Orange Grand National Horses

Balko Des Flos was sold for £110,000 at the recent Goffs Online Sale and will continue to be aimed at Aintree for his new owners.  The former Ryanair Chase winner will remain in the care of Henry De Bromhead for his tilt at the Grand National.  Balko Des Flos had become rather a frustrating character and hasn't managed to win again since that defeat of Un De Sceaux four years ago at Cheltenham. He is currently on a thirteen race losing run and has been beaten over ten lengths in all bar one of his completed races since then. The ten-year-old gelding unseated his rider in his most recent race, the Cross Country Chase at the Cheltenham Festival, where he was well backed into 6/1 fourth favourite.  Perhaps the cross country fences will have rekindled his enthusiasm but the majority of his recent efforts have been poor and he will need a major upturn of form to be competitive for his new owners in the 2021 Grand National.