GRAND NATIONAL TRENDS
Andy Newton looks at the crucial Aintree factors

The first thing to note is that this year there are only three weeks between Cheltenham and Aintree – one week less than 12 months ago. Therefore, we’ll have to see how many horses are in action at both these big Festivals, but last year we saw the Gordon Elliott-trained Tiger Roll land the Cross Country race at Cheltenham, before going on to win the National.
Tiger Roll will be hoping for more of the same on Saturday, April 6th and maybe he can become the first horse since Red Rum (1974) to win back-toback N...