Off Topic NOT606 QPR 2017 GRAND NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKE

Good to know Cocktails at Dawn has less chance than horses which probably won't be in the race.

 

I see TED is not participating, although this horse could have been a good pick for him.

17. DEFINITLY RED (IRE), 8, 10-12, Brian Ellison (149) *** 10/1

 

The way he moans about all the punch-ups he's been involved over the decades he sounds more like 'The Last Samuri'...

 

I have just gone large on Vieux Lion Rouge!! Fingers Crossed!!

 

If the predictor league is anything to go by, mine will be at the glue factory by now!

 

Oh dear, a jump too far, was running 3rd

13:30 Shantou Flyer is pulled up three from home.

True to form - good appraisal:-

3. SHANTOU FLYER (IRE), 7, 11-5, Rebecca Curtis (156) *** 50/1
Stays 3m but yet to tackle extreme distances; likes good ground or softer.

 

Stainsy is the winner, the last one on our list!...

I had the 2nd and 3rd each way so smiles all round...

 

Congrats Staines.

 

Nice - that would have brought in a few bob.

Grand National result

1. One For Arthur D R Fox 14-1

2. Cause Of Causes Mr J J Codd 16-1

3. Saint Are D N Russell 25-1

4. Blaklion N D Fehily 8-1 Fav

 

Last, but not least......

 

I think I could have won this if I had been given a horse!. Unfortunately I was on a no fly zone.

 

I think I could have won this if i had been given a different horse

 

Smart punters in the know may have had a 'pointer' to yesterday's result, 1st and 4th yesterday running four years ago...