grandnational2017.com Handicap Chase

Off time: 14:40 | Winning time: 6m 15.80s

1^st

Dawnieriver

711-11

10/3f

T: M ScudamoreJ: T Scudamore

Held up in rear, not fluent 4th, headway on outside 8th, 2nd 11th, led after 3 out, pressed but yet to be asked for full effort when left clear last op 3/1 tchd 7/2

2^nd

Fly Home Harry

811-7

5/1

T: G A SwinbankJ: R Johnson

Held up in touch on inside, driven after 3 out, 3rd and one pace from next, left 2nd last, no chance with winner tchd 11/2

3^rd

Amiral Collonges

711-12

7/1

T: H J EvansJ: W Featherstone (5)

Took keen hold, prominent, led briefly 4th, not fluent 5th, lost place before 9th, remote 4th 2 out, left 3rd last op 15/2

4^th

Duke Arcadio

812-0

7/2

T: O SherwoodJ: L P Aspell

Not always fluent, led, clear 5th until 10th, headed after 3 out, weakened next tchd 10/3

Also Ran

Azert De Coeur

712-1

9/2

T: Miss V WilliamsJ: Charlie Deutsch (3)

Prominent, lost place 3rd, last 7th, behind 13th, pulled up before 2 out op 6/1

Make Me A Fortune

911-7

6/1

T: S GollingsJ: Aidan Coleman

Held up in touch on outside, 2nd 8th until 11th, stayed close up, challenging 2 out, hard ridden and every chance when fell last op 5/1

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Betting Breakdown

Tote Win:£2.70Pl:£1.60, £3.10EX:£8.00Trifecta:£57.30SF:£17.93Swingers:£1.60, £6.30, £3.70

Forecasts

Dawnieriver (10/3), Duke Arcadio (7/2), Azert De Coeur (9/2), Fly Home Harry (5/1), Make Me A Fortune (6/1), Amiral Collonges (7/1)

Strong cases can be made for and against all these. Preference is for DAWNIERIVER who looks well treated on the form which saw her complete a hat-trick of wins in 2016. She has not been disgraced in two starts since and with the stable going well she is selected to take this at the expense of C&D specialist Fly Home Harry. Alan Swinbank's charge had been given a break following a disappointing run last time. He goes well fresh and the manner of his two victories here could suggest he had more in hand than the official margins suggest. Azert De Coeur represents a yard going well that have an impressive strike rate here. His pedigree suggests he could struggle with the trip but he would have claims in this grade if proving otherwise.