GRAND NATIONAL SUSPENDED - GO ON.....

They didn't get enough time to water the course, put back 3days.

Read the rules. They may give you a clue.........

I know Rydal.
I was inviting those that don't realise to ask.

...... sorry!

How long does it normally take for the decs to appear somewhere?

Dockers strike

Reopened - 65 left.

Trophy missing

Clashes with a Royal Wedding! Na, too far fetched!

full line on atr website

sorry ..full line up on atr website

no its not ...just ignore me..

139 is 40th


158 Madison Du Berlais
155 Mon Mome
154 Black Apalachi
154 Joe Lively
154 Vic Venturi
153 Comply Or Die
153 Don't Push It
152 Made In Taipan
152 Niche Market
152 Tricky Trickster
151 Cloudy Lane
151 Dream Alliance
151 Nozic
150 My Will
150 Pablo Du Charmil
148 Backstage
148 Ballyholland
148 Beat The Boys
148 Preists Leap
147 Can't Buy Time
147 Snowy Morning
146 Big Fella Thanks
145 Character Building
145 State Of Play
144 Ellerslie George
143 Ballyfitz
143 Conna Castle
143 Eric's Charm
143 King Johns Castle
143 Ollie Magern
142 Arbor Supreme
142 Maljimar
141 Irish Raptor
141 Mr Pointment
141 Piraya
141 The Package
140 Hello Bud
140 Palypso De Creek
139 Abbeybraney
139 Cerium
139 Flintoff
139 Royal Rosa
139 Silver Birch
138 Knowhere
138 Oodachee
138 Whinstone Boy
137 Faasel
137 Officier De Reserve
136 Chief Dan George
136 Duers
135 Ballytrim
135 Offshore Account
135 Pak Jack
134 Kings Advocate
134 Treacle
133 Galant Nuit
132 Belon Gale
132 Pomme Tiepy
130 Merigo
129 Chiaro
128 According To John
127 Lorum Leader
124 Over The Creek
120 Wee Robbie
118 Offaly


Out of the 10 defectors, I notice 8:
Notre Pere
Razor Royale
Lennon
Equus maximus
Dooneys Gate
Deutschland
Chelsea Harbour
Air Force One

THERE were no surprises at Monday's confirmation stage for Saturday's John Smith's Grand National.

Notre Pere, Air Force One and Razor Royale were the highest-profile absentees from a list of 65 confirmed entries, but all three had already been declared doubtful.

Cerium, a 100-1 chance when excelling himself in fifth place a year ago, is the last horse guaranteed to make the cut in a race with a maximum field of 40.

The 2007 winner Silver Birch currently needs three to come out if he is to get a run. Less likely to get a run is last month's William Hill Chase winner Chief Dan George, who needs nine to come out.

The full list of horses who were not confirmed is Notre Pere, Air Force One, Deutschland, Chelsea Harbour, Dooney's Gate, Equus Maximus, Lennon, Razor Royale, Anothercoppercoast and Cossack Dancer.

Anothercoppercoast and Cossack Dancer.

