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Ante-post betting for the 2010 Aintree Grand National
Joe Dyer / 23 November 2009 Free Bet View Market
Vic Venturi leads the field over the Chair on his way to Becher Chase victory
"While High Street layers made Vic Venturi the early favourite following Sunday's win, customers on the exchange are not so ready to accept his claims. Tricky Trickster ([19.5]) and Denman ([24.0] are both ahead of Dessie Hughes' nine-year-old ([26.0]) in the betting."
Bookmakers may have reacted to Vic Venturi's Becher Chase victory by making him Grand National favourite but Betfair punters clearly need more persuading.
While High Street layers made the nine-year-old the early favourite following Sunday's win, customers on the exchange are not so ready to accept his claims. Tricky Trickster ([19.5]) and Denman ([24.0] are both ahead of Vic Venturi ([26.0]) in the betting.
Dessie Hughes' charge beat eight home including National veterans Idle Talk and Irish Raptor (both second fence fallers) to land the three mile two furlong Aintree test.
The top weight was a big drifter in the betting on the day but was a ready winner on soft going.
Hughes will now definitely point the horse at the biggest race in UK horseracing, saying: "There is one target with him now. he's entitled to come back for it [the National], isn't he?"
