Minella Times (11st 4lb)

I’m surprised he’s that. I didn’t think he went up as much as that after he won and going on his form this year I’m surprised he got increased.

He loves it around Aintree and certainly did last year, so hopefully he’ll come back to form now. He’s been a little bit off form recently but he looks like he’s coming back to form and hopefully he will by then.

Chris’s Dream (11st 5lb)

He’s a couple of pounds less than last year and he looked to be going well when unseating at Valentine’s, so we’re happy with that and it seems fair enough.

He seems good after Gowran. He’s normally a brilliant jumper and hopefully he’ll be back on song there at Aintree.

Poker Party (10st 2lb)

He seems to be coming back to form after being out for a long time through injury. He’s in good form now and hopefully he’ll sneak in there and if he does he’ll have a nice racing weight.

Eklat De Rire (10st 10lb)

He is unlikely to run this year.

Conflated (11st 10lb)

Galvin (11st 10lb)

Conflated will be going to Cheltenham, while the aim is the Gold Cup with Galvin and he would only run in the National if anything happened in the Gold Cup.

Delta Work (11st 3lb)

He might not quite be up to Gold Cup class anymore. We were half thinking about the Grand National and it looks like he has got a nice weight there. He got jarred up at Leopardstown last season and I just don’t think he has quite been the same horse since. I think there could be a bit of work left in him and I think this is the route to go with him now. I think he could easily take to these fences.

Run Wild Fred (11st 1lb)

That looks a lovely weight for him. He could go for something like the National Hunt Chase at Cheltenham but I think he could be a National horse after that. He was second in last year’s Irish Grand National and he ticks a lot of boxes.

He is a very consistent character. Taking in the Irish National is a good route. He is a big staying chaser and I think he could easily be a Grand National horse. He has that touch of class about him as well.

Battleoverdoyen (11st)

He suffered a nasty fall the last day but I wouldn’t rule him out. He will probably run between now and the Grand National but we will see. I suppose you would question if he would stay. You just never quite know what stays the National trip. He is a good horse having won a few Grade 1s in his times.

Mount Ida (10st 13lb)

She definitely runs and she looks to have a nice weight. She will contest the Mares’ Chase at Cheltenham first. She won the Kim Muir last year and she stays very well. The Grand National has been the plan since last year with her. A mare hasn’t won the race for a while, but Magic Of Light was a good second behind Tiger Roll so mares can run well in the race.

Escaria Ten (10st 9lb)

He will go straight to the Grand National. I’d say he just got tired the last day in the Thyestes. He is a big horse and he is hard to get fit and he just needed the run last time. He ran a very good race behind Galvin in the National Hunt Chase last year and that form is very good. I think he should go well over those fences.

Farclas (10st 9lb)

He was fifth in the race last season and this has been the plan all season to send him back to Aintree again. He will go straight there. He had been busy last season so it was a bit of a surprise that he ran so well. To finish fifth as a seven-year-old I thought was a good effort.

Samcro (10st 9lb)

He has had a lot of problems with his sinuses but we have had them sorted again and the plan is to go straight to the Grand National. He is a very good horse on his day. We are just hoping these fences might light him up so we are going to go straight there.

Coko Beach (10st 7lb)

Soft ground is the real key to him. If we got a soft-ground Grand National he would have a good chance as he is a good horse. He is in good form but we will have to keep an eye on the weather as to whether he would run or not.

Braeside (10st 5lb)

The intention is to run him as well if he gets in. He will run in the National Hunt Chase and then go to the National. He made a mistake in Thyestes and that just put him out of the race a little bit. He has been really good since then. He ran well in the Paddy Power at Leopardstown on good ground. He is a smart horse apart.

Death Duty (10st 1lb)

He could get in off number 65 on the list and if he does he would have a nice mark. The way he won on Sunday he could be a real Grand National horse.

Melon (11st 6lb)

He has been second four times at the Cheltenham Festival. He hasn’t ever run at Aintree (over fences) and it could be a track that might suit him. We decided to give him an entry and see where he is.

We skipped the Dublin Racing Festival to look at both Cheltenham and Aintree. I think he will like the ground that Aintree usually throws up and he jumps well enough.

He is at an age now where he is finding it hard to win at the top level. We felt this was a bit of a last roll of dice to see if Aintree lit his fire.