1) 101-3244 MADISON DU BERLAIS (FR) 9-11-10 Roger Stanley & Yvonne Reynolds II David Pipe
3) 001-P3463 MON MOME (FR) 10-11-07 Vida Bingham Venetia Williams
4) P151U-02 BLACK APALACHI (IRE) 11-11-06 Gerard Burke Dessie Hughes IRE
5) 15-50030 JOE LIVELY (IRE) 11-11-06 Richard Dimond Colin Tizzard
6) 0-211501 VIC VENTURI (IRE) 10-11-06 James Dunne Dessie Hughes IRE
7) 1/P002-00 COMPLY OR DIE (IRE) 11-11-05 David Johnson David Pipe
8) 201-423P DON'T PUSH IT (IRE) 10-11-05 J P McManus Jonjo O'Neill
9) 3-3U2404P MADE IN TAIPAN (IRE) 8-11-04 Frances Duffin/Sean Corby Tom Mullins IRE
10) 401-03520 NICHE MARKET (IRE) 9-11-04 Graham Regan Bob Buckler
11) 22121-210 TRICKY TRICKSTER (IRE) 7-11-04 Chris Giles Paul Nicholls
12) 31FU-3644 CLOUDY LANE 10-11-03 Trevor Hemmings Donald McCain Jnr
13) PUPP/-21P DREAM ALLIANCE 9-11-03 The Alliance Partnership Philip Hobbs
14) 1P00-60 NOZIC (FR) 9-11-03 Coral Racing Ltd Paul Nicholls
15) 553-2057 MY WILL (FR) 10-11-02 The Stewart Family Paul Nicholls
16) 3606-4F PABLO DU CHARMIL (FR) 9-11-02 Joe Moran David Pipe
17) 0112313 BACKSTAGE (FR) 8-11-00 MPR & Capranny Syndicate Gordon Elliott IRE
18) P6-51110 BALLYHOLLAND (IRE) 9-11-00 Cathal McGovern Colin McBratney IRE
19) FP-1P1PP BEAT THE BOYS (IRE) 9-11-00 New Club Ladies Nigel Twiston-Davies
20) 100-000U0 PREISTS LEAP (IRE) 10-11-00 John O'Donohue/Tom O'Leary Tom O'Leary IRE
21) 314F-016 CAN'T BUY TIME (IRE) 8-10-13 J P McManus Jonjo O'Neill
22) 1103223 SNOWY MORNING (IRE) 10-10-13 Quayside Syndicate Willie Mullins IRE
24) 2U136-2U1 BIG FELLA THANKS 8-10-12 Maggie**& Paul Barber Paul Nicholls
26) 143301-00 CHARACTER BUILDING (IRE) 10-10-11 Mrs E Wright John Quinn
29) 60/144-P STATE OF PLAY 10-10-11 William & Angela Rucker Evan Williams
30) 00-12100 ELLERSLIE GEORGE (IRE) 10-10-10 Guy Henderson Nick Mitchell
31) 2P-4P1540 BALLYFITZ 10-10-09 Fred & Wayne Mills Nigel Twiston-Davies
32) 043545U CONNA CASTLE (IRE) 11-10-09 Kings Syndicate Jimmy Mangan IRE
34) 02P5-011 ERIC'S CHARM (FR) 12-10-09 Martin St Quinton & Peter Deal Oliver Sherwood
35) 212/0-0000 KING JOHNS CASTLE (IRE) 11-10-09 J P McManus Arthur Moore IRE
36) F2-305467 OLLIE MAGERN 12-10-09 Roger Nicholls Nigel Twiston-Davies
37) 330-30U2 ARBOR SUPREME (IRE) 8-10-08 J P McManus Willie Mullins IRE
39) 02P-253 MALJIMAR (IRE) 10-10-08 Jane Williams Nick Williams
40) U01-4U5 IRISH RAPTOR (IRE) 11-10-07 Caroline Beresford-Wylie Nigel Twiston-Davies
41) 6P/6220-0 MR POINTMENT (IRE) 11-10-07 Judith Wilson Paul Murphy
42) 000-33010 PIRAYA (FR) 7-10-07 Terry Neill David Pipe
44) 03-02312 THE PACKAGE 7-10-07 David Johnson David Pipe
45) 11-035U00 HELLO BUD (IRE) 12-10-06 Seamus Murphy Nigel Twiston-Davies
46) 1P6-1420 PALYPSO DE CREEK (FR) 7-10-06 Alan Halsall Charlie Longsdon
47) 23/32-31P ABBEYBRANEY (IRE) 9-10-05 Andrea & Graham Wylie Howard Johnson
48) 50PP/05-0 CERIUM (FR) 9-10-05 Judith Wilson Paul Murphy


