Brown Grand National Horses

Broadway Boy is something of an enigma in that he has recorded some excellent performances but is also prone to throwing in some very poor efforts with connections not really able to explain why these bad runs occur.  The Nigel Twiston-Davies trained chaser has been impressive twice at Cheltenham but his highest rated performance over fences was in defeat when runner-up to Kandoo Kid in the prestigious Coral Gold Cup at Newbury. Those good runs have to be compared to his last two efforts at Cheltenham where he finished a distant fifth when odds-on favourite and then pulled up when his jumping absolutely fell apart.  A Broadway Boy on top form would be near the top of the betting for Aintree but it is hard to be positive about his Grand National chances based on his last two runs.

Twig has some useful form to his name including winning the 39k Summer Cup at Uttoxeter and finishing second in two big Cheltenham handicaps. However, the Ben Pauling trained gelding has not been at his best in his last three outings, although two of those were over hurdles and on softer ground than he probably likes. His last run was back over fences in the Grimthorpe Chase at Doncaster and he was quite disappointing finishing a well-beaten seventh despite being well-fancied in the market. If the handicapper was framing this race now Twig would be rated three pounds lower than his rating of 146 and his usual rider Beau Morgan will not be able to claim his usual five-pound allowance in the Grand National.  Twig looks to have a difficult task in this season's Grand National.