Franco De Port (11st 4lb)

He ran very well the other day. He is a horse that has plenty of stamina in his pedigree. We felt that he deserved an entry in the race. If he likes Aintree, it is the place he could go back over the next few years being that he is only seven.

Brahma Bull (11st)

Brahma Bull is a proper handicapper that has been placed in plenty of top staying handicap chases. Being as he is being by Presenting he will like the ground that usually turns up at Aintree. I think it was the soft ground that didn’t help him at Gowran Park. He is a horse that the heavy winter ground probably doesn’t suit. He really improves in the spring.

Burrows Saint (10st 13lb)

He looked very good for most of the race last year and just going to the last he just ran out of petrol a bit. However, he is more mature this year and he is certainly one a lot of jockeys would like to ride. It was a good run he had behind Al Boum Photo last time and it has been entirely the case since last year’s Grand National to go back there again.

He will probably go for the Bobbyjo Chase at Fairyhouse before going to Aintree. He has a nice weight and is definitely a horse with a chance of that weight.

Ontheropes (10st 9lb)

He needs to hit a bit better form. He is another one that maybe winter ground hasn’t suited as much as I thought it would have done and that maybe drier ground in the spring would be better for him.

He won the Munster National well and he is a proper staying chaser so these are the races I will be entering him in over the next couple of years.

Class Conti (10st 4lb)

He appears to have a nice racing weight and he should get in from number 47 on the list. I was happy with his last run at Gowran. He is coming along nicely and will have a nice light weight for the Grand National. Everything was positive about his run in the race last year so we said we would come back here again.

Agusta Gold (10st 3lb)

She has got a very light weight should she get in the race. I would like to get her in the race. She hasn’t hit form at all this season which is disappointing. We purchased her as a Grand National horse and I’m hoping that she will turn into that. She will probably have another run before the Grand National.

Any Second Now (11st 2lb)

I knew he was going to get a few pounds more as he was third in the National last year. He was a bit unlucky then - whether he’d have beaten the winner I’m not sure but he’d definitely have been closer.

Of course I’d always be happier with less weight and I’d be happier with less than 11st but it is what it is. The only problem is if the top weights don’t run and we end up around 11st 6lb or 11st 7lb - that would be tough.

I’d be hoping for as good a run as last year. Our biggest problem now is making sure he gets there and we’ll worry about everything else after that.

Caribean Boy (10st 6lb)

He’s guaranteed a run so that’s all that matters. It was a really good run at Kempton last month and the plan is to go back there in a fortnight’s time. He is in at Ascot on Saturday in the Swinley Chase but I suspect we’ll wait a week.

We’re running him again after the weights announcement which is a bonus and he’s always looked like a horse who’d wanted this, so we’re looking forward to going there with him.

He will be one of the more likely horses I’ve had for the race for a long time.

Cloudy Glen (10st 3lb)

He’s 6lbs higher than when he won the Ladbrokes Trophy at Newbury, so we can’t complain at that, though he needs to come back in form a bit as his runs since have been a bit disappointing.

He’s a good jumper and he won’t back off those fences, that’s for sure! He’ll likely run in the Ultima at the Cheltenham Festival.

Cloth Cap (10st 4lb)

We’re probably where we should be really. We won the Ladbrokes Trophy (in 2020) off a mark of 136, so we’ve got the 11lbs for winning that race by 10 lengths. In theory you’d have to be happy because if he came back to that kind of form, he’d have to have a great chance. Ground is important with him - he doesn’t want soft ground.

We’ll likely head to Kelso again before the National or perhaps to Doncaster, wherever the ground is the most suitable.

Deise Aba (10st 2lb)

You’d think he’d get in and he’ll go straight to Aintree. He’s one of those horses that’s got loads of ability but doesn’t always show it.

He’s more consistent this year and the Welsh Grand National was probably too heavy for him. He’s just one of those horses who might take to the place and if he does he’ll run a big race.

Enjoy D’Allen (10st 5lbs)

His weight of 10t 5lbs is absolutely perfect and exactly what we were hoping for. We have been thrilled with how he has run this season and we are training him for the Grand National this year, so that is why we have given him a light campaign.

He had a run over hurdles and then was third in the Paddy Power Chase at Leopardstown over Christmas. Then most recently he had a run in the valuable 3m handicap hurdle at the Dublin Racing Festival and we were over the moon with how he ran.

The plan is now to go straight to Aintree and we are really excited to be going. As long as it is not too quick, he’ll be absolutely fine. He’s a grand jumper and loves the hustle and bustle of a big field so the Grand National should be perfect for him.

