RACING POST 2013 SWEEPSTAKE KIT 4.15 John Smith’s Grand National Chase (Handicap) (Grade 3) (Class 1) (7yo+) 4m3½f CH 4

IMPERIAL COMMANDER 12 11-10 TATENEN 9 10-10 1 21 Andrew Thornton Nigel Twiston-Davies Sam Twiston-Davies Richard Rowe WHAT A FRIEND 10 11-9 TREACLE 12 10-9 2 Sam Thomas 22 Paul Nicholls T J Taaffe A E Lynch WEIRD AL 10 11-8 LOST GLORY 8 10-8 3 23 Mark Walsh Donald McCain Jonjo O’Neill QUEL ESPRIT 9 11-7 SWING BILL 12 10-8 4 Paul Townend 24 Conor O’Farrell W P Mullins David Pipe

11 11-6 7 10-8 5 BIG FELLA THANKS 25 SAINT ARE Tom George Denis O’Regan Tim Vaughan Dougie Costello SEABASS 10 11-6 CHICAGO GREY 10 10-7 6 26 T M Walsh Ms K Walsh Gordon Elliott ROBERTO GOLDBACK 11 11-6 QUISCOVER FONTAINE 9 10-7 7 27 W P Mullins D J Casey SUNNYHILLBOY 10 11-4 RARE BOB 11 10-6 8 Richie McLernon 28 Bryan J Cooper Jonjo O’Neill D T Hughes 12 11-4 THE RAINBOW HUNTER 9 10-6 9 Jason Maguire 29 Donald McCain Kim Bailey Aidan Coleman TEAFORTHREE 9 11-3 BECAUSEICOULDNTSEE 10 10-6 10 Nick Scholfield 30 Rebecca Curtis N F Glynn Martin Ferris ACROSS THE BAY 9 11-2 HARRY THE VIKING 8 10-6 11 Henry Brooke 31 Ryan Mahon Donald McCain Paul Nicholls JOIN TOGETHER 8 11-2 MR MOONSHINE 9 10-5 12 32 Peter Buchanan Paul Nicholls Sue Smith COLBERT STATION 9 11-1 MUMBLES HEAD 12 10-4 13 A P McCoy 33 Jamie Moore T M Walsh Peter Bowen FORPADYDEPLASTERER 11 11-0 NINETIETH MINUTE 10 10-3 14 34 Niall P Madden Thomas Cooper Andrew J McNamara T J Taaffe ON HIS OWN 9 11-0 11 10-3 15 R Walsh 35 Ryan Mania W P Mullins Sue Smith JONCOL 10 10-13 TARQUINIUS 10 10-2 16 Robbie Power 36 Wilson Renwick Paul Nolan Gordon Elliott BALTHAZAR KING 9 10-12 ANY CURRENCY 10 10-0 17 37 Ian Popham Philip Hobbs Martin Keighley CAPPA BLEU 11 10-11 MAJOR MALARKEY 10 9-13 18 Paul Moloney 38 Tom Scudamore Evan Williams Nigel Twiston-Davies OSCAR TIME 12 10-11 SOLL 8 9-12 19 Mr S Waley-Cohen 39 Mark Grant M M Lynch Jo Hughes ALWAYS WAINING 12 10-10 VIKING BLOND 8 9-11 20 Tom O’Brien 40 Adam Wedge Peter Bowen Nigel Twiston-Davies RACING POST JOIN IN THE FUN OF THE 2013 JOHN SMITH’S GRAND NATIONAL WITH RACING POST’S SIMPLE SWEEPSTAKE KIT

៉៉ Gather your friends and colleagues. You choose the stake (e.g. £2 per person). IT’S EASY ៉៉ Print off and cut out the first sheet of runners. Ask your players to pick out a horse at random. ៉៉ On this sheet, write each player’s name against their chosen horse. Winner takes all!

PLAYER’S NAME PLAYER’S NAME

1 IMPERIAL COMMANDER 21 TATENEN

2 WHAT A FRIEND 22 TREACLE

3 WEIRD AL 23 LOST GLORY

4 QUEL ESPRIT 24 SWING BILL

5 BIG FELLA THANKS 25 SAINT ARE

6 SEABASS 26 CHICAGO GREY

7 ROBERTO GOLDBACK 27 QUISCOVER FONTAINE

8 SUNNYHILLBOY 28 RARE BOB

9 BALLABRIGGS 29 THE RAINBOW HUNTER

10 TEAFORTHREE 30 BECAUSEICOULDNTSEE

11 ACROSS THE BAY 31 HARRY THE VIKING

12 JOIN TOGETHER 32 MR MOONSHINE

13 COLBERT STATION 33 MUMBLES HEAD

14 FORPADYDEPLASTERER 34 NINETIETH MINUTE

15 ON HIS OWN 35 AURORAS ENCORE

16 JONCOL 36 TARQUINIUS

17 BALTHAZAR KING 37 ANY CURRENCY

18 CAPPA BLEU 38 MAJOR MALARKEY

19 OSCAR TIME 39 SOLL

20 ALWAYS WAINING 40 VIKING BLOND .com/grandnational RACING POST HINTS FOR THE GRAND NATIONAL Yikes! 40 horses charging at 30 fences over a four-and-a-half-mile course – it might be a bit difficult to pick a winner! Although luck Last 11 National winners’ RPRs plays its part with some runners, it is possible to sort the wheat from the chaff and pinpoint horses that offer more of a chance of Year Horse RPR carrying your money to victory. 2012 Neptune Collonges Daryl Jacob 172 Key ten-year trends to consider: 2011 Ballabriggs Jason Maguire 164 ៉៉ Age of horse Look for a horse aged between eight and 12. 2010 Don’t Push It A P McCoy 168 Number of winners in the last ten runnings that fitted this 2009 Liam Treadwell 166 profile. 10/10 2008 Timmy Murphy 158 ៉៉ Experience Horses need to have run at least ten times over fences. 10/10 2007 Silver Birch Robert Power 150 ៉៉ Stamina Go for a horse that has won over at least three miles 2006 Numbersixvalverde Niall Madden 154 in their career. 10/10 2005 Hedgehunter 166 ៉៉ Ability Aim for a proven handicapper with a bit of class who 2004 Amberleigh House Graham Lee 154 has won a Class 1 handicap chase. 10/10 2003 Monty’s Pass Barry Geraghty 162 ៉៉ Recent form Trends show your horse should have at least one 2002 Bindaree Jim Culloty 148 top-three finish in its last three runs. 10/10 ៉៉ Good Racing Post Rating Horses who have achieved a chase Racing Post Rating of at least 144. 10/10 ៉៉ Frequent runner Look for a horse that has run between three Each-way advantage and six times since the start of August. 10/10 There are no hard and fast rules, but general opinion suggests not ៉៉ Not a prolific winner National winners haven’t been overly to place an each-way bet on a horse if its odds are less than 8-1 as successful elsewhere recently, having had no more than one win your returns will not be life-changing. It’s unlikely that any horse that season. 10/10 other than the favourite will have odds this short for the National.