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With 40 horses taking to the field on Saturday for this year’s Grand National, it is certainly important to be able to distinguish which runner you have backed. Of course, the silks are the most differentiating factor, though the colour of each horse can be helpful to know.
Some annual punters traditionally back grey horses for the race – of which there are four this year – whereas others believe that a namesake is the best way to navigate their way through the field.
Bays and chestnuts are the most common horse colours, and the pair can easily be distinguished by the shade of their mane and tail. Both have a light, gingery brown coloured body, though a bay will have a black mane and tail, whereas a chestnut will be entirely brown.
There is a sprinkling of ‘brown’ coloured horses in the field too, which are the darker brown horses – though not dark enough to be registered as black. Express Sport takes you through the field and the colour of each runner…
1. Any Second Now, Mark Walsh
Bay
2. Noble Yeats, Sean Bowen
Bay
3. Galvin, Davy Russell
Bay
4. Fury Road, Jonjo O’Neill Jr
Bay
5. The Big Dog, Aidan Coleman
Bay
6. Capodanno, Danny Mullins
Chestnut
7. Delta Work, Keith Donoghue
Brown
8. Sam Brown, Johnny Burke
Bay
9. Lifetime Ambition, Sean O’Keeffe
Brown
10. Carefully Selected, Michael O’Sullivan
Bay
11. Coko Beach, Harry Cobden
Grey
12. Longhouse Poet, JJ Slevin
Bay
13. Gaillard Du Mesnil, Paul Townend
Grey
14. Darasso, Luke Dempsey
Brown
15. Le Milos, Harry Skelton
Bay
16. Escaria Ten, Adrian Heskin
Bay
17. The Big Breakaway, Brendan Powell
Chestnut
18. Cape Gentleman, Jody McGarvey
Chestnut
19. Roi Mage, Felix de Giles
Bay
20. Diol Ker, Kieren Buckley
Bay
21. A Wave Of The Sea, Shane Fitzgerald
Bay
22. Minella Trump, Theo Gillard
Bay
23. Vanillier, Sean Flanagan
Grey
24. Velvet Elvis, Darragh O’Keeffe
Brown
25. Ain’t That A Shame, Rachael Blackmore
Bay
26. Corach Rambler, Derek Fox
Bay
27. Enjoy D’Allen, Simon Torrens
Bay
28. Mr Incredible, Brian Hayes
Bay
29. Mister Coffey, Nico de Boinville
Bay
30. Cloudy Glen, Charlie Deutsch
Bay
31. Hill Sixteen, Ryan Mania
Bay
32. Gabbys Cross, Peter Carberry
Bay
33. Recite A Prayer, Jack Foley
Bay
34. Eva’s Oskar, Alan Johns
Grey
35. Our Power, Sam Twiston-Davies
Bay
36. Dunboyne, Jack Tudor
Bay
37. Francky Du Berlais, Ben Jones
Bay
38. Fortescue, Hugh Nugent
Bay
39. Back On The Lash, Adam Wedge
Bay
40. Born By The Sea, Phillip Enright
Bay
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