

Well Grand National Day is finally here and the first race on the card is this excellent looking Mersey Novices Hurdle, the race is run over 2m 4f and a big field is set to fight it out in 2011. There looks set to be a good field assembling for this one with the likes of Sam Winner for Paul Nicholls set to be well backed, he is a nice horse who could go well for the Champion Trainer.
Also in the race is Spirit Son for Nicky Henderson who is a classy type and will go into the race well backed, the same can be said of Cue Card who is a former Champion Bumper winner at the Cheltenham Festival.
13:45 John Smith's Mersey Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) (Class 1, 2m 4f)
1. Spirit Son (B Geraghty) 3/1
2. Cue Card (J Tizzard) 5/2 Fav
3. Rock on Ruby (D Jacob) 9/2
11 ran