Tuesday’s best bets, by Chris CookWhen I spoke to Andrew Tulloch, Aintree’s clerk of the course, last night, he jokingly described the going on the Grand National course as “flippers and snorkels stuff”. Bright object may have fazed Bellshill in Irish Grand National, says Willie Mullins Read moreAfter 22mm of rain on Monday, Tulloch said: “It’s taken it well. But once you get back across stands-side, you’re verging on good to soft, good, on some of that. That’s what I also see in the forecast I use, perhaps 3mm of rain today being followed by five dry days. So there’s at least hope that the Aintree race won’t descend into a proper slog with just four finishers.

Source: The Guardian April 04, 2018 10:41 UTC