Talking Horses: Screaming Colours can cap incredible week for Irish


Screaming Colours, the only Irish raider in a 20-strong field, can land the Midlands Grand National at Uttoxeter

It has been a brutal week for British stables at Cheltenham where Irish-trained runners dominated to an extraordinary degree, and it will rub salt into the wound if Screaming Colours (3.35), the only raider in a 20-strong field, can land the Midlands Grand National at Uttoxeter on Saturday.

William Durkan’s runner looks to have been laid out for this too, and is very lightly raced for a 10-year-old with just nine starts over fences to date.

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