Posted April 3, 20232 yr It's back our annual Buzzjack Grand National Sweepstake As some people may know on Saturday 15th April it is the Randox Health Grand National at Aintree. Would anyone be interested in taking part in a possible sweepstake where you get a horse chosen at random? Who will get the winner? Let me know if you are interested on here. Draw will take place on Thursday 13th April once the 40 runners have been declared. Participants: WeekndMack Dobbo Sarah Riser Houdini King Rollo LiamSime awardinary Brett-Butler PeteFromLeeds Oliver Steve201 Doctor Blind Brer Jade Lotita dandy* Klaus Roll of Honour: 2016- 1st Rule The World 33-1 (Bre) 2nd The Last Samuri 8-1jf (Froot) 3rd Vics Canvas 100-1 (Robot) 4th Gilgamboa 28-1 (Iz~) 2017- 1st One For Arthur 14-1 (Oliver) 2nd Cause of Causes 16-1 (Sarah) 3rd Saint Are 25-1 (Cassidy) 4th Blaklion 8-1f (IrnJacobBru) 2018- 1st Tiger Roll (cqmerqn) 2nd Pleasant Company (PeteFromLeeds) 3rd Bless The Wings (Brett-Butler) 4th.Anibale Fly (Jade) 2019- 1st Tiger Roll 4-1f (cqmerqn) 2nd Magic of Light 66-1 (SevenSeize) 3rd Rathvinden 8-1 (Brett-Butler) 4th Walk In The Mill 25-1 (Bre) 5th Anibale Fly 10-1 (Mack) 2021- 1st Minella Times 11-1 (Riser) 2nd Balko Des Flos 100-1 (dobbo) 3rd Any Second Now 15-2 (PeteFromLeeds) 4th Burrows Saint 9-1 (Houdini) 5th Farclas 16-1 (King Rollo) 2022- 1st Noble Yeats 50/1 (Skankhunt43 aka Michael) 2nd Any Second Now 15/2f (Sarah) 3rd Delta Work 10/1 (Skankhunt43 aka Michael) 4th Santini 33/1 (LiamSime) 5th Fiddlerontheroof 12/1 (Steve201) Racecard: 1) Any Second Now (IRE) 11 11-12 Ted Walsh IRE Mark Walsh 16/1- Jade 2) Noble Yeats (IRE) 8 11-11 Emmet Mullins IRE Sean Bowen 9/1- dandy* 3) Galvin (IRE) 9 11-11 Gordon Elliott IRE Davy Russell 18/1- Riser 4) Fury Road (IRE) 9 11-6 Gordon Elliott IRE Jonjo O'Neill Jr 66/1- Sarah 5) The Big Dog (IRE) 10 11-5 Peter Fahey IRE Aidan Coleman 16/1- Mack 6) Capodanno (FR) 7 11-5 Willie Mullins IRE Danny Mullins 20/1- awardinary 7) Delta Work (FR) 10 11-4 Gordon Elliott IRE Keith Donoghue 8/1- Oliver 8) Sam Brown 11 11-4 Anthony Honeyball Johnny Burke 50/1- Klaus 9) Lifetime Ambition (IRE) 8 11-3 Jessica Harrington IRE Sean O'Keefe 25/1- Mack 10) Carefully Selected (IRE) 11 11-1 Willie Mullins IRE Michael O'Sullivan 50/1- PeteFromLeeds 11) Coko Beach (FR) 8 11-0 Gordon Elliott IRE Harry Cobden 50/1- PeteFromLeeds 12) Longhouse Poet (IRE) 9 11-0 Martin Brassil IRE JJ Slevin 14/1 13) Gaillard du Mesnil (FR) 7 11-0 Willie Mullins IRE Paul Townend 14/1- Oliver 14) Darasso (FR) 10 10-13 Joseph O'Brien IRE Luke Dempsey 80/1- LiamSime 15) Le Milos 8 10-11 Dan Skelton Harry Skelton 14/1- King Rollo 17) The Big Breakaway (IRE) 8 10-10 Joe Tizzard Brendan Powell 25/1 18) Cape Gentleman (IRE) 7 10-8 John Hanlon IRE Jody McGarvey 80/1- Houdini 19) Roi Mage (FR) 11 10-8 Patrick Griffin IRE Felix de Giles 50/1- Doctor Blind 20) Diol Ker (FR) 9 10-8 Noel Meade IRE Kieran Buckley 80/1 21) A Wave of The Sea (IRE) 7 10-6 Joseph O'Brien IRE Shane Fitzgerald 100/1- lotita 22) Minella Trump (IRE) 9 10-6 Donald McCain Theo Gillard 40/1- LiamSime 23) Vanillier (FR) 8 10-6 Gavin Cromwell IRE Sean Flanagan 16/1- King Rollo 24) Velvet Elvis (IRE) 7 10-6 Thomas Gibney IRE Darragh O'Keefe 33/1- Steve201 25) Ain't That A Shame (IRE) 9 10-5 Henry de Bromhead IRE Rachael Blackmore 14/1- Klaus 26) Corach Rambler (IRE) 9 10-5 Lucinda Russell Derek Fox 7/1f- Steve201 27) Enjoy d'Allen (FR) 9 10-5 Ciaran Murphy IRE Simon Torrens 80/1- Jade 28) Mr Incredible (IRE) 7 10-4 Willie Mullins IRE Brian Hayes 12/1- Brett-Butler 29) Mister Coffey (FR) 8 10-4 Nicky Henderson Nico de Boinville 50/1- Dobbo 30) Cloudy Glen (IRE) 10 10-4 Venetia Williams Charlie Deutsch 50/1- Dobbo 31) Hill Sixteen 10 10-2 Sandy Thomson Ryan Mania 66/1- awardinary 32) Gabbys Cross (IRE) 8 10-2 Henry de Bromhead IRE Peter Carberry 33/1- lotita 33) Recite A Prayer (IRE) 8 10-1 Willie Mullins IRE Jack Foley 66/1- Brer 34) Eva's Oskar (IRE) 9 10-1 S Tim Vaughan Alan Johns 33/1- Houdini 35) Our Power (IRE) 8 10-0 Sam Thomas Sam Twiston-Davies 20/1- Brer 36) Dunboyne (IRE) 8 10-0 Gordon Elliott IRE Jack Tudor 66/1 37) Francky du Berlais (FR) 10 10-0 Peter Bowen Ben Jones 66/1- Doctor Blind 38) Fortescue 9 9-13 Henry Daly Hugh Nugent 50/1- Sarah 39) Back On The Lash 9 9-13 Martin Keighley Adam Wedge 25/1- dandy* 40) Born By The Sea (IRE) 9 9-10 John Gilligan IRE Phillip Enright 80/1- Brett-Butler
April 4, 20232 yr Would anyone be interested in taking part in a possible sweepstake where you get a horse chosen at random?Meeeee!!
