{"id":11264,"date":"2024-12-24T11:44:43","date_gmt":"2024-12-24T11:44:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bettingsitesreviewed.co.uk\/?p=11264"},"modified":"2024-12-26T10:13:33","modified_gmt":"2024-12-26T10:13:33","slug":"welsh-grand-national-2024-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bettingsitesreviewed.co.uk\/blog\/2024\/12\/24\/welsh-grand-national-2024-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Welsh Grand National 2024 Preview – Local Sam Thomas Yard Double-Handed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lisvane trainer Sam Thomas has two of the 16 declared runners in the Welsh Grand National of 2024 as he bids to win the Premier Handicap Chase once again. This extended 3m 6f test at Chepstow the day after Boxing Day is one of the big betting races of the festive period.<\/strong><\/p>\n Ex-jockey Thomas is most famous for riding Denman to victory in the 2008 Cheltenham Gold Cup, but has already made plenty of headlines from his South Glamorgan base since joining the training ranks. The 2021 Welsh National winner\u00a0Iwilldoit<\/strong>, third off topweight last year, runs in this race for the third time in his career.<\/p>\n In-demand conditional jockey Callum Pritchard takes the ride and 7lb off the veteran’s back with his claim. Iwilldoit is back down to the mark he won the 2023 Classic Chase at Warwick off despite more than 12 months off the track. He goes well fresh, then, and the 11-year-old last ran 314 days ago.<\/p>\n