The taste of the turf and the bets on the boards

And here we have the declarations for Saturday's race: 1) 23P1-P070 DON'T PUSH IT (IRE) 11-11-10 Jonjo O'Neill Tony McCoy 2) 104-3226 TIDAL BAY (IRE) 10-11-09 Howard Johnson Brian Hughes 3) 61/211-524 WHAT A FRIEND 8-11-06 Paul Nicholls Daryl Jacob 4) 501B-7744 VIC VENTURI (IRE) 11-11-06 Dessie Hughes IRE Andrew Lynch 5) U62/1-31 MAJESTIC CONCORDE (IRE) 8-11-05 Dermot Weld IRE Mr Robbie McNamara 6) 2F1425 OR NOIR DE SOMOZA (FR) 9-11-05 David Pipe Tom Scudamore 7) 01F24-41 DOONEYS GATE (IRE) 10-11-04 Willie Mullins IRE Mr Patrick Mullins 8) 2U14-2F44 BIG FELLA THANKS 9-11-01 Ferdy Murphy Graham Lee 9) 205-244 THE TOTHER ONE (IRE) 10-11-00 Paul Nicholls Mr Ryan Mahon 10) 3111-112 BALLABRIGGS (IRE) 10-11-00 Donald McCain Jason Maguire 11) U3133-21 THE MIDNIGHT CLUB (IRE) 10-10-13 Willie Mullins IRE Ruby Walsh 12) 529P-F58 NICHE MARKET (IRE) 10-10-13 Paul Nicholls Harry Skelton 13) 5121-071 SILVER BY NATURE 9-10-12 Lucinda Russell Peter Buchanan 14) 0BP-57011 BACKSTAGE (FR) 9-10 ...

It's all ready to kick off on Saturday 10th April 2010! Here's the current state of the runners and riders: Big Fella Thanks 7-1 Mon Mome 11-1 Arbor Supreme 14-1 Black Apalachi 14-1 Niche Market 16-1 Tricky Trickster 16-1 The Package 16-1 Vic Venturi 16-1 Cant Buy Time 20-1 Backstage 20-1 Snowy Morning 20-1 State of Play 20-1 Character Building 25-1 Ballyholland 25-1 Chief Dan George 25-1 Comply or Die 25-1 Whinstone Boy 33-1 Maljimar 33-1 My Will 33-1 Hello Bud 40-1 Razor Royale 40-1 Irish Raptor 40-1 King Johns Castle 40-1 Dont Push It 40-1 Dream Alliance 40-1 Abbeybraney 50-1 Ballyfitz 50-1 Erics Charm 50-1 Air Force One 50-1 Silver Birch 50-1 Madison Du Berlais 50-1 Treacle 50-1 Ballytrim 50-1 Palypso De Creek 50-1 Cloudy Lane 50-1 Notre Pere 50-1 Offshore Account 50-1 Flintoff 66-1 Ellerslie George 66-1 Joe Lively 66-1 Cerium 66-1 Nozic 66-1 Beat The Boys 66-1 Chelsea Harbour 100-1 Preists Leap 100-1 Conna Castle 100-1