Tony McFadden outlines the Timeform view on the Randox Grand National and highlights which horses have the best chance at the weights.
It was a fantastic Cheltenham Festival for trainers Oliver Greenall and Josh Guerriero. Not only did their only runner at this year's meeting, Jagwar, land the Plate, but the Grand National claims of their first Cheltenham Festival winner Iroko (Timeform weight-adjusted rating 183p) were given a couple of boosts.
Things didn't go smoothly for Iroko, the 2023 Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle winner, during his first campaign over fences last term as he met with a setback after winning on his chasing debut at Warwick in November and it was a rush to get him back in time for the Festival. He understandably looked rusty when thrown into the deep end in the Grade 1 Turners Novices' Chase, plugging on into fifth, but he showed he wasn't out of place at that level when runner-up in the Mildmay Novices' Chase at Aintree.
It looked like a good effort at the time to split Inothewayurthinkin, an easy winner of the Kim Muir Handicap Chase at Cheltenham, and Heart Wood, a wide-margin winner of a valuable handicap at the Dublin Racing Festival. But that form looks even stronger now following the latest Cheltenham Festival where Inothewayurthinkin won the Gold Cup and Heart Wood was runner-up in the Ryanair Chase.
