What they say
Jamie Snowden, trainer of Git Maker
Git Maker had a good season the year before last, including when second at the Cheltenham Festival, but wasn’t right at this time last year and when we did get him going the ground was too quick. He's in a better place now and enjoyed a nice prep run when third over hurdles at Lingfield the other day, when he took a blow at the second-last. He’s been in great form since and all roads lead to Chepstow.
Sara Bradstock, trainer of Mr Vango
It’s the plan to run him in the Becher Chase at Aintree on Saturday. It would need to be the soft side of good to soft, which is what they’ve got at Aintree at the moment. If, for some reason, we don’t think it suits him, there are plenty of other long-distance races for him.
Dan Skelton, trainer of Deafening Silence
He ran well on his comeback in the Rehearsal Chase at Newcastle last week following which it was always the intention to aim him at the Welsh National.
Olly Murphy, trainer of Westerninthepark
The plan is to run him in the Becher Chase at Aintree this weekend rather than the Welsh National.
Gary Moore, trainer of Nassalam and Invincible Nao
Invincible Nao is running at Sandown on Saturday and we’ll see how he comes out of that before we decide whether to go to Chepstow, but he could well run. Nassalam seems to have lost his way, so we’ll have to see about him.
Martin Keighley, trainer of Hung Jury
He’s such a strong stayer that the Welsh National will suit him and the softer the better for him. He won well at Cheltenham last time and he takes his racing well, so he’ll run at either Sandown or Kelso this weekend as a prep for Chepstow.
Willy Twiston-Davies, joint trainer of Top Of The Bill and Uncle Bert
Top Of The Bill won well at Haydock the other day and goes well fresh and will head to Chepstow subject to discussions with his owner. Uncle Bert has entries this weekend and how he goes will determine if he also goes to Wales, but it’s on his radar.
