Andrew Newton gives the key trends for the Chepstow marathon

After the excitement of Boxing Day and the King George, the focus quickly moves onto the Coral Welsh National, run at Chepstow and this year set to be staged on Monday December 27.
However, this race does have a habit of being rescheduled due to the weather and that was the case 12 months ago when we had to wait until January 9 to get it run.
Run over 3m6f at Chepstow racecourse, this is the first of the big National races of the season, with the Irish, Scottish and Aintree versions to follow.
It goes without saying, horses w...