Gordon Elliott’s runner looks to have been aimed at this race since his unlucky fourth place in last season’s Irish National
The going is merely “soft” for this year’s Coral Welsh Grand National at Chepstow rather than the desperately heavy ground that is a feature of many renewals. Yet it still promises to be the most demanding test that many of these runners have faced and the good record of veterans in recent years could be maintained.
Raz De Maree attempts to record the unprecedented feat of winning the race twice as a 13-year-old (it was staged in early January last season following an abandonment). He has not found any form so far this season, however, and the 11-year-old Folsom Blue (2.50) has much more to recommend him.
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Chepstow
12.30 Present Value 1.05 Touch Kick 1.35 Quel Destin 2.10 Truckers Lodge 2.50 Folsom Blue (nap) 3.25 Yalltari 3.55 Imperial Esprit
Wetherby
12.35 Imperial Acolyte 1.10 Top Ville Ben 1.40 Flegmatik 2.15 Marracudja 2.45 Longhousesignora 3.20 Bertie Blake
Kempton Park
12.50 Nebuchadnezzar 1.20 Kalashnikov 1.55 Sainte Ladylime (nb)
2.30 Altior 3.05 Just A Sting 3.35 Jacbequick
Wolverhampton
1.25 Peachey Carnehan 2.00 Calvinist 2.35 Time To Reason 3.10 Claire Underwood 3.40 Yaa Mous 4.10 Noble Lineage 4.40 Princess Salamah
5.10 Airwaves