Grand National Weights 2016

2016 Grand National Weights
Saturday 9th April 2016 - 17:15 - 126 entries - Last Updated - 16th February, 2016

1) MANY CLOUDS (IRE) 9 11-10 Oliver Sherwood
2) DON POLI (IRE) 7 11-09 Willie Mullins IRE
3) SILVINIACO CONTI (FR) 10 11-08 Paul Nicholls
4) CARLINGFORD LOUGH (IRE) 10 11-07 John Kiely IRE
5) VALSEUR LIDO (FR) 7 11-06 Willie Mullins IRE
6) HOUBLON DES OBEAUX (FR) 9 11-05 Venetia Williams
7) FIRST LIEUTENANT (IRE) 11 11-04 Mouse Morris IRE
8) FOXROCK (FR) 8 11-03 Ted Walsh IRE
9) WONDERFUL CHARM (FR) 8 11-03 Paul Nicholls
10) BALLYNAGOUR (IRE) 10 11-02 David Pipe
11) THIRD INTENTION (IRE) 9 11-02 Colin Tizzard
12) GILGAMBOA (IRE) 8 11-01 Enda Bolger IRE
13) LORD WINDERMERE (IRE) 10 11-01 Jim Culloty IRE
14) O'FAOLAINS BOY (IRE) 9 11-01 Rebecca Curtis
15) ON HIS OWN (IRE) 12 11-01 Willie Mullins IRE
16) SAM WINNER (FR) 9 11-01 Paul Nicholls
17) THE DRUIDS NEPHEW (IRE) 9 11-00 Neil Mulholland
18) TRIOLO D'ALENE (FR) 9 11-00 Nicky Henderson
19) WOUNDED WARRIOR (IRE) 7 11-00 Noel Meade IRE
20) ROCKY CREEK (IRE) 10 10-13 Paul Nicholls
21) ROI DU MEE (FR) 11 10-13 Gordon Elliott IRE
22) SIR DES CHAMPS (FR) 10 10-13 Willie Mullins
23) HOLYWELL 9 10-12 Jonjo O'Neill
24) SHUTTHEFRONTDOOR (IRE) 9 10-11 Jonjo O'Neill
25) SOLL 11 10-11 David Pipe
26) AACHEN 12 10-10 Venetia Williams
27) BOSTON BOB (IRE) 11 10-10 Willie Mullins IRE
28) BUYWISE (IRE) 9 10-10 Evan Williams
29) TURBAN (FR) 9 10-10 Willie Mullins IRE
30) DOUBLE ROSS (IRE) 10 10-09 Nigel Twiston-Davies
31) MORNING ASSEMBLY (IRE) 9 10-09 Pat Fahy IRE
32) GALLANT OSCAR (IRE) 10 10-08 Gordon Elliott IRE
33) GOONYELLA (IRE) 9 10-08 Jim Dreaper IRE
34) LE REVE(IRE) 8 10-08 Lucy Wadham
35) LONG RUN (FR) 11 10-08 Robert Waley-Cohen
36) ONENIGHTINVIENNA (IRE) 7 10-08 Philip Hobbs
37) THE LAST SAMURI (IRE) 8 10-08 Kim Bailey
38) UCELLO CONTI (FR) 8 10-08 Gordon Elliott IRE
39) UNIONISTE (FR) 8 10-08 Paul Nicholls
40) BEAR'S AFFAIR (IRE) 10 10-07 Nicky Henderson
41) KRUZHLININ (GER) 9 10-07 Philip Hobbs
42) RULE THE WORLD 9 10-07 Mouse Morris IRE
43) BALLYCASEY (IRE) 9 10-06 Willie Mullins IRE
44) BLACK THUNDER (FR) 9 10-06 Paul Nicholls
45) HADRIAN'S APPROACH (IRE) 9 10-06 Nicky Henderson
46) JUST A PAR (IRE) 9 10-06 Paul Nicholls
47) KATENKO (FR) 10 10-06 Venetia Williams
48) LIVING NEXT DOOR (IRE) 10 10-06 Tony Martin IRE
49) THUNDER AND ROSES (IRE) 8 10-06 Sandra Hughes IRE
50) VICS CANVAS (IRE) 13 10-06 Dermot McLaughlin IRE
51) KATKEAU (FR) 9 10-05 David Pipe
52) MENDIP EXPRESS (IRE) 10 10-05 Philip Hobbs
53) PENDRA (IRE) 8 10-05 Charlie Longsdon
54) SAINT ARE (FR) 10 10-05 Tom George
55) SPRING HEELED (IRE) 9 10-05 Jim Culloty IRE
56) VIEUX LION ROUGE (FR) 7 10-05 David Pipe
57) HOME FARM (IRE) 9 10-04 Henry de Bromhead IRE
58) MON PARRAIN (FR) 10 10-04 Paul Nicholls
59) THE ROMFORD PELE (IRE) 9 10-04 Rebecca Curtis
60) BISHOPS ROAD (IRE) 8 10-03 Kerry Lee
61) KNOCK HOUSE (IRE) 7 10-03 Mick Channon
