The selection’s fourth in the Welsh National suggests it is only a matter of time before he collects a prize over fences
The Midlands Grand National at Uttoxeter, racing’s annual hangover cure after the excesses of Cheltenham, can fall to Prime Venture (3.35), who looks overpriced at 10-1 or thereabouts. He has yet to win over fences but it is surely only a matter of time in light of efforts like his fourth in the Welsh National.
A couple of things have gone wrong since then but there is nothing fundamentally wrong with his ability. The fitting of blinkers may help him focus and he is preferred to the Irish raider Se Mo Laoch.
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