Stats for next years national

one word - denman

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Denman a big lay if he goes for it.

agree not run well for 2 yrs,gold cup was a poor race

Denman is a massive back if he goes for it imo

Lay best form behind him will be handicapped on form of last couple of years. Love to see him run and win though

Compressed handicap and 11-10 not 11-12 on his back will help him no end. He's pretty good at giving lumps to inferior horses (see two Hennessey wins) and he's an excellent jumper, who will have Ruby on board

Massive chance even under top weight imo

And of course, he's built for carrying big weights

I'd love to see Denman there, primarily to keep DPI's weight down for a repeat.

I'd be a confident layer of Denman too. You meed a proper athletic type, imo, which he is not. As well as his allotted weight, he will have his huge body weight to propel over those fences.

Nor has he much chance of staying the trip, imo. He finished tired in the Gold Cup and was pretty leg-weary on the run in when he won his Gold Cup. He takes an awful lot out of himself in a race and will be 'out of petrol' long before the last fence.

According to his connections he's also developing a mind of his own and he could easily decide the Aintree fences are not for him.

All in all, a great value place lay for me.

Denman's always had a mind of his own imo. He wouldn't have won this year on that ground I don't think.

denman wont run in it imo