April 13, 20232 yr Let the draw commence! Mack 5) The Big Dog (IRE) 10 11-5 Peter Fahey IRE Aidan Coleman 16/1 About: He’s not you know, instead a very tough, talented and reliable staying chaser. He’s won a National in Munster, finished third in one in Wales but if he’s to win the Grandest of them all, he’ll need to avoid making the odd mistake that he’s prone to. Dobbo 30) Cloudy Glen (IRE) 10 10-4 Venetia Williams Charlie Deutsch 50/1 About: Carries the colours of the late Trevor Hemmings which are so synonymous with the great race but hard to get too enthusiastic over his recent efforts. Sarah 4) Fury Road (IRE) 9 11-6 Gordon Elliott IRE Jonjo O'Neill Jr 66/1 About: Got going too late in the Ryanair at Cheltenham but is talented and might just take to this test too. One of the Gordon Elliott armada and a player.
April 13, 20232 yr Riser 3) Galvin (IRE) 9 11-11 Gordon Elliott IRE Davy Russell 18/1 About: Davy Russell came out of retirement for Cheltenham, went back in it during the final day of that meeting, only to be resurrected over Easter to take the ride on this fellow. Tiger Roll’s jockey teams up with Gordon Elliott again and has a big chance of bowing out in glory – if in fact he is bowing out. Or is out of retirement. Houdini 18) Cape Gentleman (IRE) 7 10-8 John Hanlon IRE Jody McGarvey 80/1 About: Shark Hanlon was tasked with finding a National runner for a new American owner. Mission accomplished with this fellow but even his optimistic trainer admits there are some stamina doubts to answer. King Rollo 23) Vanillier (FR) 8 10-6 Gavin Cromwell IRE Sean Flanagan 16/1 About: Ice, Ice Baby. Sorry only me then. He’s a player – the horse, not good old Vanilla – after a fine prep in the Bobbyjo (see for yourself with the full replay below). So stop, collaborate and listen: get him on the shortlist.
April 13, 20232 yr LiamSime 14) Darasso (FR) 10 10-13 Joseph O'Brien IRE Luke Dempsey 80/1 About: I backed him ante-post for the 2020 Champion Hurdle. No honestly, I did. I won’t be backing him for the 2023 Randox Grand National as he’s been out-of-sorts of late. But haven’t we all. awardinary 31) Hill Sixteen 10 10-2 Sandy Thomson Ryan Mania 66/1 About: The pride of sporting Dundee and proven around these big fences but probably needs a deluge or two to have a chance of sending his owners and legions of fans dancing for joy on the banks of the Tay. Brett-Butler 40) Born By The Sea (IRE) 9 9-10 John Gilligan IRE Phillip Enright 80/1 About: He’ll be a big price – and understandably so – so one for those who can see the beach when they fling open their curtains on a morning. Or those who moved inland but used to be able to.
April 13, 20232 yr PeteFromLeeds 11) Coko Beach (FR) 8 11-0 Gordon Elliott IRE Harry Cobden 50/1 About: He’s grey and cut a fine sight out in front for much of last year’s race. He didn’t stay – nor did he in the Irish National previously. If you like to back a horse you’ll get to see a lot during the race on ITV then you could do a lot worse. If you want one who’s in front on ITV at the winning post, you could do a lot better. Oliver 7) Delta Work (FR) 10 11-4 Gordon Elliott IRE Keith Donoghue 8/1 About: Owned by Michael O’Leary, trained by Gordon Elliott and the winner of the Glenfarclas Cross-Country Chase. He’s not Tiger Roll but is a very plausible Randox Grand National winner for the same team minus Davy Russell. Who is still out of retirement as I type this. Steve201 24) Velvet Elvis (IRE) 7 10-6 Thomas Gibney IRE Darragh O'Keefe 33/1 About: Second to Any Second Now at Navan last time and fans of the King (Presley not Charles) will be lining up to back this fellow. Can’t have them all on the shortlist though. Doctor Blind 19) Roi Mage (FR) 11 10-8 Patrick Griffin IRE Felix de Giles 50/1 About: I spent ages trying to get the English translation and think it’s wise man – something I’m clearly not. Another useful Irish staying handicap chaser who if he gets the break might pick up some gold.
April 14, 20232 yr Author Is it too late for me to enter as well :jump: x No it isn't too late to enter,
April 14, 20232 yr Author Massive thanks to Pete for doing the first part of the draw in this year's Sweepstake, very much appreciated. :)
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