Really good to see the Grand National won by a lady jockey for the first time. Rachel Blackmore has been riding really well for many years, and after being the leading rider at the Cheltenham Festival in March, winning on Minella Times just caps a great season for her, and also her boss Henry de Bromhead, who trained the winner and the second on Saturday.

On to todays cards. With drying ground conditions, the ground at Huntingdon should be good. Stylish Dancer would be my idea of the winner of the 4.00. She tackles fences for the second time, and despite a large rise in the weights, she was impressive when winning last time, and proven she acts going right handed, having won at Hereford previously over the smaller obstacles. The last race on the card is a bumper, I thought Shantou’s Melody may be too good for his rivals in that.

On the level at Redcar, Super Over 2.20 has a good chance of winning. A good second on debut,at Newcastle on an artificial surface, the grass today should pose no problem, and it is a race that does not look overly strong on the ones that have ran before. So should get off the mark.

A good week ahead, with the first day of Newmarket tomorrow, a number of trial races this week for the ‘classic’s’,so changes in the betting for the big two guineas races for the three year old colts and fillies coming up in a few weeks very likely.

More soon.