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Punters who follow the money were rewarded as Comply Or Die landed the 2008 John Smith´s Grand National. Comply Or Die is rated at 20/1 to win the 2009 National.

The David Pipe trained horse was the subject of a huge gamble on Saturday morning - backed in from 11s to 7/1 joint-favourite. Did you follow the dough? I bloody didn´t.

"I can’t really believe it yet," said winning jockey Timmy Murphy in his post race interview.

Ha! Most bookmakers across the land won´t be able to believe it either as they check out their huge losses on such a well backed horse.

Our hearts bleed, they really do.

Incredibly every horse cleared the first fence – you could have backed …

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It’s official Timmy Murphy has ridden David Pipe-trained Comply Or Die to win the Grand National 2008.

King Johns Castle put up a good fight under jockey Paul Carberry and came in at second, DJ Casey rode Snowy Morning into third place and Slim Pickings under BJ Geraghty came in at fourth.

12 times lucky for Murphy who is no doubt ecsatic with today’s result and will have punters and bookies alike heated up for the Grand National 2009.

1 Comply Or Die
2 King Johns Castle
3 Snowy Morning
4 Slim Pickings
5 Bewleys Berry
6 Cloudy Lane

Keep tuned Bodog will have more updates to follow.

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As you all know the great and the great and the good turn out for The Grand National at Aintree in Liverpool, a proper star-studded affair it is. So is doesn’t need to be said that the horses won’t be only fillies on the turf.

Liverpool, Everton and Manchester Utd FC’s hot totty have already showed up in all their finery for Ladies’ Day yesterday. We are talking about the WAGS of course - and Queen of the WAGS, Colleen McLoughlin did her best to lead the way. Wayne Rooney’s missus and a bevvy of beauties (comprising her mum and 18 pals) made sure they lived it up at the race meeting of the year.

Wayne obviously didn’t turn up and …

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If you told fans of either Cardiff or Barnsley they were going to be at Wembley in April they would have assumed they´d been bought tickets for a Bon Jovi concert.

I´m not sure what´s worse. Watching the glam metal rockers strutting their stuff or two mediocre and incredibly nervous sides from the Championship toiling away for a place in the FA Cup final. Jon Bon Jovi´s hair-do just about swings it.

Either way Wembo stadium will be awash with blue and red as the fans from Wales and Yorkshire take their seats in front of the hallowed synthetic grass, erm turf, on Sunday.

It´s a little known fact that one on every four blades of the green stuff at Wembley is plastic.

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The Grand National 2008 is almost upon us and the heebie jeebies are setting in. For those of you who still don’t know where to place your bets on what is often considered to be the race of the year, then here’s a quick run-down of yesterday’s action…

Be wise in your decision… Good luck!

1400  Mildmay Novices’ Chase

Given a brilliant ride by Ruby Walsh, Big Buck’s took it up at the last and quickened clear from Battlecry who tried to make all. Albertas Run stayed on for third but was much better suited by the galloping track at Cheltenham.

1435 The Sefton Novices’ Hurdle

In a great duel from the last Paddy Brennan got a great tune out of Petitfour. He just outstayed …

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