62) OPEN HEARTED 9 10-03 Dan Skelton
63) SHOTGUN PADDY (IRE) 9 10-03 Emma Lavelle
64) ALVARADO (IRE) 11 10-02 Fergal O'Brien
65) HIGHLAND LODGE 10 10-02 James Moffatt
66) MAGGIO (FR) 11 10-02 Peter Griffin IRE
67) PERFECT CANDIDATE (IRE) 9 10-02 Fergal O'Brien
68) PINEAU DE RE (FR) 13 10-02 Dr Richard Newland
69) PRESENT VIEW 8 10-02 Jamie Snowden
70) BALLY BEAUFORT (IRE) 8 10-01 Nigel Twiston-Davies
71) BENBENS (IRE) 11 10-01 Nigel Twiston-Davies
72) CAUSE OF CAUSES (USA) 8 10-01 Gordon Elliott IRE
73) DOUBLE SEVEN (IRE) 10 10-01 Martin Brassil IRE
74) MIDNIGHT PRAYER 11 10-01 Alan King
75) MOUNTAINOUS (IRE) 11 10-01 Kerry Lee
76) ROYALE KNIGHT 10 10-01 Dr Richard Newland
77) BLESS THE WINGS (IRE) 11 10-00 Gordon Elliott IRE
78) BROADWAY BUFFALO (IRE) 8 10-00 David Pipe
79) CORRIN WOOD (IRE) 9 10-00 Donald McCain
80) DARE TO ENDEAVOUR 9 10-00 Emmet McNamara IRE
81) EMPEROR'S CHOICE (IRE) 9 10-00 Venetia Williams
82) SPLASH OF GINGE 8 10-00 Nigel Twiston-Davies
83) ZIGA BOY (FR) 7 10-00 Alan King
84) GAS LINE BOY (IRE) 10 9-13 Jim Best
85) GRAY HESSION(IRE) 9 9-13 Jonjo O'Neill
86) MILBOROUGH (IRE) 10 9-13 Ian Duncan IRE
87) BOB FORD (IRE) 9 9-12 Rebecca Curtis
88) NIGHT IN MILAN (IRE) 10 9-12 Keith Reveley
89) OUR FATHER (IRE) 10 9-12 Gordon Elliott IRE
90) ROGUE ANGEL (IRE) 8 9-12 Mouse Morris IRE
91) RUSSE BLANC (FR) 9 9-12 Kerry Lee
92) SEABASS (IRE) 13 9-12 Ted Walsh IRE
93) FIREBIRD FLYER (IRE) 9 9-11 Evan Williams
94) MR MOONSHINE (IRE) 12 9-11 Sue Smith
95) OPERATING (IRE) 9 9-11 Gordon Elliott IRE
96) PAINT THE CLOUDS 11 9-11 Warren Greatrex
97) BIG WATER (IRE) 8 9-10 Alan Swinbank
98) BENVOLIO (IRE) 9 9-09 Paul Nicholls
99) COGRY 7 9-09 Nigel Twiston-Davies
100) NO SECRETS (IRE) 12 9-09 Tony Martin IRE
101) SUMMERY JUSTICE (IRE) 12 9-09 Venetia Williams
102) AMIGO (FR) 9 9-08 David Pipe
103) COMPETITIVE EDGE (IRE) 9 9-08 Conor O'Dwyer IRE
104) GOLDEN CHIEFTAIN (IRE) 11 9-08 Colin Tizzard
105) DOING FINE (IRE) 8 9-07 Rebecca Curtis
106) DROMNEA (IRE) 9 9-07 Mouse Morris IRE
107) GOLDEN WONDER (IRE) 10 9-07 Sandra Hughes IRE
108) INDIAN CASTLE (IRE) 8 9-07 Ian Williams
109) RIVAGE D'OR (FR) 11 9-07 Tony Martin IRE
110) STANDING OVATION (IRE) 9 9-07 David Pipe
111) IKORODU ROAD 13 9-06 Graeme McPherson
112) NED STARK (IRE) 8 9-06 Alan King
113) RATHLIN 11 9-06 Micky Hammond
114) RIGADIN DU BEAUCHENE (FR) 11 9-06 Venetia Williams
115) WYCK HILL (IRE) 12 9-06 David Bridgwater
116) PORTRAIT KING (IRE) 11 9-04 Patrick Griffin IRE
117) WOODFORD COUNTY 9 9-04 Philip Hobbs
118) ANY CURRENCY (IRE) 13 9-03 Martin Keighley
119) DARK LOVER (GER) 11 9-03 Jamie Snowden
120) SEEBRIGHT 9 9-03 Victor Dartnall
121) GODSMEJUDGE (IRE) 10 9-02 David Dennis
122) SAROQUE (IRE) 9 9-02 Venetia Williams
123) TOUR DES CHAMPS(FR) 9 9-02 Nigel Twiston-Davies
124) AERLITE SUPREME (IRE) 9 9-01 Evan Williams
125) FINANCIAL CLIMATE (IRE) 9 9-01 Oliver Sherwood
126) HARRY THE VIKING 11 9-01 Sandy Thomson

