Aintree Grand National tips: Burrows Saint looks an appealing alternative to Cloth Cap

Twice the price of the National favourite, the Willie Mullins-trained Burrows Saint looks an appealing alternative to Cloth Cap
Aintree Grand National tips: Burrows Saint looks an appealing alternative to Cloth Cap

Burrows Saint on the gallops at Haydock Racecourse ahead of Ladies Day of the 2021 Randox Health Grand National Festival. Picture: David Davies

To state the obvious, the 2021 Randox Grand National revolves around red-hot favourite Cloth Cap, a horse who seems to tick just about every box for the Aintree spectacular.

A runaway winner of the Ladbrokes Trophy at Newbury in November, the nine-year-old ran out a similarly dominant victor of his National prep race at Kelso last month.

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