After Sergeant Murphy in 1923, Hello Bud is 25-1 with Coral to become the first teenager to win the Grand National after grinding to a courageous win in the totesport.com Becher Chase at Aintree yesterday.
The 12-year-old,made most of the running under trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies' son Sam, he landed last year's Scottish National at Ayr,he also shows true grit to fend off the challenge of Royal Rosa by a length and a quarter
Twiston-Davies snr, whose veteran finished a fine fifth in the John Smith'ssponsored spectacular last April said that "Hello Bud is made for these fences and we will definitely come back and have another try at the National in the spring,Our worry was that he wouldn't get in, but he will now. He prefers good ground and, although we have put him in the Welsh National, the ground is unlikely to be right for him"
The race was predictably full of incident, with just seven of the 17 starters making it to the finish.
Paddy Mangan, son of Grand National-winning trainer Jimmy, had to be taken to Fazakerley Hospital after his mount, Whatuthink, fell at the first fence.
Twiston-Davies' Gold Cup hero Imperial Commander, who made a winning return to the fray in the Betfair Chase at Haydock on Saturday, faces a week's box rest before being readied for Kempton's King George VI Chase.
"He came back with a little cut on his foreleg, but hopefully we should have him back cantering after that," reported Twiston-Davies.
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