Articles...
Apr 7 2008
DAVID JOHNSON has now tasted the ultimate high of success in the John Smith’s Grand National with the David Pipe-trained Comply Or Die....
Apr 7 2008
CLOUDY LANE is unlikely to run in next year’s John Smith’s Grand National as Donald McCain admitted he could be too high in the handicap to improve on his sixth-placed finish in Saturday’s race....
Apr 7 2008
FROM the Tophams to the many relatives who crowd around their televisions screens all around the world, the John Smith’s Grand National is as much about families as it is about racing....
Apr 7 2008
JOHN Smith’s Grand National winner Comply Or Die will be aimed at defending his crown next year, but connections know it will be a difficult task....
Apr 5 2008
Ben Schofield looks at the National gamble...
Apr 5 2008
CLOUDY Lane looks a rock-solid choice to stop the Irish domination of the John Smith’s Grand National this afternoon....
Apr 5 2008
DESSIE HUGHES has shown he can land some of the biggest races with outsiders on trips to England....
Apr 5 2008
SOME jockeys wait a lifetime to win a John Smith’s Grand National and the chance never arrives. So to pass up the opportunity of riding the winner must be particularly galling....
Apr 5 2008
MOMENTUM which started in the Haydock Park winner’s enclosure in January 2006 may reach its conclusion at Aintree this afternoon....
Apr 5 2008
LESS than a week ago Keith Mercer wasn’t sure he would ride in the John Smith’s Grand National. Then 48 hours ago he had two possibilities in Contraband and Joes Edge....
