Hi Reader

The Cheltenham Festival is done and dusted (another profitable one).

We swiftly move onto the Midlands Grand National. It's hard to believe that the flat returns on Sunday with the Irish Lincolnshire at the Curragh racecourse!

This Saturday, we take aim at the Midlands Grand National which has attracted a field of 17 runners. Hopefully, we enjoy better luck as Wreckless Eric was a very unlucky loser in the Imperial Cup last weekend at Sandown.

Big Saturday Race Preview And Tips

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Following the result of the race, there are made availble to the public. Too late to back the winner or change the result at that time!

Ok, let's crack on with today's preview and tips.

Val Dancer can win the Midlands Grand National!

The Midlands Grand National at Uttoxeter is a great way to tailend the Cheltenham Festival week. It's a proper race with an excellent first prize of just over ninty thousand pounds.

The clerk of the course has been watering all week as unusually we have good to soft ground this year. Let's crack on with our two selections in the Midlands Grand National

Val Dancer was a great winner of the Welsh Grand National at Christmas. He backed up that run with a solid third place finish in the Grand National trial at Haydock. I am a big surprised to see the handicapper has dropped him 5lbs following his latest run.

Obviously, he thinks he treated him too harshly raising Val Dancer 12lbs for winning the Welsh National. I like that Val Dancer ran so well around this course in the three-mile novice chase last season. Charlie Hammond rides him well and he remains open to improvement over this marathon trip.

My Silver Lining won the Classic Chase at Warick before finishing second in the Grand National trial at Haydock last season. That is cracking form, and she runs here off two pounds higher than when winning at Warwick. She has the class to be a major player if bouncing back to near her best for trainer Emma Lavelle.

My Silver Lining is a great jumper and races here carrying a nice low weight of 10-9. She's a live outsider if running close to her best.Of the rest, I was tempted by the Gordon Elliott raider, Fortunedefortunata.

Uttoxeter 3:00

0.5 point each way Val Dancer 17/2 William Hill & Unibet, 5 places.

0.5 point each way My Silver Lining 28/1 Bet365 else 25/1 generally, 5 places.

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Best of Luck,

Nicky

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2024 finished on a winner thanks to the well named "Win Some Lose Some".

Last year was a winning and profitable year for followers for the Big Saturday Race Prewiew & Tips column.

A profit of +19.55 points won.

There was 10 winners & 18 placed from a total of 80 tips.

A tidy profit of £977.50 to £50 per point stakes or maybe £391 to £20 per point stakes.

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Big Saturday Races Past Results

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Latest Big Saturday Race Winner was Win Some Lose Some at 13/2

2025 running total -14.25 points or -£275 to to £10 ew stakes.​

2024 total +19.55 points profit or +£391 to £10 ew stakes.​

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Since the Big Saturday Race Preview column began in 2014 the service is showing profits of +152 points

or £3,060 to £10 each way stakes.

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