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whats everyones early thoughts like the look of fruity o rooney myself
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So did I for the Will Hill Trophy
 Course specialist Merigo looks on a decent mark 6 lbs below his 2nd last year. |
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Fruity for me too but the owners are also considering the 3 mile chase on Grand National day so wait to see where he goes first. I was on E/W @ 33-1 at the festival and he ran a blinder. I dont normally like backing a horse for that race which ran at Cheltenham but he will have had a good break and if you look back over the past 10 years plenty of winners of the SGN either made all or were up with the pace so he looks ideal for the race. The other one at a price is Benny Be Good who has been dropped a handy 8 lbs in his last 2 races despite not running too badly. This has been the aim all season and his run in the fixed brush hurdle at Haydock reads very well.
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Portrait King, Merigo and Lie Forritt my three against the field in that order.
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Scottish Grand National - Winner 2012-04-21
Favourites: Harry The Viking (7) , Ikorodu Road (12) , Junior (12) , Merigo (12) , Portrait King (12) , Galaxy Rock (14) , Lie Forrit (14) , Shakalakaboomboom (14) , The Package (14) , Alfie Sherrin (16) , Always Right (16) , Ballabriggs (16) , Burton Port (16) , Knockara Beau (16) , West End Rocker (16) , Any Currency (20) , Carruthers (20) , Fruity Orooney (20) , Mostly Bob (20) , Our Island (20) - Others 20 or more |
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HORSE AGE WGT TRAINER RTF% JOCKEY OR TS RPR
P/FP33 Abbeybraney49 11 9-2 George Bewley 128 112 167 PF7513 Alfie Sherrin12 9 9-10 Jonjo O´Neill 136 152 170 13-1PP Always Right63 10 10-7 John Wade 147 141 173 2-3P47 Any Currency84 9 9-5 Martin Keighley 131 129 167 P2F-60 Arbor Supreme129 10 10-4 Jonjo O´Neill 144 — — 0-0631 Auroras Encore14 10 10-3 Sue Smith 143 156 175 1121-4 Ballabriggs49 11 11-6 Donald McCain 160 95 152 2UP63 Ballyfitz35 12 8-12 Nigel Twiston-Davies 124 153 165 3P-PP7 Be There In Five37 8 9-6 Nicky Henderson 132 124 163 601172 Bellflower Boy18 9 8-6 Dr Richard Newland 118 — 147 224635 Benny Be Good28 9 10-9 Keith Reveley 149 179 182 1/2-24 Burton Port36 8 11-12 Nicky Henderson 166 160 173 25411 Cadogan34 12 9-10 J T R Dreaper 136 138 169 2P/133 Cappa Bleu63 10 10-7 Evan Williams 147 152 173 444423 Captain Americo56 10 8-12 James Ewart 124 145 158 9-31P0 Carruthers36 9 10-9 Mark Bradstock 149 168 174 F41033 Carsonstown Boy27 8 8-1 C A McBratney 113 68 150 4P6226 Categorical56 9 9-1 Keith Reveley 127 122 159 U4P-P6 Chernik37 11 6-7 Micky Hammond 91 69 103 0-6600 Chief Dan George133 12 8-13 James Moffatt 125 124 141 48/216 Cloudy Lane36 12 9-0 Donald McCain 126 — — U34-1F Deep Purple56 11 10-12 Evan Williams 152 91 178 7F535F Etxalar14 9 8-2 Lucinda Russell 114 96 151 1/4512 Fabalu20 10 9-3 Donald McCain 129 72 162 U26345 Fair Along49 10 9-9 Philip Hobbs 135 170 177 952P0 Fredo37 8 9-3 Ian Williams 129 101 164 62132 Fruity O´Rooney39 9 10-5 Gary Moore 145 157 174 31P43 Galaxy Rock28 8 10-4 Jonjo O´Neill 144 149 177 522661 Garleton23 11 10-0 Maurice Barnes 140 141 170 1-5318 Gurtacrue37 7 8-12 Evan Williams 124 120 155 522344 Harry Flashman14 11 8-5 Donald Whillans 117 135 152 11112 Harry The Viking38 7 10-3 Paul Nicholls 143 157 174 PU85U3 Heez A Steel18 11 7-5 George Charlton 103 98 135 P52211 Ikorodu Road28 9 10-1 Matt Sheppard 141 154 170 1-U412 Isla Pearl Fisher14 9 7-13 N W Alexander 111 110 144 321-82 Junior49 9 11-4 David Pipe 158 142 171 030341 Killyglen35 10 10-1 S R B Crawford 141 154 174 PP7FF6 King Fontaine28 9 9-1 Malcolm Jefferson 127 113 143 026326 