Leon when will The National be open for entries I like to get mine in early

how many are we allowed

Two I do believe like the Welsh National.

good thanks Cath

i have 3 to pick from

Rommedahl - Top of the Class - Grand National Dreams

Rommedahl
decent animal but prob wont stay and will be high in weights

Top of the Class
will stay but is totally pants and may not get in on rating

Grand National Dreams
average mare won't stay

i sound confident dont i

Sounds more like you have none to pick from lol

plenty to choose from Gray
but they all bad

:Grand National is now open i just put my 2 horses in

I was only able to nominate one because only one showed up on the nom list.. I dont get it I got two other horses that started out in 4m maidens and all there races were 4m and up.. Merlot Rouge li and Plume Rouge li should be able to run in the National..

I also only have one horse showing up shouldn't all chasers show up?

Me too.

il check mine now see how many i am allowed in 5 hopefully

Only horses whose best runs have been 4m1 or further will show up so may have to do manual entries for all 4 mile horses. Note if your horses best run is over shorter than 4 miles then it will not qualify.

Post manual entires below

Alicedale leon was a new upload he won over 4m 4f week8 race 25 Moores Millions leg13

Oh well, looks like my GN dreams are sunk a little earlier than usual this season

To help other trainers, can you clarify what counts as a horse's best run. Is it based purely on finishing position or do you take into account other factors such as the grade of race and the number of runners.

E.g Horse X has run in 5 chases at 4m+ including at least one graded race and has a best finishing position of 5th. It has also run in one 3m7f 0-120 hcp chase (5 runners including horse X). There are 2 fallers in the 3m7f race and horse X trails home a well beaten last of 3 finishers.

Would horse X be eligible to run in the Grand National?

at present its only finishing position as thats the only way it can be coded. It does mean that you will need to be careful with your entires of your horses in the future.

But as it is the first season with these rules I can look at mitigating factors so if you feel you have a case post your horse you want entered plus the reasons below.