IRISH trainers dominated the Cheltenham Festival and have sent out the first three home in the last two renewals of the Grand National but you can get 12/1 with Paddy Power for another ‘green-wash’ today in the big one.

This bet clicked at a price of 8/1 with the same firm two seasons ago but Tiger Roll was the same price Cloth Cap is on that occasion. The Jonjo O’Neill-trained favourite leads a home squad who have a slight numerical advantage with 21 runners to the 19 Irish-trained, however the combined Irish force is marginally favoured to produce the winner at 4/5.

Seven J.P. McManus horses in a Grand National has to be a commentator’s nightmare and it’s 2/1 with Powers that the famous owner has only his second ever National winner: Don’t Push It won in 2010. If you fancy Henry de Bromhead to continue his magical spring with a first National success, you can get 11/2 about any one of his three runners (Chris’s Dream, Balko Des Flos, Minella Times) doing the business.

It’s 5/1 for Willie Mullins to land his second and he has four darts to throw: Burrows Saint, Acapella Bourgeois, Class Conti and Cabaret Queen.

It’s only 5/4 for all horses to safely negotiate the first fence which looks a skimpy price when you consider that hasn’t happened since 2013. The same price is more appealing for a false start which is a far more regular occurrence and happened three times for the Topham yesterday.

If you’re all about the girls - all three female jockeys to finish in the top 10 is 25/1.