{"id":39285,"date":"2021-04-09T10:14:25","date_gmt":"2021-04-09T10:14:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/?p=39285"},"modified":"2021-04-09T10:14:25","modified_gmt":"2021-04-09T10:14:25","slug":"gigginstown-grand-national","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/gigginstown-grand-national\/","title":{"rendered":"Rating the 2021 Gigginstown Grand National runners"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">There may be no <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/best-grand-national-winners-since-2010\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tiger Roll<\/a> in this year\u2019s Grand National but owners Gigginstown are five-handed as they look to land the big once more in his absence. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">We take a closer look at all five as Michael O\u2019Leary tries to seal a hat-trick of National victories come Saturday afternoon, and potentially yet another Irish trained winner of the race.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\">The 5 Gigginstown Grand National runners<\/h3>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Farclas &#8211; 20\/1<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Farclas found just one too good in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.racingtv.com\/cheltenham-festival\/news\/the-shunter-bags-100-000-bonus-with-cheltenham-strike\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paddy Power Plate at the Cheltenham Festival<\/a>, placing 2nd behind The Shunter. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">However, he\u2019s 6lbs well in here and that Cheltenham run proved him to be a progressive young chaser, so he deserves his place in the National field.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">He does have stamina to prove though, having been campaigned at 3 miles and less &#8211; in his only run over 3 miles he failed to settle, pulling hard throughout. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">One positive is that Jack Kennedy has picked him as his partner as they look to go one better than at Cheltenham.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Milan Native &#8211; 33\/1<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Another Gigginstown runner, Milan Native, attracted money in the betting market when the weights were released for the Grand National but that support has cooled in recent weeks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">He could only muster 9th in the Ultima at last month\u2019s Cheltenham Festival but that was his first run back following wind surgery so improvement could still be to come.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Sent off at 9\/2 at the Festival, he won last year\u2019s Kim Muir highlighting his potential as a decent staying chaser but he\u2019s still to race beyond 3 mile and 2-furlong and it\u2019s possible he won&#8217;t appreciate the quicker ground at Aintree.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Shattered Love &#8211; 50\/1<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Shattered Love put in an excellent performance in the Mares<\/span><span dir=\"RTL\" lang=\"AR-SA\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">\u2019 <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Chase at the Cheltenham Festival, placing 3rd behind Colreevy and Elimay.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">That form has already been franked by Elimay who won at Fairyhouse on Saturday, indicating that Shattered Love is a mare at the top of her game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">She does have stamina to prove though, since all seven of her career wins so far have come at 3 miles or shorter and she was pulled up in the 2019 Irish Grand National over the 3 mile and 5-furlong trip.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Alpha Des Obeaux &#8211; 66\/1<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Alpha Des Obeaux has experience of the Grand National fences &#8211; falling at The Chair in 2018 under Rachael Blackmore.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">He then ran 3rd in the Becher Chase over the National fences in 2019 and he put in a solid effort at last month\u2019s Cheltenham Festival to place 4th behind Tiger Roll in the Cross Country Chase.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">A real test of stamina could suit him these days and he\u2019ll appreciate the better ground on Saturday so he\u2019s not as much of an outsider as his odds suggest. <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><b><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">Tout Est Permis &#8211; 125\/1<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">It\u2019s a tough task for Tout Est Permis who has to saddle 4lb more in the Grand National than he would in a normal handicap. <\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">He was 4th in the Bobbyjo Chase at Fairyhouse in February behind Acapella Bourgeois and Burrows Saint who he faces once more here.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"Body\"><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">That Fairyhouse performance was followed up with a fall at Down Royal when he was sent off the Even money favourite &#8211; he was also found to have bled after that performance. T<\/span><span lang=\"EN-US\" style=\"font-family: 'Calibri',sans-serif;\">his will be his first run over the Aintree fences and he tends to jump to his right, far from ideal over the Grand National course, and, as the odds suggest, he is the least likely of the five Giggingstown runners to emerge\u00a0 triumphant here.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>You could earn up to \u00a3100 (or currency equivalent) in bonus funds by joining Colossus with our New Player Bonus. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/?utm_source=blog&amp;utm_medium=blog_unpaid_content&amp;utm_campaign=blog_newplayerbonus\">Click here to join the action.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>There may be no Tiger Roll in this year\u2019s Grand National but owners Gigginstown are five-handed as they look to land the big once more in his absence. 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