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The 2021 Randox Grand National: What the beaten jockeys and trainers said Sat 10 Apr 2021 From hard-luck stories to great spins that were cut short, read what the beaten riders had to say after the Aintree spectacular on Saturday. Aidan Coleman, Balko Des Flos (2nd) “I couldn’t be happier with him. He was super. He jumped brilliantly and travelled into it really well. He did everything right but just didn’t win. All credit to him.” Mark Walsh, Any Second Now (3rd) “He was very unlucky...

Mike Bushell, BBC Breakfast reporter, eighth in 2019 Strictly Come Dancing Im giving an each-way shout for Sub Lieutenant to show his 100-1 odds are too big. He has never fallen, possesses great stamina and both the horse and Tabitha Worsley fared well separately over the National fences two years ago. When the family bought him off Michael OLeary he joked: "One day he will win the National." Theres an omen! Conor McGinn MP, shadow minister of state for security Its Anibale Fly for me. He has c...

Cloth Cap will be going in as favourite Credit: PA The 2021 Grand National gets underway this afternoon. Here, 1990 winner Marcus Armytage gives his verdict, while you can find the view of our tipster Marlborough and the thoughts of the great and the good from sport below. Good luck! It may not be quite the message the Government has wanted to get across to the public in the last 12 months but, as a degree of normality begins to return, it is time we should all start Takingrisks. A year after ...

Classiest Grand National field of all time ready for a fast and furious show By Andy Stephens@StevoGG Fri 9 Apr 2021 Forty horses. Forty jockeys. Thirty fences dressed in spruce. The Randox Grand National is always one of the great spectacles of the sporting year and the world’s most famous race will be watched by an estimated a global audience of 600 million on Saturday. Casual viewers turning in for their once-a-year fix might not notice, but modifications mean the showpiece is not the cont...

UPDATED 9:06PM, APR 9 2021 Randox Grand National Handicap Chase (Grade 3) | 4m2½f | 7yo+ | ITV/RTV Cloth Cap is a stone well in and his master trainer thinks he will win – whats not to like about the Grand National favourite? Putting aside his short odds – he might go off a skinnier price than Tiger Roll (4-1) two years ago and could even eclipse Poethlyn (11-4) as the Nationals shortest-priced winner – Cloth Cap appears to have all the credentials for the race. Jonjo ONeill e...

Last modified on Fri 9 Apr 2021 15.16 EDT After an extraordinary week at Cheltenham last month, when she finished the four days as the leading rider for the first time, there is something very unusual about Rachael Blackmore and it has nothing to do with her gender. It goes beyond the distinction between jumping and Flat racing too. Ahead of her ride on Minella Times in the Grand National at Aintree on Saturday, there is no longer much doubt that Blackmore is a jockey whose name can move bettin...

The Leader Newspaper By Andrew Atkinson Randox Health Aintree Grand National 7-2 favourite Cloth Cap has an outstanding chance of chalking up a quartet of National victories for owner Trevor Hemmings. Jonjo O’Neill trained 9-year-old, whose odds were shortened from 20-1 in the weeks leading up to the National, is ‘thrown-in’ at the weights – carrying 10st 5lbs. “We are going there with a live chance. We always felt Cloth Cap is a good jumper and stayed, two credentials...

AINTREE GRAND NATIONAL TIPS - Three horses to back in the Grand National Reporter: );  ); Aintree, much like Cheltenham, is diminished by the lack of atmosphere in the absence of spectators, but the Grand National remains an iconic race.  This year, as the horses leading round the elbow for home, there wont be a roar from the crowd but there will be millions willing them on from their sofas. Im backing three horses in this years race and one of them is 100/1 and not without a chance. The Ain...

Falmouth naval officer Commander Adam Coles has been on deployment to the Baltic in his ship HMS Echo, operating with a Lithuanian naval vessel having strong links with this port. Adam, who lives in Falmouth with his wife and two children, is in command of the Royal Navy hydrographic survey vessel HMS Echo which has been in the Baltic Sea working closely alongside the Lithuanian Navy on operations to hunt for historic ordnance. Echo, a ship well known in Falmouth waters was joined by form...

Kochi Naval Base celebrates Republic Day Updated: Updated: Minister A C Moideen reviews parade at Civil Station Share Article Minister A C Moideen reviews parade at Civil Station A ceremonial parade comprising 12 platoons was held at the Naval Base in Southern Naval Command (SNC) on Tuesday to commemorate the nation’s 72nd Republic Day. It was reviewed by Vice Admiral A K Chawla, Flag Officer Commanding-in-Chief (FOC-in-C) of the command. The President’s Colour awarded to the SNC was al...