We now have the two day declarations, and have lost two possibles.

For Mercury - Uranus, Impulsive Star had been suggested; it is now a non-runner. For Neptune, Isleofhopendreams was a possible; this is now third reserve so probably will not run.

Noble Endeavor is still a runner and a possible pick.

Now we have the list of runners it is worth putting in some serious thought !

Waspie wrote ... "Please keep this tread on topic."

I assume that was aimed at me !!

My Runner needs very soft ground.

You'd expect the conditions to show up in a Start Line Chart, n'est pas ?

H

There's several different 'aspects' that stand out for me in this chart.

5th trine Sun square Saturn, the Moon/Uranus conjunction, Mercury conjoined the 7th cusp and the separating sextile from Venus.

I've categorised most of the runners - to my way of thinking, at least - into the following rulerships:

Sun square Saturn:
Noble Endeavour
Vieux Lion Rouge
Regal Encore
Ultra Gold
One For Arthur
Rock The Kasbah


Moon conjunct Uranus:
Ballyoptic
Outlander
Magic Of Light
Monbeg Notorious


Mercury conjunct 7th Cusp (square Saturn):
Walk In The Mill
Up For Review
The Young Master
Vintage Clouds
Step Back

Separating sextile from Venus:
Jury Duty
Pleasant Company
Tea For Two

I'm currently favouring the Sun/Saturn horses as the Sun is Lord 12 and a horse is bigger than a goat. As it stands, my main selection would be Vieux Lion Rouge (Old Lion Red), who I believe has won under a Sun/Saturn combination in the past, at Haydock. Noble Endeavour is another that stands out, but only as a significator of the aspect and I agree with JupiterMk4, not necessarily on it's ability. However, luck is needed to win this race.

Rock The Kasbah falls under both the Sun/Saturn and the Moon/Uranus rulerships.

And before anyone flags it up, Tigers are ruled by Mars.

All that's left to do now is pick a winner!

To be continued...

p.s. stable lads and novice chasers may find the following link useful:

https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/weather

Just for reference...here is the ProFormRacing Top Ten:

01 Tiger Roll
02 Rathvinden
03 Livelovelaugh
04 Up For Review
05 Warriors Tale
06 Ramses De Teillee
07 Jury Duty
08 Walk In The Mill
09 Go Conquer
10 Rock The Kasbah
10 Valtor

My each way options:

Anibale Fly and Minella Rocco.

If you want an Al-Kindi horse colour look for one with a tail lighter than its body.

Good luck!

Colours?

I have three EW bets mainly based on Sun/Saturn:

Ramses de Teillee going by the Addey 5th cusp Sun and the colours carried of Yellow and Red (Sun, Aries and Lord of the Hour Mars).

Noble Endeavor, again SU-SA, but I agree its form is suspect, but this is the Grand National, so anything might happen.

Ultragold, again Sun, and the colours carried of red, yellow and black.

Mod Wasp mk2 wrote:Colours?

Sorry, ascending degree, colours are a coincidence. Jockey change issues have been noted.

Ultragold
Tiger Roll
Step Back

Using Sepharial's Gravity method

Vintage Clouds (Me/Pl)
Lake View Lad (Me/Pl)
General Principle (Su)

Good luck!

My 3 picks based on 5h cusp sextile Mercury which is in Pisces:

-Lake view lad
-Up for review
-Vintage clouds

With the planetary hour mars, we are looking for a reddish colour shade based horse on the al kindi method?

.10p combination tricast from:

Ballyoptic
Noble Endeavour
Vieux Lion Rouge
Rathvinden
Jury Duty
Rock The Kasbah

I'l be happy if any f them finish.

I've also backed Monbeg Notorious on the strength of the trainer's quote;

"A lot will depend on what mood he's in as he certainly isn't predictable. The trip should be right up his street."