 

Morning Assembly looks particularly well weighted carrying just 10st 9 but as I think mentioned in the daily thread HOLYWELL is going blue crazy on oddschecker who has 10st 12lb 1lb lower than his handicap!

 

Sir Des Champs on the snaff.

Rule The World beautifully weighted too- he's been doing some solid work and was he 2nd in an Irish National?

 

Sir Des Champs on the snaff.

Rule The World beautifully weighted too- he's been doing some solid work and was he 2nd in an Irish National?

 

The handicapper has really thrown down the gauntlet to the Waley-Cohen's. LONG RUN thrown in if he is anywhere near the force of old.

Only one horse in it for me of course and that's LE REVE. I might have a saver on GOONYELLA.

 

**** it, have it 3 times.

 

One thing about Le Reve...any chance he prefers a right handed track? Just something I thought of with him maybe. I may be wrong, I may be right...

Unioniste and Katenko take the eye for me thus far. Liable to change 50 times between now and the off though!

 

At present I like Katenko, Double Ross and Buywise. Buywise jumped out at me. I remember Rhyme & Reason; worst jumper in the field and won. These fences are much more forgiving than they used to be.

 

Long Run surely well on the downgrade these days and never jumped well enough.

Goonyella is a smashing chaser and stays all day, but hard to see him winning. Place money for me.

I'd love Russe Blanc in this but can he really get in from 91?

 

Just a thought Ron, with the push for safer racing, have fences right across the board been made easier to get over? Is the usual fence easier today than it was 20-30 years ago? If so then it stands to reason that horses today can't be as proficient at jumping as those who had to do the job over stiffer fences in the past. Following on, even if the obstacles at Aintree have been made more accommodating, the lesser abilities needed by modern animals plays against them when it comes to the Grand National, even if the jumps are not as stiff. Step down the need be more accomplished, wash a couple of percent of danger from those mongrel jumps at Aintree, and you're still going to be left with carnage. As mentioned above, just a thought.

 

Weather and ground are massive, if it's spring ground then it's those at the top of handicap for me. SC stands out a mile in handicap to me.

 

Two that jump out at me are portrait King who if I remember rightly fell about four out last year but was looking like the winner for me and Woodford county off of feather weights if they get in.

 

They will be running in the Betfred or the Eider to try to get another win and thus boost him up the weights with a penalty!

 

Couldn’t agree more re Long Run. Also really like Hadrian’s Approach. No way should he be a 66/1 shot. Very big price, as I’ve said before, for a horse who has twice been placed at Grade 1 level, over fences, and also won what was the old Whitbread.

 

Lightly raced, progressive, well weighted, I like the look of The Last Samuri.

 

One things for certain if nothing else, he'll go out on his sword

 

Last year's first and second would have good claims again. Carberry gave Cause of Causes a very patient ride (even for the master of the quiet ride) last year right out the back before making his way into 8th still a fair way off the winner. He was only a 7 year old then and that may well have been a reccy. He'll sneak in at the bottom of the weights too, if he gets in.

 

Trained by Tom Cruise and ridden by Nicole Kidman, how can he lose?