Aintree Grand national 2011

Meeting starts on Thursday..

I like the chances of a scottish winner with Silver By Nature trained by Peter Scudamore`s missus Lucinda Russell at around 16/1,there has only been one scottish trained winner of the race Rubstic in 1979,considering the race was first run in 1839 the stats are not good..

LAST YEARS RACE

Threaten the horses with haggis for supper. If that doesn't persuade them to run like the wind and jump every obstacle in sight, nothing will.

Magic this is my favourite time of year,it means we can finally draw a line through the jumpseason well nearly lol

hibernia Wrote:

---

> Magic this is my favourite time of year,it means
> we can finally draw a line through the jumpseason
> well nearly lol

You won'tt get an argument from me. I mean, how can anybody compare the imminent return of a horse like Frankel to a three mile jumping race at Uttoxeter or something? Yougottabekiddingme.

Mind you saying that the horse that conquered ST Nicholas abbey,couldnt win a hurdle race last time out lol

hibernia Wrote:

---

> Mind you saying that the horse that conquered ST
> Nicholas abbey,couldnt win a hurdle race last time
> out lol


oh and the winner of said hurdle race was Zarakova`s(spelling) full brother i believeX(

magiclips Wrote:

---

> Threaten the horses with haggis for supper. If
> that doesn't persuade them to run like the wind
> and jump every obstacle in sight, nothing will.

Nothing wrong with Haggis Magic, much better than spaghetti, but we did have the kids and friends stay over last weekend and I was up to prepare them good hangover food, bacon, eggs, sausage and "black pudding" Mrs S and myself were the only takers for the black pud........lol

Back to the National..................my original thought was Tidal Bay but can McCoy do it again on Dont Push It? he is such a king.

Plus some decent bets/runners at the festival

Big Bucks, Zarkandar and Denman

Albertas Run

Binocular (Peddlers Cross)

scotia Wrote:

---

> Plus some decent bets/runners at the festival
>
> Big Bucks, Zarkandar and Denman
>
> Albertas Run
>
> Binocular (Peddlers Cross)


Zarkandar thats the one that beat unacomanpied(who went on to beat ST Nicholas Abbey)

Haggis is better than spaghetti?
Yougottabekiddingme, Part Two.

Black Pudding???? Ughhhhhhhhhhhhh. Another reason why British cuisine (?) has traditionally been (with all due respect) the laughing stock of Europe. We need a vomiting smiley here, I'm afraid.:

(Unless you put some very weird toppings on your spaghetti....())

Yes Black Pudding gravy........................

scotia Wrote:

---

> Yes Black Pudding gravy........................

Dear God. It gets worse.