The Times - UK (2022-04-08)

the times | Friday April 8 2022 61

Grand NationalSport

Reserve 4

100-1

Roi Mage

French import

is unexposed

6

66-1

Lostintranslation

Has lost his

way of late

7

66-1

Brahma Bull

Could give backers

the hump

8

20-1

Burrows Saint

Fourth last year.

Place claims

5

20-1

Run Wild Fred

Irish National second;

fair claims

10

14-1

Longhouse Poet

Could find winning

rhythm

11

16-1

Fiddlerontheroof

Could hit the right note

12

40-1

Two For Gold

Silver over shorter

at Ascot

9

25-1

Mount Ida

Marathon trip could

be ideal

14

66-1

Samcro

Classy form is a distant

memory

15

12-1

Escaria Ten

Back to form latest.

Fair claims

16

33-1

Good Boy Bobby

Good season until

flopped last time

13

30-1

Santini

Two years since Gold Cup

second

18

40-1

Coko Beach

Still has stamina to prove

19

33-1

De Rasher Counter

Could he bring home the

bacon?

20

33-1

Kildisart

Good record in big fields

Lively outsider

17

100-1

Lord Du Mesnil

Has ability but is

inconsistent

22

66-1

Top Ville Ben

Fell here in December;

tough task

23

14-1

Enjoy D’Allen

Irish National third.

Leading player

21 24

33-1

Discorama

Excuses last year;

ready to rock?

26

50-1

Freewheelin Dylan

Won Irish Grand National

but poor form of late

27

100-1

Class Conti

Never involved last

year; hard to see

28

33-1

Noble Yeats

Would be youngest

winner since 1940

25

50-1

Dingo Dollar

Could he become

a celebrity?

30

25-1

Cloth Cap

Went flat when fancied

last year

31

13-2

Snow Leopardess

Could be ready

to pounce

32

66-1

Agusta Gold

Could she master

her rivals?

29

33-1

Mighty Thunder

Needs to rediscover

his power

34

66-1

Deise Aba

Money money money?

Unlikely

35

33-1

Blaklion

Last 13-year-old to win

was 1923

36

66-1

Poker Party

Others likely to call his

bluff

33

80-1

Phoenix Way

Needs to rise from

ashes of recent fall

38

100-1

Domaine De L’Isle

No promise in latest

outing

39

12-1

Eclair Surf

Latest form reads well;

chance

40

25-1

Fortescue

Trip ought to suit;

lacks class

37

40-1

Death Duty

This taxing test could

be ideal

Reserve 1 Reserve 2 Reserve 3

2

8-1

Delta Work

Class act but plenty

of weight

3

66-1

Easysland

Seems totally out

of form

4

9-1

Any Second Now

Unlucky last year.

Is this his time?

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Join in with the fun of the Grand

National at Aintree (5.15pm

tomorrow) by taking part in our

sweepstake and winning money off

your friends and colleagues.

Given that most people are stuck at

home – or at least not in the office –

there are some logistical challenges

to typical sweepstake protocol, but

we aren’t deterred and you

shouldn’t be either.

Here’s how you can make it work.

Gather your friends, family,

colleagues or whatever group of

misfits you can find online — ideally

44 of them, to match the number of

runners and reserves (or wait until

after 1pm today when none of the

reserves can be added to the field

as replacements and the number is

down to 40) — and nominate

someone to cut up our sweepstake

kit and conduct the draw.

This could be filmed, with the video

then shared to all participants, or

(for added excitement) broadcast

live, via your preferred group video

chat platform. Then write the name

of each entrant by their allocated

horse below. Payment (say, £2 each)

can be collected via Paypal or

Revolut or a similar service and then

distributed to the lucky winners. If

you can't get to 44 people, some

can pay for more than one entry so

that all 44 are allocated. Either all of

the prize money can go to the

winner (£88 if it's £2 per entry) or, to

spread the cheer more widely, say,

£44 for the winner, £24 for second

place, £10 for third, £5 for fourth and

£5 for the last horse to finish the

course.

Guide to running

your sweep

Grand

National

sweepstake

kit

Who got which horse? Record the sweepstake results here

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Minella Times

Can Rachael strike

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Don’t miss the 12-page

Grand National pullout in

The Times tomorrow

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Anibale Fly

Fifth in 2019.

Lost his buzz

33-1

Commodore

Unlikely to sink his rivals

40-1

School Boy Hours

Made schoolboy error

at Cheltenham

66-1

Romain De Senam

Unlikely to stay this far

Minella Times

Delta Work

Easysland

Any Second Now

Run Wild Fred

Lostintranslation

Brahma Bull

Burrows Saint

Mount Ida

Longhouse Poet

Fiddlerontheroof

Two For Gold

Santini

Samcro

Escaria Ten

Good Boy Bobby

Lord Du Mesnil

Coko Beach

De Rasher Counter

Kildisart

Discorama

Top Ville Ben

Enjoy D’Allen

Anibale Fly

Dingo Dollar

Freewheelin Dylan

Class Conti

Noble Yeats

Mighty Thunder

Cloth Cap

Snow Leopardess

Agusta Gold

Phoenix Way

Deise Aba

Blaklion

Poker Party

Death Duty

Domaine De L’Isle

Eclair Surf

Fortescue

Commodore

School Boy Hours

Romain De Senam

Roi Mage