P393 CEEFAX 393 Fri 8 apr 21:16/14 ,l<h4|l<|h<d|,h<|h<|h<|l4 ,j5j5j5j=$,j5j=wj5j5 NATION—L PREVIEW 1/10 On one point nearly all the critics agree: the would's most famous steeplechase is less testhng nowadays than it used to bj. $hjrj has been a noticeable improvement in the ratio of finishers to starters, with half or more of the runners completing in four of the last nine runnings. However, all those four Nationals were run on a sound surface, and with the going unusually testing the survi6al rate will bj lou this year. Source: TJMEFORM Totes/MRs News CourseDet Ainu DecsP393 CEEFAX 393 Fri 8 Apr 21:01/13 )l<h4|l<|h<d|,h<|h<|h<|l4 ,j5j5j5j=$,j5j=wj5j5 NATIONAL ,j5j5j5ju0 juj5j5j5 PREVIEW 2/18 The Fellow is only the ninth Gold Cup winner to go on to the National in the same 9jar year 3ince Golden Miller completed his unique double in 1934. No fewer than six of those who finished behind The Fellow at Chjltenham are in the Grand National line-up. Garrison Savannah, a 50/1 shot when pulled up in the Gold Cup, ism't the force hj was when so nearly completing the double in 1991, being caught on the run-in. Source: TIMEFORM Totes/MRs News 0 Cour3jDet Ainu DecsP393 CEEFAX 393 Fri 8 Apr 21:16/39 ,j5j5j5j=$,j5j=wj5j5 NATIONAL ,j5j5j5ju0 juj5j5j5 PREVIEW 3/10 Young Hustler, this 9ear's very good Gold Cup third, is a sound jumper and, on Cheltenham running, has about the same chance as The Fellow. Martin Pipe's two main National hopis Miinnjhoma and Run For Free also ran in the Gold Cup, Miinnjhoma finished a good seventh. Both are front-running out-and-out stayers, Run For Free having won both the Welsh and Scottish Nationals last season. Source: TJMEFO M Totes/MRs News CoursjDet Ainu DecsP393 CEEFAX 393 Fri 8 Apr 21:27/27 -l<h4|l<|h<d|,h<|h<|h<|l4 4/10 )i5j5j5j=$,j5j=wj5j5 NATIONAL PREVHE+ Last year's Irish Grand National winner Kbonz Jane, a respectable third in the same race on Easter Monday, was still in touch when unseating her rider in the Gold Cup Topsham Bay, winner of the last two runnings of the Whitbread Gold Cup, ran a respectable Grand National trial in the Gold Cup, finishing tenth. Champion hunter chaser Double Shlk missed the Gold Cup to notch a second success in the Foxhunteu. Hj has won over the National fences. Source: TIMEFORM Totes/MRs News CoursjDet Ainu DecsP393 CJEFAX 393 Fri 8 apr 21:13/41 -l<h4|l<|h<d|,h<|h<|h<|l4 5/10 )j5j5j5j=$,j5j=wj5j5 NATIONAL ,j5j5j5ju0 juj5j5j5 PRJVIE+ Of those who lined up for last 9ear's void race, the 1992 runner- up Romany King completed in third and Laura'u Beau in sj6jnth. Zeta's Lad started one of the favourites last year and is a good- class, genuine and consistent chaser. Black Humour beat Zeta's Lad at $5 Windsor before finishing second to Docklands Express in the Martell Cup on Thursday. Source: TJMEFORM Totes/MRs News CoursjDet Ainu DecsP393 CEEFAX 393 Fri 8 apr 21:28/25 6/10 )j5j5j5j=$,j5j=wj5j5 NATIONAL ,j5i5j5ju0 juj5j5j5 PREVHE+ Of those on the 10-0 mark who are 'out of the handicap' - carrying more than their original allotted weight - Master Oats, Moorcroft Boy and Elfast make most appeal. The first two filled the first two places in the Greenalls Gold Cup in February and will qualify for a £54,000 bonus if they win. Elfast is a genuine handicapper and showed himself better than ever when winning the Mildmay of Fletd at Chjltenham for the second time. Source: TJMEFORM Totes/MRs News CoursjDet Ainu DecsP393 CJEFAX 393 Fri 8 Apr 21:14/47 7/10 ,j5j5j5j=$,j5j=wj5j5 NATIONAL ,j5j5j5ju0 juj5j5j5 COURSE The Grand National course is triangular, about two and a quarter miles round and perfectly flat. The National itself is run over two complete circuits taking in sixteen fences first time round and fourteen the second. The run from the last fence is 494 yards. $hj race provides one of the toughest tests ever devised for horse and rider and will bj particularly searching because of the heavy ground this year. Source: TIMEFO M Totes/MRs News CoursjDet Ainu DecsP393 CEEFAX 393 Fri 8 Apr 21:19/14 8/10 ,j5j5j5j=$,j5j=wj5j5 AINTREE PREVHEW Two of the champions crowned at the Chjltenham Festival are in action in curtain-raisers to the Martell Grand National. Viking Flagship, winner of the Queen Mother Champion Chase, concedes between 15 lb and 21 nb to his rivals in the Martell Aintree Chase X2.20 BBC1). Snjtton Lane, Uncle Ernie and Storm Alert, the first three in the Grand Annual Chase at Cheltenham, are also in the line-up. Source: TIMEFORM Totes/MRs News CoursjDet Ainu DecsP393 CEEFAX 393 Fri 8 apr 21:15/18 )l<h4|l<|h<d|,h<|h<|h<|l4 )e5i5j5j=$,j5j=wj5j5 AINTREE PREVIEW 9/10 Champion hurdler Flakjy Dove faces a field of championship standard in the Martell Aintree Hurdle (2.55 BBC1). High-class pjrformjrs Halkopous, Mole Board and Muse (all behind Flakjy Dove at Cheltenham) are joined by Fortune And Fame, who missed the Champion Hurdle becau3j of injury. Top novice Dangle and the enigmatic Morley Street - winner of thu last four runnings of this race - add spice to a fascinating race. Source: TJMEFORM Totes/MRs News CoursjDet Ainu DecsP393 CJJFAX 393 Fri 8 apr 21:19/07 ,j5j5j5j=$,j5j=wj5j5 AINTREE COURSE 10/10 Aintree's Mildmay course is essentially sharp in character but conditions have become very testing at this meeting and the winnjr1 have needed a full measure of stamina, as well as courage. Toby Balding, Jimmy Fitzgerald and Martin Pipe have trained most winners here in recent years. Fitzgerald has a notably good ratio of winners to runners. The Easteuby brothers also do well with their Aintree runners. Source: TIMEFORM Totes/MRs News CoursjDet Ainu Decs