Baie Des Iles and Katie Walsh all the rage in National

Baie Des Iles has been all the rage with punters as momentum builds around Katie Walsh’s mount in the Randox Health Grand National.

Walsh will be teaming up with her husband, trainer Ross O’Sullivan, and is confident seven-year-old mare Baie Des Iles can give a bold account in the Aintree spectacular on Saturday, granted the requisite luck in running.

Walsh - who finished third aboard Seabass in 2012 - is bidding to become the first woman to ride the winner of the world-famous race, with Bryony Frost and Rachael Blackmore also targeting the same accolade aboard Milansbar and Alpha Des Obeaux respectively.