Grand National Lucky Dip
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Mount Ida
Horse age: 8 Trainer: Gordon Elliott Jockey: Denis O'Regan Horse star sign: Aries Horse trained at: Ireland Jockey silks colour: Black
The Gordon Elliott trained mare won both of her two starts this season, a Listed Mares' Chase at Clonmel and then a Grade 3 Mares' Chase at Fairyhouse. Both of those wins were at around two and a half miles so Mount Ida is definitely versatile when it comes to distance. Last season’s highlight was undoubtedly the mare’s amazing win in the Kim Muir at Cheltenham where she initially appeared to be struggling when badly jumping the right and being pushed along at the back of the field after only half a dozen fences. The in-running punters pushed Mount Ida out to 999/1 but there were undoubtedly some disappointed traders as the mare shrugged off her early issues and stormed through to win the big race by over six lengths. Some pundits will suggest that Mount Ida was so well handicapped that day that she was able to get away with jumping out to the right so badly but she now finds herself on a much-increased handicap mark after that win. Trainer Gordon Elliott did say that Mount Ida was found to have a back problem after her win at Cheltenham which has now been cured. Being able to win a race at the Cheltenham Festival whilst carrying a back injury makes her performance there even more memorable. The Kim Muir has a rich tradition of winners who go on to run well in the Grand National with 2010 Kim Muir winner Ballabriggs winning at Aintree the following year, 2012 Kim Muir winner Sunnyhillboy getting beat a short-head in the National the following month, 2016 Kim Muir winner Cause of Causes finishing second in the Grand National of 2017 and 2019 Kim Muir winner Any Second Now finishing an unlucky looking third at Aintree last year. Mount Ida has won two shorter distance races this season that were confined to mares only. She then went to the Cheltenham Festival to run in the Grade Two Mares' Chase and was sent off the 5/2 third favourite. Unfortunately, her tendency to jump to her right on a left-handed track came up again and ultimately she was very disappointing finishing well behind the winner, Elimay. If we could believe that Mount Ida would not jump out to her right at Aintree she would be a very interesting runner but her proclivity to not jump straight makes her a very risky bet in the Grand National.
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