Grand National 2007

Well I had a few small bets on the grand national, none of which came in. It was just a bit of fun and gives better odds than the lottery.

One of my bets was on long shot cloudy bays, if you watched the race he was the one left at the start line when every other horse was halfway down the course. Not that you can really blame the horse or jockey as with 40 runners it was a bit of a scrum at the starting tape.

Another of my bets was Sonevafushi at 201-1, the worst odds in the race but I like to back the underdog especially after the BBC were so derogatory about the poor horse on the BBC sport website saying that sometimes a horse was just not good enough to win.

Well that horse showed he was good enough to compete, he finished the race and didn't come last. In the middle of the race he was in the pack and in the running. I had to support him because sometimes the million to 1 shot does come off and the grand national can make heroes out of nobodies.