Hot on the heels of Cheltenham, it’s a trip to Uttoxeter for the Midlands National, as Andy Newton explains

The Midlands National is always staged hot on the heels of the Cheltenham Festival – the day after in fact – so it often rides off the back of the momentum from the best four days of jumps racing.
If punters have had a good Festival, they will be keen to keep going and the Midlands National provides the perfect tonic to racing fans looking to reload and Cheltenham winnings.
Run at Uttoxeter races over 4m2f – then, it goes without saying, that stamina ...