Get the thoughts of the trainers on their runners in Saturday's Randox Health Grand National at Aintree.
Tony Martin - Anibale Fly: "He has come out of the Gold Cup unbelievably well/ I thought the three weeks' gap might be a bit tight - but he's in really good form. He ran a cracker at Cheltenham and stayed on really well after the last," added the County Meath trainer. He was hampered early on in the National last year, and ended up going quite wide. Hopefully he'll get a clear run this time."
Frank Berry, racing manager to owner JP McManus - Regal Encore & Minella Rocco: "Regal Encore doesn't like it too soft, but I think he'll handle it quite well. Minella Rocco wouldn't be mad about the ground - he'd like a bit of drying ground. We'll see how we get on."
Willie Mullins - Rathviden, Pleasant Company, Up For Review & Livelovelaugh: "Ruby has picked Rathvinden and he is going well at home. I'm very happy with him. He is here fit and well and we have been waiting all season for this race. He has been given a light campaign as he has been geared towards this."
Sue Smith - Vintage Clouds: "He has come out of Cheltenham in good form. He took that race really well, and he had just come back from a small wind op - so we were absolutely delighted with him. He jumped great and we couldn't have asked for more."
David Pipe - Ramses De Teillee & Vieux Lion Rouge: "We've liked Ramses De Teille since day one when John (White) and Ann (Underhill) bought him. He probably disappointed us a bit to start with over hurdles - but since he's gone over fences he's lived up to what we thought he might be. He ran very well at Haydock. That race might have fallen apart a bit, and he was left in front four out, but it's a long way up that home straight. I think the owners were thinking about the (National) next year, but he's 5lb well-in. He seems to stay well and has got a high cruising speed, which are two positives."
"We found the ulcers after Vieix Lion Rouge's last run at Haydock. The time before we ran him in the Welsh National and put a pair of blinkers on him, just to try and light him up. It lit him up all right, and he just did too much." It's fair to say he has come up short stamina-wise (in the National), but he's got a great track record and has dropped down the weights and is now another year older."
Anthony Honeyball - Regal Encore: "He has got the class. He will hit a flat spot, but he will come home strong after that."
Nicky Henderson - Valtor: "It's a little bit hopeful - but you have got to be hopeful when you get to Grand Nationals. We have been hopeful for 40 years, and we are not getting any closer! I hate going there and not having a runner in it - but if you haven't got a horse for it, you can't just invent one."