grand national

[kopend]

is "roll along" going to run in the grand national

[mightyWBA]

http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/ca rl-llewellyn-aintree-grand-national-punchestow n-festival-roll-along-to-miss-national-in-favo ur-of-punchestown/172920/related/

Unlikely according to his trainer , kopend.

[CraigOO7]

I doubt it will walk!

[kopend]

roll along has now been pulled out

as has king johns castle

any tips for the national

[lesblue]

My "three against the field" at the moment would be Character Building (best price 14/1), War Of Attrition (20/1) and last years winner Comply Or Die(20/1)

Good luck.

[redman41]

Current favourite at present according to Ladbrokes is
My Will 8/1
Black Apalachi 12/1
Last years winner Comply or Die is 14/1
There are still 85 Runners still in the frame
You need to pick a horse than has run 4 1/2 miles previously and has good stamina and not carrying top weight like last years winner.

[paraffin]

redman:

Sorry, mate, but I have to disagree with your claim that a horse has to have competed in a race the length of the National.
For example, I'm fairly sure that there isn't another race of that length in the racing calendar, not in the UK anyway, and the nearest you'd get is either the Eider Chase at Newcastle, the Scottish National at Ayr, or the Midlands National at Uttoxeter, all at 4 miles.
There have been many National winners over the years which had hardly run in excess of 3 miles, let alone an extra mile and a half. It has been held for many years that a class two and a half mile horse, for some reason, is an ideal type for the National.
Nowadays, there are more and more class animals contesting the race since the fences were modified some years ago, and the race is increasingly won by horses who have contested Pattern races etc as opposed to your donkeys which used to win yesteryear when the race was nothing more than a lottery - as in the first ever winner of it.