Grand National 2016 Preview

Cloudy With a Chance Again - Many Clouds has a great chance of making history.

This Saturday the greatest show on turf will once again make its annual assault on the consciousness of the general public as the world’s greatest horse race the Grand National takes place at Aintree.

As has become tradition I’ve spent the last couple of weeks compiling a runner-by-runner guide for the big race, assessing each of the combatant’s chances of securing their place in history and winning the Grand National.

I’ve also highlighted a few of the horses I’ll be backing for the race so whether you’re after a tip, want to see if the horse your pin landed in or you got in the work sweep has any actual chance or just want to pick out a horse with a name that means something to you this is the guide for you!

The National remains a controversial race and sadly probably always will, and there will surely be the usual propaganda and out-of-context facts trotted out by it’s detractors, but the race remains the one time each year that horse racing captures the imagination of the wider public like it never can for the other 364 days of the year and as such should be celebrated for the incredible day it is.

It’s a great spectacle and statistically a much safer, and thus enjoyable, one since the modifications and hopefully that will remain the case this year as forty horses give their all as they tackle thirty unique obstacles in the greatest test of equine ability and jockeyship this great sport of ours has to offer.

So sit back, relax (and perhaps grab yourself a drink as this might take a while) as the field for the 2016 Grand National are put under the microscope.