Horse racing: Swan sends Serious entry for Eider National
Charlie Swan's This Is Serious is the sole Irish entry for this Saturday's Tote Eider National at Newcastle.
The marathon race over four miles and a furlong has attracted 24 entries including the last two winners, Narrow Water and Scotton Green.
Narrow Water is one of five entries for the £65,000-added contest from the Ferdy Murphy stable, the others being Ackzo, Birkdale, Pealings and The Quads.
Ackzo was the runner-up two years when as a novice he went down by a neck to Scotton Green.
And last year it was Scotton Green’s turn to be beaten by a novice when Narrow Water gave the Murphy yard revenge when winning by three and a half lengths.
Other interesting entries include the 2000 Whitbread Gold Cup winner Beau, who looked an unlucky loser of last year’s Martell Grand National.
