Conventional wisdom has it that the Aintree Grand National is the ultimate sporting lottery, a theory backed up by the starting prices of the last five winners. Two were returned at 33/1, another two at 25/1 while there’s also been a 66/1 victor.

Tom Scudamore is keeping his fingers crossed he has made the right decision after siding with Ballynagour in the Crabbie’s Grand National on Saturday.