Who will win this year's Grand National?

I’m sure every ‘horsey’ person has been asked the same question: ‘Who should I put my money on in the Grand National?’ No matter whether you’re a dressage rider or a four-in-hand driver, come mid-April everyone wants to hear your views on the most-watched horse race in Britain.

£300 million is expected to be bet on the race itself (Saturday at 5.15pm, if you’d forgotten); the most bet on any single horse race in the world. But who is it worth putting your money on? It’s a tough call, for so many reasons. For starters, unless there are any last-minute changes, there will be 40 horses at the start line – so a sizeable field. And secondly, in a race like the Grand National, run over four miles and with 30 obstacles to navigate, you need luck on your side. It really is a bit of a lottery: even if your own horse jumps well, there’s every probability that you could be wiped out by one jumping besides or in front of you.