Grand National & Aintree Quick Picks

Evening All , 
                      Its the wee hours as i burn a few candles looking thru tmrw's cards as its the day of the NATIONAL the self professed " greatest show on Earth "...well in truth its a lot tamer these days thanks to the anti everything brigade and the number of casualties over the years the fences are leaner , lower and more malleable so what we have seen generally is a better class of horse both competing and winning although shocks will still be the order of the day and as im rather tired now at the end of a long day i will give my selections in brief...do with them what you will , have fun and GL.

1.
WIN - DAYS OF HEAVEN -
 EW - AS DE MEE -

Full Result

Pos	Dist	Horse	Trainer	Age	Weight	Jockey	SP
1st		9 Nichols Canyon	W P Mullins	5	11-4	R Walsh	3/1f
Tracked leaders in 3rd, led 2 out, kept on well run-in
2nd	4½	10 Parlour Games	J P Ferguson	7	11-4	A P McCoy	4/1
Held up in rear, headway before 2 out, chased winner before last, kept on and no impression
3rd	7	14 Three Musketeers (IRE)	D Skelton	5	11-4	Harry Skelton	7/1
Towards rear, pushed along before 3 out, soon headway, went 4th from 2 out, went 3rd from last, kept on
4th	6	13 Sub Lieutenant (IRE)	Ms S Hughes	6	11-4 p	J J Burke	10/1
Mid-division, pushed along before 3 out, headway before last, one pace and no impression
5th	¾	2 Ballybolley (IRE)	N A Twiston-Davies	6	11-4 ht	D A Jacob	16/1
Led, headed 2 out, weakened run-in
6th	6	1 As De Mee (FR)	P F Nicholls	5	11-4 h	Sam Twiston-Davies	8/1
Tracked leaders, ridden before last, one pace and no impression

2.
WIN - GODS OWN -
 EW - SOLAR IMPULSE -

Full Result

Pos	Dist	Horse	Trainer	Age	Weight	Jockey	SP
1st		4 Sizing Granite (IRE)	H de Bromhead	7	11-4	J J Burke	9/2
Always handy, led before 2 out, 3 lengths clear last, driven out
2nd	1	3 God's Own (IRE)	T R George	7	11-4	P J Brennan	15/8f
Held up, mistake 6th, headway after 4 out, went 3 lengths 2nd from last, stayed on, closing on winner towards finish, unable to challenge
3rd	2¼	6 Traffic Fluide (FR)	G L Moore	5	11-4	L P Aspell	7/2
Tracked leaders, pushed along after 4 out, closed next, every chance 2 out, stayed on same pace flat

3.
WIN - ZARKANDER -
 EW - WHISPER - 1st @ 7.60

Full Result

Pos	Dist	Horse	Trainer	Age	Weight	Jockey	SP
1st		8 Whisper (FR)	N J Henderson	7	11-7	Nico de Boinville	5/1
Mid-division, headway before 6 out to chase leaders, pushed along before 3 out, led 2 out, kept on well run-in
2nd	3½	3 Cole Harden (IRE)	W Greatrex	6	11-7 t	G Sheehan	2/1f
Led, not fluent 4 out, ridden before and headed 2 out, kept on and held by winner run-in
3rd	6	7 Un Temps Pour Tout (IRE)	D Pipe	6	11-7 bt	T Scudamore	15/2
Tracked leaders, one pace from 3 out
4th	11	9 Zarkandar (IRE)	P F Nicholls	8	11-7 bt	Sam Twiston-Davies	5/2
Tracked leaders, mistake 5 out, pushed along before 3 out, weakened from 2 out

4.
WIN - WONDERFUL CHARM -
 EW - EDGARDO SOL -
LOTD - BUYWISE @ 2/1 - UNPLACED ( Win )

Full Result

Pos	Dist	Horse	Trainer	Age	Weight	Jockey	SP
1st		6 Duke Of Lucca (IRE)	P J Hobbs	10	10-4 bt	R Johnson	9/2
In touch, went 3rd before 3 out, led before last, kept on gamely run-in, held on near finish
2nd	nk	7 Your Busy (IRE)	J Nash	12	10-3 t	D J Casey	12/1
Tracked leaders, went before 7 out, challenged 3 out, led 2 out, headed before last, rallied run-in, kept on and held near finish
3rd	nk	1 Wonderful Charm (FR)	P F Nicholls	7	11-12 pt	Sam Twiston-Davies	9/2
Held up mid-division, headway before 4 out, every chance last, kept on towards finish

5. NATIONAL
AL CO -
WYCK HILL -
GAS LINE BOY -
COURT BY SURPRISE -
UNIONISTE -

6.
WIN - ONE FOR THE GUVNOR -
 EW - BALTIMORE ROCK - 4th @ 5/1 

Full Result

Pos	Dist	Horse	Trainer	Age	Weight	Jockey	SP
1st		11 Astre De La Cour (FR)	R Walford	5	11-1	D J Mullins (5)	10/1
Chased leader, challenged 2 out, led last 100 yards, just held on
2nd	hd	10 Fethard Player (IRE)	W F Treacy	8	11-2 h	Mr R P Quinlan (3)	33/1
Chased leaders, led 3 out, headed last 100 yards, kept on towards finish, just held
3rd	1¾	4 The Game Changer (IRE)	G Elliott	6	11-7	L P Dempsey (5)	15/2
Held up mid-division, headway before 3 out, ridden run-in, kept on towards finish
4th	s.h	9 Baltimore Rock (IRE)	D Pipe	6	11-3 t	Kieron Edgar (5)	5/1
Held up mid-division, headway before 3 out, ridden run-in, kept on same pace

7.
WIN - CHOCCA WOCCA - ( EW NAP ) -  2nd @ 8/1
 EW - WHISTLE DIXIE -
EXTRA - KATIE TWO -

Full Result

Pos	Dist	Horse	Trainer	Age	Weight	Jockey	SP
1st		4 Hollies Pearl	P Bowen	5	11-0	Sean Bowen (3)	8/1
Held up in touch, led over 1f out, kept on well
2nd	1¾	3 Chocca Wocca	N J Henderson	5	11-0	A Tinkler	8/1
Held up mid-division, headway over 4f out, every chance over 1f out, kept on same pace
3rd	2¾	17 Sea Pride (IRE)	Sir Mark Prescott	4	10-8	M G Nolan (3)	16/1
Led, ridden over 3f out, headed over 1f out, kept on

Have fun everyone and GL.