Good Boy Bobby (10st 7lb)

That weight sounds absolutely ideal. We didn’t really have a Grand National campaign on our mind as he had been a bit disappointing last season but he has really come back to himself this season.

When he romped home last time at Wetherby is when we started to think about the Grand National.

We were always hopeful that he would hold on at Wetherby despite plenty of others appearing to be going well around him.

The National fences aren’t quite the same as they used to be so I can’t see him having any problems over them and he is bred for the trip. What you need is an out and out stayer with a bit of class as the race is getting classier and classier.

Snow Leopardess (10st 3lb)

We’ve got to keep our fingers crossed but it is all very exciting. Running off 10st 3lbs would be some weight but it won’t be that unfortunately. She will still be under 11st though so it will still be a nice light weight.

Her story with her being a mum is the sort of story I can see people really latching on to over the next couple months. I can see people over the next couple of months talking about the Grand National runner with a child.

You look through all the people who message you and tweet you and it is amazing how many people do get in touch. It is all positive and we are all excited.

It was horrible conditions at Exeter and real hard work. She probably had a harder race than we wanted to but the conditions made that happen. We can sit back now though and prepare her for the Grand National.

There is no doubt she loved those fences. The bigger the jump she thrives on. She was just idling in the Becher so the trip will be no issue.

Lostintranslation (11st)

We had a bad season last season with him but I think that is a mark he is capable off of. He has always been a good jumper. We will see if this tempts the owners. I imagine he will go to Cheltenham first but if he comes out of that really well I imagine he will take his chance.

It all depends on what happens Saturday regarding his target at Cheltenham as alongside the Gold Cup entry he has also got a Ryanair entry. If he went and ran a blinder over 2m 5f at Ascot on Saturday I have kept all options open as I want to do best by the horse as he is a 10-year-old now this is his last chance to take on the best.

He is a lovely jumper and that is one thing that plays to his strengths. If we got a bit of good ground he would be well within his capability to travel and jump around there.

Whether off of 11st he is, as a 10-year-old capable, of winning the Grand National that is a different story, but he is a class horse and in this race class horses come to the front.If he got into a good rhythm he could win a big race. Let’s not forget he was rated a stone higher at one point and if he got back to somewhere near his best then he could be involved.

Fiddlerontheroof (10st 12lb)

This has been the plan since the Ladbrokes Trophy where he had a hard enough race. It was going to be too soon to go for a King George, then we talked about it and we thought he could have a live chance in a Grand National.

We waited until the weights came out before we decided to run him again. We will run him at Ascot on Saturday in the three mile handicap chase. If he runs a massive race in that then we have to make decisions as to whether we have a pop at a Gold Cup, which I don’t think he is a million miles out of getting placed in, or this year we say ‘let’s wait and go for a Grand National’, or try and attempt both.

He has only had two runs this season and we have saved the petrol for this spring.

He ran a blinder in the Ladbrokes, still has age on his side and I think he could just be improving a bit.

Two For Gold (10st 11lb)

He has got an ideal profile though and has won over three miles. He is a two-and-a-half-mile horse and that was always the old-fashioned saying that you wanted a two-and-a-half-mile horse for the Grand National.

He didn’t do much wrong last season. He never wins by very far but he has won 10 out of his 19 starts so he has a pretty good record.

He had to show plenty of guts last time, though he is a quirky individual. He was off the bridle early on and he didn’t look happy about life, then he goes and passes one and suddenly he gets going.

It would be a nice weight for him to carry in the National if he gets there but he wants soft ground. Anything faster than that would be against him.

El Presente (10st 4lb)

We talked about the Grand National last season so it has been in the pipeline for 18 months.

He has always been a good jumper. He is a happier horse going right-handed but we are running him in three weeks’ time to see how he handles Doncaster.

Mighty Thunder (10st 4lbs)

It would be great if he actually went round in the Grand National with 10st 4lbs and he’s in great form.

We definitely learned that he’s going to stay the distance at Ayr. We did go to the Welsh National but it was similar ground there and he struggled but Derek (Fox) has ridden him and said he definitely had the feel of a horse who will go well around the Aintree fences. Provided it’s not heavy ground on the day, I think he’s got a great chance.

He’s perfect for taking his time and getting into a rhythm and that’s what you need from a Grand National horse.