GRAND NATIONAL TRIAL BETTING TRENDS

Andy Newton looks at the Haydock Trial

Smooth Stepper wins Haydock Trial last year

It’s around this time of the year that the Grand National intereststarts to pick up pace, and this is backed-up with this month’s Haydock Grand National Trial – staged this year on Saturday, February 20.
Well, in truth, the trades description people could have a case against the title of this race as it’s a Grand National Trial in name, rather than actually producing the winner of the Merseyside marathon in April! Yes, it’s...