Grand National Lucky Dip

Any Second Now hails from the Ted Walsh yard, who won the Grand National in 2000 when Ted teamed up with son Ruby to land the race with Papillon.  In last year's Grand National, Any Second Now was sent off the 15/2 second favourite and ran really well to finish third, just over eight lengths behind the winner, Minella Times. Before that race there had been a question mark as regards the gelding’s stamina for the Grand National as in his previous victory he had shown enough speed to win a Grade Two over the minimum trip of two miles. However, the son of Oscar demonstrated that marathon distances are very much within his range at Aintree, especially as he was badly hampered by a faller at the twelfth fence. The hadnicapper has raised Any Second Now by five pounds for his Aintree exploits but a return visit to Liverpool looks very much on the cards next April.  Any Second Now is currently vying for favouritism for the 2022 Grand National and looks certain to be well supported as he tries to go two places better than last year.