We did well with our Grand National “team.” The quartet finished 1st, 2nd 4th and 14th.
The race went according to the form as to be honest it usually does. 3 of the first 7 had finished in the first 4 last season, 2 of the first 7 had either won our finished runner up in the Irish National and 2 of the first 7 had either won or been placed in the Hennessy Gold Cup. Two of the first 7 had either won or been placed in a previous year’s Cheltenham Festival.
My main hope tomorrow is on the flat at Windsor where Izzi Top runs for John Gosden in the 6.35. A well bred sort she made a very favourable impression on her debut when finishing 2nd at Doncaster last October.
The fact that Sir Michael Stoute has kept the 4 year old Nibani in training after just 2 starts to date is a tip in itself. This one runs in the 7.05.
Picture courtesy of the artist Katy Sodeau.
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