Grand National 2020

Does anyone know how to get hold of the 'card' for the virtual GN being 'run' on Saturday please? Work want to do a sweepstake...

Thank you muchly.
 
G-G said:
Does anyone know how to get hold of the 'card' for the virtual GN being 'run' on Saturday please? Work want to do a sweepstake...

Thank you muchly.
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Don’t think there is one yet as they said it’ll be the most likely 40 runners. However they decide to determine that...

Bookmakers have said any profits from betting on this - to which there’ll be a £10 max (or £10 e/w) will all go to NHS charities, which in the current climate is a decent thing to do.

While betting on virtual races is a complete no go for me, for the sake of 2 x £10 e/w I’ll have a couple of fun bets as based on previous years virtual races I find it hard to imagine the winner won’t come from Any Second Now or Burrows Saint.

All three years have predicted a previous winner of the Cheltenham NH Chase and with the record of Irish Grand National winners pretty solid too I’m fairly sure one of them is where their software will land.

It’s a pity we won’t be able to do a tricast :lol: as they’re sure to have Tiger Roll in the placings
 
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Slim said:
Max bet £10 industry wide.
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I know Slim and thinking it a win/win situation, i.e. I either win or my money goes to the NHS, I went to put a £10 e/w on (10 e/w is max too) but they knocked me back and restricted me to £1 :D
 
wilsonl said:
I know Slim and thinking it a win/win situation, i.e. I either win or my money goes to the NHS, I went to put a £10 e/w on (10 e/w is max too) but they knocked me back and restricted me to £1 :D
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Ok. Picture was unclear on my phone. Your account is 0.1 stake factor so.
 
Slim said:
Any Second Now was pretty clearly the green and gold plot.
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Would Geraghty have had the choice between it and AB?

The brother has been banging on about ASN since Cheltenham last year. Certainly a plot but probably not the only one for JP.
 
He'd have had the choice but the lightest he's got down to in the past 12 months is 10-5 and the lightest he rode at at Cheltenham was 10-12 on DDC in the Coral Cup. Any Second Now would have carried 10-6

The Grand National is clearly a major race but I doubt he'd have wanted to get down so light given the book of rides he'd have had at the 3 day festival and the strength it requires to partake in a 4m2f race like this.

Anyhow, you can tell we're starved of racing when we're discussing what a jockey would have ridden in a race that is never going to happen.
 
wilsonl said:
He'd have had the choice but the lightest he's got down to in the past 12 months is 10-5 and the lightest he rode at at Cheltenham was 10-12 on DDC in the Coral Cup. Any Second Now would have carried 10-6

The Grand National is clearly a major race but I doubt he'd have wanted to get down so light given the book of rides he'd have had at the 3 day festival and the strength it requires to partake in a 4m2f race like this.

Anyhow, you can tell we're starved of racing when we're discussing what a jockey would have ridden in a race that is never going to happen.
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File it under who ******* cares. Depressing to think Aintree would have been on today.
 
Also on this day Red Rum Won his 3rd National

But does anyone remember the 2nd horse who only two days earlier had Won the Topham....Churchtown Boy
 
I got a GN quiz through by email from RTV today.

Got most of them but plan to amend it slightly and put it out to the family on Saturday.I would half-expect the brother's younger daughter and Orchidette to do very well. They have a ridiculous memory for past runnings.
 
Desert Orchid said:
Haudonasec!

You never gave us the chance to answer.

(And of course we all knew :lol:)
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Ha Ha..name of horse would have been easy though the younger generation might not have known he won over the Aintree fences a couple of days previous

Watched the race again today, and surely Andy Pandy ​who won the Whitbread on next run would have given Rummy a race if not for falling at Bechers 2nd time?
 
PlaceBacker said:
Watched the race again today, and surely Andy Pandy ​who won the Whitbread on next run would have given Rummy a race if not for falling at Bechers 2nd time?
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Lots of people thought the same - I backed both Andy Pandy and Rummy - but you only have to look back at many runnings of the race to find clear leaders that fell in a hole. I'm not convinced he would have held Red Rum off.
 
Anyone know who’s in the ‘Champion of Champions’ race? Or is it a straight March between Tiger Roll and Red Rum?
 
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