41 onwards
49) P63/52-P FLINTOFF (USA) 9-10-05 Andrew Flintoff & Paul Beck Venetia Williams
50) 56/-33P5 ROYAL ROSA (FR) 11-10-05 Andrea & Graham Wylie Howard Johnson
51) 0F-26r20 SILVER BIRCH (IRE) 13-10-05 Brian Walsh (Co. Kildare) Gordon Elliott IRE
52) -3PP462F KNOWHERE (IRE) 12-10-04**Mould Nigel Twiston-Davies
53) 3025-0560 OODACHEE 11-10-04 Modreeny Syndicate Charlie Swan IRE
54) P4F1311 WHINSTONE BOY (IRE) 9-10-04 Whinstone Syndicate Jimmy Mangan IRE
55) 0P03-402 FAASEL (IRE) 9-10-03 Hush Hush Partnership David Pipe
56) P/1r40P-0 OFFICIER DE RESERVE (FR) 8-10-03 Seasons Holidays Venetia Williams
57) 115-30011 CHIEF DAN GEORGE (IRE) 10-10-02 Maurice Chapman Jimmy Moffatt
58) 111P20 DUERS (IRE) 8-10-02 Kate Kelly/Kate Ronan Paul Magnier IRE
59) P01-1F01 BALLYTRIM (IRE) 9-10-01 Violet O'Leary Willie Mullins IRE
60) 20-0U004 OFFSHORE ACCOUNT (IRE) 10-10-01 Brian Polly Charlie Swan IRE
61) 0/-P220P6 PAK JACK (FR) 10-10-01 The Pak Jack Partnership Richard Phillips
62) 366//4-547 KINGS ADVOCATE (IRE) 10-10-00 Maine Syndicate Tom Taaffe IRE
63) 1/3F-116P TREACLE (IRE) 9-10-00 Bjorn Nielsen Tom Taaffe IRE
64) 145-2613 GALANT NUIT (FR) 6-9-13 David Parry Ferdy Murphy
66) 31F4-22 BELON GALE (IRE) 7-9-12 Andrea & Graham Wylie Howard Johnson
67) 45-0600P POMME TIEPY (FR) 7-9-12 Susannah Ricci Willie Mullins IRE
68) 1021-02D6 MERIGO (FR) 9-9-10 Ray & Anita Green Andrew Parker
69) 53414-00 CHIARO (FR) 8-9-09 Andrew Cohen Philip Hobbs
70) 5/44-U335P ACCORDING TO JOHN (IRE) 10-9-08 Sir Robert Ogden Nicky Richards
71) 24-512P0P LORUM LEADER (IRE) 9-9-07 Dr Richard & Laura Newland Dr Richard Newland
72) 1342/-0PP0 OVER THE CREEK 11-9-04 David Johnson David Pipe
74) 0/13P/-FP52 WEE ROBBIE 10-9-00 P H Betts (Holdings) Ltd Nick Gifford
75) 2U1/P6P-4P OFFALY (IRE) 9-8-12 The Pole to Pole Partnership Pru Townsley

The Racingpost article quoted in the last post is incorrect. tehere are 5 horses on 139 set to carry 10st 5lbs. The only two certain to run are Flintoff and Abbeybraney. Cerium and Silver Birch are joint 41st and if only one comes out then they will draw lots for the last spot.

which number will be cut off you think?

I see one can lay the field in the ante-post market for 103%. Is this free money or is there a catch here? If horses are cut off then the backers still lose their money?

At this stage they all more or less intend to run. there will be 2 or 3 that have a bad blood test or maybe get cast in their box who will drop out. Madison Du Berlais has alternative engagements and if he goes for the 3 miler or the Scottish National then the weights go up 3lbs.

Getting Better , thee is a catch, bets are void on horses ballotted out.

Thanks

state of ground will affect it - doubt Backstage will run if soft for example.

and Flintof runs today

no he doesn't.

he's been withdrawn

Last places will be based on this week's official ratings. No reason for them to be different from last week's.

138 Flintoff
137 Abbeybraney
133 Cerium
122 Royal Rosa
??? Silver Birch (Irish)

Correct Me2 - "At the bottom of the handicap there are five horses currently on 10st 5lb, but official British Horseracing Authority ratings mean the two that would currently make the final field are Flintoff (138) and Abbeybraney (137)".