Grand Jesture and Gallant Oscar top Grand National betting

Grand Jesture and Gallant Oscar, second and third respectively behind The Druids Nephew at Cheltenham last week, have been installed as 10-1 joint-favourites with the sponsors for the €275,000 BoyleSports Irish Grand National after the weights were announced for the Fairyhouse feature on April 6.

Thu, 19 Mar, 2015 - 00:00

Jim Gannon

Henry De Bromhead’s Grand Jesture, who has been given 10st 5lb, finished a length and a half in front of the Tony Martin-trained Gallant Oscar (9st 10lb) in the Ultima Business Solutions Handicap Chase at the Cheltenham Festival last week.

De Bromhead also has Bishops Road (9st 6lb) while Tony Martin has five other possibles in Ireland’s richest jumps race, including No Secrets (9st 7lb) and Buddy Bolero (10st 1lb).