Run Wild Fred Odds and Grand National Form 2021

Run Wild Fred’s standout runs so far in his career have come when he has faced decent ground conditions, most notably when runner-up in last year’s Irish National and recently at Navan in the Troytown Chase where he decimated a really good field for a very easy seven and a half lengths victory.

Unfortunately, the handicapper was also suitably impressed with Run Wild Fred’s performance at Navan and has put the gelding up a whopping fourteen pounds for that effort. The question must now be if that sizeable rise will negate his chance in the Aintree Grand National. The Gordon Elliott trained gelding is now on a mark of 159 which, if he runs from that level at Aintree, would almost certainly mean he will be one of the top weights.

Only Bristol De Mai and Yala Enki were rated above 159 in last year’s National so it would be a stellar performance for this young horse to win a National from such a high rating.