: Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:02 am  

Dave Lister wrote:

The National is a waste of time and not a race I will never have a serious bet in. I had Comply or Die last year but only made a small profit due to having savers on 3 others

not a waste of time. ok the race is for the mug punter like myself but the spectacle of seeing 40 horses jumping the big fences is 1 of the best in sport. hope all horses and jockeys come back safe

: Tue Mar 31, 2009 7:06 am  

Time to polish me pin up

: Tue Mar 31, 2009 8:58 am  

It's easy enough to narrow it down to a few serious contenders.

Rule out the following:

Horses who have fallen or unseated this season

Horses aged 6 or those aged 12 and over

Those who have completed in previous Nationals


Positives: Form over the National fences.

: Tue Mar 31, 2009 9:46 am  

Fancy Denman in the Bowl and Voy Pur in the Melling.

: Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:16 am  

shandy swiller wrote:

not a waste of time. ok the race is for the mug punter like myself but the spectacle of seeing 40 horses jumping the big fences is 1 of the best in sport. hope all horses and jockeys come back safe

Yeah you are right, waste of time from a punting view (unless you follow CP's guide ) but reasonable entertainment I suppose.

: Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:17 am  

Carneys Pint wrote:

It's easy enough to narrow it down to a few serious contenders.

Rule out the following:

Horses who have fallen or unseated this season

Horses aged 6 or those aged 12 and over

Those who have completed in previous Nationals


Positives: Form over the National fences.

Do you buy into this 11 stone thing too?

: Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:25 am  

Not so much these days with the compressed handicap, think I read a stat a while back that in the last 10 years one of the top two weights has placed each year.

: Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:35 am  

Dave Lister wrote:

Do you buy into this 11 stone thing too?

remember the old saying "they dont give weight to donkeys"

: Tue Mar 31, 2009 10:50 am  

Carneys Pint wrote:

It's easy enough to narrow it down to a few serious contenders.

Rule out the following:

Horses who have fallen or unseated this season

Horses aged 6 or those aged 12 and over

Those who have completed in previous Nationals


Positives: Form over the National fences.

Eh?

: Tue Mar 31, 2009 11:05 am  

worthing wire wrote:

Eh?

becher chase and other races at national meeting over national fences

2002 - montys pass 2nd in a race over fences then won national in 2003

2002 - amberleigh house won becher chase. won national in 2004

2004 - silver birch won becher chase. won national in 2007

probably others also