Knockara Beau36 9 10-7 George Charlton 147 170 177 0P7113 Le Beau Bai63 9 10-0 Richard Lee 140 159 173 P9/122 Lie Forrit75 8 9-12 William Amos 138 112 168 213319 Lively Baron38 7 8-13 Donald McCain 125 151 164 F31214 Mac Aeda49 8 9-4 Malcolm Jefferson 130 109 160 70801 Merigo43 11 9-8 Andrew Parker 134 129 169 5-F317 Midnight Chase36 10 11-9 Neil Mulholland 163 158 173 P-5510 Mostly Bob37 9 9-7 Philip Hobbs 133 144 168 292658 Our Island38 7 9-4 Tim Vaughan 130 157 159 23680 Pettifour37 10 9-4 Nigel Twiston-Davies 130 — — 630211 Portrait King56 7 10-0 M Phelan 140 161 178 341229 Posh Bird35 9 8-11 Peter Niven 123 146 159 48-121 Problema Tic35 6 9-11 Nicky Henderson 137 150 168 3-212 Quentin Collonges35 8 9-8 Henry Daly 134 147 168 6-2142 Red Harbour43 8 8-12 Lucinda Russell 124 138 160 31300P Rivage D´Or72 7 9-5 D T Hughes 131 144 160 7-1122 Shakalakaboomboom41 8 10-9 Nicky Henderson 149 141 172 F124U State Benefit38 7 9-2 Nicky Henderson 128 144 156 U5/5-4 The Package39 9 9-13 David Pipe 139 156 173 6U-325 Tidal Bay64 11 11-0 Paul Nicholls 154 158 176 B-2110 Vic Venturi69 12 9-11 D T Hughes 137 165 171 7-1345 Walkon38 7 10-8 Alan King 148 149 176 1PB-P1 West End Rocker140 10 10-9 Alan King 149 165 174 23005P Western Charmer12 10 9-13 D T Hughes 139 168 176 |
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Seems a good time to kick start this thread now. Looks like a whole host of runners will come out at the 5 day stage tomorrow and unless Junior runs again after his early fall in the National then it looks like Benny Be Good will carry topweight. As Ive mentioned on a previous thread it looks like we will have good ground at worst with GF looking fav unless significant rain falls which doesnt look likely.
Fruity O Rooney confirmed as a definite runner although its worth remembering that he missed the Racing Post CHase and Grimthorpe because of the fast ground so they will be looking to the CotC to pour the water on. Any Currency also goes due to missing the cut in the National. Galaxy Rock looks like going to Sandown if the prices on here are anything to go by although Im sure Jonjo said the SN was its next target so we'll see with that. Personally I like Benny Be Good. This has been the target since he missed the Skybet due to being rated too high. The trainer thought he could win that off 150 but ended up on 155! However due to a couple of James Reveley special rides and plenty of moaning about his mark he's managed to get him down to 149. Having looked at previous runnings of the race ive discovered that: In the last 15 years six horses have carried top weight having been rated between 150-140. Three of them won - Belmont King 16-1, Young Kenny 5-2 and Grey Abbey 12-1. Another, Gone To Lunch, just failed to get up at 12-1. None of those horses ran at Aintree. The other two, Earthmover (PU) and Idle Talk (UR when beaten) both did. At 25-1 he rates good each way value. Of the others Portrait King could be anything and was put away after the Eider for this and I would have been against Harry The Viking as horses who ran in the 4miler at Cheltenham had, up until last year, a poor record in the race. Interestingly that winner Beshabar, like many previous winners, had won at Doncaster. Unfortunately so has HTV so he has strong claims if still in form. Lively Barron had looked a non stayer before he ran in the 4 miler and will hopefully go for the 3 mile novice chase on the same card. Cant help but feel this will be a step too far for Ikorudo Road after a great run of late and Knockara Beau on the whole has looked to enjoy hurdles much more than fences as he always seems to belt at least one and Ayr is definitely a track where you need to get in a rhythm. So for me its BBG e/w and Fruity O Rooney if the grounds no faster than good. Good luck all and see you there! |