a horse that can go for distance and keep up with a moderate pace. Usually I always manage to get a horse in the places or just outside with this tactic!

Grand National still going ahead following the passing of Prince Philip.

28

Cloth Cap

Tom Scudamore/Jonjo O'Neill

Form: 28-311

 

9/2f

 

7

Burrows Saint

Mr P W Mullins/W P Mullins

Form: 31-262

 

7/1

 

35

Minella Times

Rachael Blackmore/Henry De Bromhead

Form: 20-122

 

8/1

 

15

Any Second Now

Mark Walsh/T M Walsh

Form: 1-99P1

 

9/1

 

8

Magic Of Light

Robbie Power/Mrs John Harrington

Form: 8-4128

 

14/1

 

14

Kimberlite Candy

Richie McLernon/Tom Lacey

Form: P/21-2

 

14/1

 

19

Takingrisks

Sean Quinlan/Nicky Richards

Form: 65-P41

 

16/1

 

26

Discorama

B J Cooper/Paul Nolan

Form: 833-25

 

16/1

 

34

Farclas

Jack Kennedy/Mrs Denise Foster

Form: 1-5342

 

18/1

 

13

Mister Malarky

Jonjo O'Neill Jr/Colin Tizzard

Form: -6U173

 

20/1

 

23

Potters Corner

Jack Tudor/Christian Williams

Form: 11-37P

 

20/1

 

12

Anibale Fly

Denis O'Regan/A J Martin

Form: 9883-5

 

22/1

 

1

Bristol De Mai

Daryl Jacob/Nigel Twiston-Davies

Form: 229-12

 

25/1

 

9

Acapella Bourgeois

Danny Mullins/W P Mullins

Form: 61-251

 

28/1

 

2

Chris's Dream

Darragh O'Keeffe/Henry De Bromhead

Form: 10-25P

 

33/1

 

20

Shattered Love

Kevin Sexton/Mrs Denise Foster

Form: -31023

 

33/1

 

5

Definitly Red

Henry Brooke/Brian Ellison

Form: 21-8F4

 

40/1

 

22

Lord Du Mesnil

Nick Scholfield/Richard Hobson

Form: 2-4991

 

40/1

 

24

Class Conti

Brian Hayes/W P Mullins

Form: 2-P034

 

40/1

 

25

Milan Native

Mr J J Codd/Mrs Denise Foster

Form: -12P09

 

40/1

 

31

Canelo

Tom Bellamy/Alan King

Form: 012143

 

40/1

 

33

Give Me A Copper

Harry Cobden/Paul Nicholls

Form: /17-2P

 

40/1

 

3

Yala Enki

Bryony Frost/Paul Nicholls

Form: -2F314

 

50/1

 

6

Lake View Lad

Brian Hughes/N W Alexander

Form: 33-155

 

50/1

 

29

Cabaret Queen

Sean O'Keeffe/W P Mullins

Form: 31238P

 

50/1

 

36

Sub Lieutenant

Tabitha Worsley/Georgie Howell

Form: 4-0244

 

50/1

 

10

Talkischeap

Tom Cannon/Alan King

Form: /3P-30

 

66/1

 

27

Vieux Lion Rouge

Conor O'Farrell/David Pipe

Form: 97-510

 

66/1

 

32

The Long Mile

L P Dempsey/J P Dempsey

Form: 1-F103

 

66/1

 

37

Hogan's Height

Gavin Sheehan/Jamie Snowden

Form: 715-P6

 

66/1

 

40

Blaklion

Harry Skelton/Dan Skelton

Form: 85/074

 

66/1

 

4

Ballyoptic

Sam Twiston-Davies/Nigel Twiston-Davies

Form: 1-P067

 

80/1

 

16

Balko Des Flos

Aidan Coleman/Henry De Bromhead

Form: -4764U

 

80/1

 

17

Alpha Des Obeaux

Jody McGarvey/Mrs Denise Foster

Form: 595PP4

 

80/1

 

18

Ok Corral

Mr Derek O'Connor/Nicky Henderson

Form: /091-P

 

80/1

 

21

Jett

Mr Sam Waley-Cohen/Mrs John Harrington

Form: P78P06

 

80/1

 

30

Minellacelebration

Ben Poste/Katy Price

Form: -11UU7

 

80/1

 

38

Double Shuffle

Jonathan Burke/Tom George

Form: 7-9316

 

80/1

 

11

Tout Est Permis

Sean Flanagan/Noel Meade

Form: 359P4F

 

100/1

 

39

Ami Desbois

Kielan Woods/Graeme McPherson

Form: 62P-22

 

100/1

£10 on Minella Times and £1 on Ballyoptic (per the Sweepstake)

Given my usual rules about only betting on any horses that a) have music-y names, and b) refer to my name, I've stuck £5 e/w on both Chris's Dream & Acapella Bourgeois. There were no horses that matched my other requirements, c) have a Catholic-y name, or d) have a Japanese name.

I normally go with a horse with a 'M' at the beginning, previous form over 3m.

Come through for me Alpha Des Obeaux!

Congratulations Rachael Blackmore the first female jockey to win the Grand National.

Oh wow, I had £5 on Minella Times. Looks like the beers are on me and Dobbo tonight lads! *.*

 

Congratulations Rachael Blackmore the first female jockey to win the Grand National.

 

Indeed - superb winner.

Well done to those who got on the winner, I was on Saint Burrows, didn't have enough in the tank!

 

Weird race, the horse that led for most it set an absolutely ridiculous pace. Cloth Cap pulling up was a strange one, I thought it was running really well (although would never ever have backed it at 4/1) although it couldn't set the pace.

Sad news regarding The Long Mile. :(