The Midnight Club
The Midnight Club is the Irish, 11 year old, trained by Willie Mullin’s who was one of the ante-post favourites for the 2011 Grand National. With incredibly consistent form under his belt, The Midnight Club could be one of the dark horses (no pun intended) in this years race.
He performs well under large weights and on heavy ground but has yet had a win over 3 miles so stamina could be an issue for him, unless of course, he’s being trained to go the distance.
A good second place finish behind Siegemaster at Gowran Park in January 2011 has shown him to be a good, steady horse but it was the Fairyhouse trip in February that really caught everybody’s eye when he beat out National rivals Oscar Time, Arbor Supreme, Vic Venturi and Bluesea Cracker while carrying 11-03!
In the 2011 Grand National, he got around the Grand National Fences cleanly and without fuss coming in sixth place overall, which is undoubtedly a big disappointing for Willie Mullins and Ruby Walsh who must have had higher hopes. Carrying 10-13 on the day he was primed for a better finishing position.
The 2012 Grand National may suit him better, now that he’s capable of getting around the course cleanly. He has been given 5lbs less at 10-08 for the 2012 National and he is in prime shape to take the title this year.
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