Irish bookmaker Paddypower are offering an excellent £200 in Free Bets for the Aintree Grand National Bet
The first race of the 2012 Aintree Festival and it promises to be a cracker as it has been for the past few years with the great Big Buck's winning the race for the past two years. It attracts some of the very best long distance hurdlers around to the race and it offers them a further chance for Group 1 success following the Cheltenham Festival a few weeks earlier.
We have now had it confirmed that Big Bucks and Grands Crus will renew their rivalry at Aintree on Thursday with the Paul Nicholls horse the warm favourite to repeat his victory from Cheltenham and the World Hurdle. Other contenders in the betting include last years winner Khyber Kim and the Coral Cup winner Carlito Brigante.
Liverpool Hurdle Race Card and Form
Awaiting odds............................
14:00 BGC Partners Liverpool Hurdle (Grade 1) (Class 1, 3m 110y)
1. Big Buck's (R Walsh) 4/6F
2. Grands Crus (T Scudamore) 3/1
3. Won In The Dark (A Lynch) 66/1
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