Grey Grand National Horses

Former Cheltenham Gold Cup runner-up Santini was recently moved to a new stable by his owners Mr and Mrs Kelvin-Hughes. The ten-year-old has left Nicky Henderson and is now back with Polly Gundry where the gelding originally began his career. Santini's first run for Gundry was in a handicap chase at Cheltenham in December where the gelding was quite well fancied but ultimately weakened late on to finish a well-beaten fourth behind Commodore. Just over a month later, Santini stepped out of handicap company to take in the Cotswold Chase, again at Cheltenham. This time he ran really well, finishing second Chantry House. Santini ran again in the Gold Cup this season finishing in a distant eighth place, over thirty lengths behind A Plus Tard. The handicapper has given Santini a chance in the Grand National, dropping him 6lb from his last start in a handicap. The extreme distance could be just what the gelding needs at this stage of his career but given that he has not won a race for over two years there must be a doubt about him handling a race as competitive as the Grand National.