Dan Skelton Saturday runners blog: 'Any of them could win'

In his latest blog, top trainer and Ladbrokes ambassador Dan Skelton gives his thoughts on his runners on Saturday at Aintree and Wincanton.

We're sending one up to Aintree, which is Harper's Brook, who is new to us. Not new to racing though; everyone knows him, he's a bit of a cheeky monkey. Let's see how he takes to the National fences. In theory, a horse like him should find the whole experience quite interesting, and hopefully that brings the best out of him. He's done loads of work, I'm happy with what I see at home. I can't really give you any more insight to him than what most people already have; he's an experienced horse, and we've done lots of work with him, so let's see.

We run Boombawn in the Rising Stars Novices' Chase - he's definitely got a chance in this, I think it's a tight Novices' Chase, but the track and the ground will really suit him. He's got experience over fences - this isn't exactly his to lose, though, because like I said, it's a really competitive race here, which I suppose any of them could win.

We've then got Riskintheground in the Badger Ales. An interesting runner, I think. He's obviously got to get the trip, but he's had a very productive year so far. He jumps nicely, and he's got a lot of experience under his belt. He's not completely exposed, and I think this track will really suit him. Like I said, he's got to get the trip, but who knows? I think he can be competitive. 

We run a nice horse in the bumper called Quaviste. He's done loads of work and there's only five runners in this one. But, again, it does look a competitive race; there's horses in there with experience. Whilst this horse has done everything right at home - and plenty of it - we had a runner at Chepstow on Wednesday that just reminded me that experience counts for a lot in Bumpers, and we go there with none. So he'll be fighting against a lot of experience, but he is a nice horse, and he will go well. 

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