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• Friday Aintree

  4.05 Randox Supports Race Against Dementia Topham Handicap Chase (Grand National course) 2m5f, Premier Handicap

• The big weights can prosper in a heavy-ground National

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• Limerick and Conflated the National picks

  IT'S the biggest betting race of them all on Saturday as the Randox Grand National (4.00) headlines the card at Aintree and the red-hot favourite Corach Rambler appears to have an outstanding chance of repeating last year's victory judging on last month's Gold Cup third.

• Grand National verdict

  OLLY EDEN 1 Panda Boy 2 I Am Maximus 3 Vanillier 4 Meetingofthewaters TRAINED by the shrewd Martin Brassil, who clinched this prize with Numbersixvalverde in 2006, PANDA BOY has seemingly been laid out for this race all season and makes stacks of appeal.

• Vanillier a major player

  Conflated Trainer Gordon Elliott Age 10 Weight 11-12 Classy individual who was a dual Grade 1 winner in 2022. He's yet again been highly tested in top-level events this campaign but has taken a pair of tired unseats at the final fence in both the Savills Chase and Irish Gold Cup. His Ryanair third back in trip last time was a solid effort, but this is a tough task off top weight and he rates an unlikely stayer..... Noble Yeats Trainer Emmet Mullins Age 9 Weight 11-11 Sprang a 50-1 shock to win this off a mark of 147 in 2022 and he again displayed his liking for this unique test when fourth in last year's renewal off a 19lb higher mark. Kept to hurdles this term, he won the Cleeve before finishing a respectable seventh in the Stayers' Hurdle last month. He's been specifically targeted at this once again and certainly won't

• Stage is set for an Incredible Grand National

  THERE was a time when the Grand National was the best betting race of the year, only for everything to change. I'm not wild about change, but now it is at least safer for those out in the middle and an easier watch for everyone. It is what it is and we move on.

• It has to be Corach Rambler to make it two in the National

  Grand National Count on Corach Rambler in Saturday's Randox Grand National (4.00) at Aintree.

• Powerful outfit poised for another fruitful campaign

  DAVID MENUISIER was back dining at the top table last year and a powerful team spearheaded by live Classic hopes and older horses sprinkled with quality could propel him towards another brilliant campaign.

• Rely on Inch House to put poor run last time behind him

  IF YOU'RE prepared to forgive a horse a bad run then Inch House looks worth supporting at a big price for the William Hill Handicap Chase on Saturday.

• Shishkin can hasten a Henderson revival with victory in Bowl

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