Tonight's Chicago Close & Tomorrow's Grand National Winner...

After yesterday's disappointing performance by my spirit guide from beyond the grave I've told her (via the medium of a ouija board) to get a grip & shape up.

She has promised to redeem herself today by not only correctly predicting tonight's Chicago closes but she is also going to throw-in the first two home in tomorrow's Grand National for free!

So over to you Septic Peg....

....the voices are telling me that Cloudy Lane will start a worthy favourite for tomorrow's big race, trained by the son of Ginger "Red Rum" McCain, but that it's cramped odds don't represent any sort of value, even if it is my lucky No 26, I see it tiring on the run-in, there's something coming up on the outside....WHAT IS IT PEG....the voices, the voices....they see Oirish celebrations in Liverpool tomorrow....the mist is clearing....it's starting to get up, its......Snowy Morning romping home at 25/1. Second Cloudy Lane, distance two lengths.

And for Chicago Peg?

oh, erm not a lot of change really. Bit of pre-weekend book-squaring. 5 up beans, 2 down corn, 5 down wheat.