It feels like a lifetime ago that we backed Lord Lariat to win the Irish National at 80/1 in 2022. We have come up dry in the last two renewals but I am hoping that this 100/1 shot can give us a run for our money after all the rain that has fallen in the last couple of days.
Back in January we backed Macs Charm for the Thyestes Chase at Gowran. I thought he was well handicapped off 135 and that the ground had come right for him but he didn’t jump brilliantly and he ended up finishing eighth, 32l behind the subsequent Aintree National winner Nick Rockett and 8l behind Yeah Man in fourth.
Weak In The Betting
Given how weak he was in the market that day, just like he
was when finishing seventh in the National Trial at Punchestown last time out, I’m
not sure he was fully wound up for those contests. If he gets into the race on Easter
Monday, which he should do (needs six to come out), surely he’ll be trying his hardest.
The rain that has fallen, with more due to come, is in his favour
and he is now 5lb lower than when winning at this meeting in 2023. He’s also
entered in that race on Monday but surely that’s just a contingency plan in
case he doesn’t get into the big one.
Surprisingly, this will be the first time he has raced at Fairyhouse since that impressive win and that was the last time he got his head in front. I’m not sure he wants bottomless ground at this trip but I’d imagine it should be somewhere between yielding to soft and if it is Macs Charm could outrun his price of 100/1. At those odds, he's worth chancing e/w for small stakes. Fingers crossed he gets in.
2025 Irish Grand National Ante-Post Tip: Macs Charm e/w @
100/1 (5 places)
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