Yourelikenefrank

Maybe Frank looked like a horse then

Zoedone, 1883 National winner owned and ridden by Count Karel Kinksy who developed a love of horses and England from one of his servants and in particular the Grand National which he visited as part of an Austrian royal tour. Kinsky is said to have been totally infatuated with and romantically involved with Winston Churchill's mother. He was beyond consoling when Zoedone was mysteriously poisoned on the race day of the 1885 Grand National.

Amateur Riders' championship

Belly from the telly....

Biography I'm currently reading....Winning It Back by Gary Wiltshire....

Rather a slim volume.....unlike its author.....

Collared on the line.

Drifted from 3/1 this morning to 5/1 on the course

Edredon Bleu.

Flying Childers - colt by Darley Arabian foaled 1715, widely regarded as the first great thoroughbred racehorse.

The horse didn't race until aged 6 whereupon, lightly raced, he won 6 out of 6 in 3 seasons.

His owner (the 4th Duke of Devonshire) allegedly refused an offer for Flying Childers to pay the horse's weight in gold.

Gilles de Retz...another good horse from the sixties.

Harwell Trophy

Intersky Falcon - owned jointly by Mrs Jonjo O'Neill and the syndicate Intersky Racing headed by Terry McDermott and Alan Shearer.

Won two Christmas Hurdles and a Fighting Fifth but not quite good enough in two Champion Hurdles, finishing 5th to Rooster Booster in 2003 and 3rd behind Hardy Eustace in 2004.

Jerome Fandor - totopoly outsider

Kribensis, the first of Sheikh Mohammed's two Champion Hurdle winners during his brief interest in NH racing.

Lady Cricket

2000 Thomas Pink Gold Cup winner
2002 Game Spirit Chase winner
2003 Ladbroke Trophy Handicap Chase (Class A) winner

Trained by Martin Pipe
Ridden by Tony McCoy

McCain, Ginger: a statue of the great man overlooking the Aintree parade ring is to be erected, it was announced this week.

Never Say Die - talented stallion responsible for many winners on the track.

Opened up at 6/4

Polygamy. 1974 Oaks winner and aptly named being by Reform out of Seventh Bride.

Quality field

Ridden out.

Slowly away

Turning for home.

Upset the form book

Valparaiso Sporting Club - racecourse in Viña del Mar, Chile.

The track hosts the Chilean Derby or, as the locals know it, El Derby.

Vadamar, quality French horse who won on Sunday.