Onenightinvienna value in Coral Welsh Grand National at Chepstow

The selection also relishes testing conditions, which the race has historically been run on, and another plus is that he has the perfect racing weight of 10st 13lb as 13 of the last 15 winners have all carried 11st or less.

Native River the class act

Native River posted a game effort when landing the valuable Hennessy Gold Cup at Newbury last month and looks sure to make a bold bid to try and defy top weight and provide in-form trainer Colin Tizzard with another big race winner.

The six-year-old has now won four of his eight starts over fences and is a resolute galloper who has stamina in abundance.

Native River is officially well-in at the weights for this contest following his Newbury success but still has to shoulder a welter burden in what is a gruelling contest.

However, he is undoubtedly the class act in the race and they have performed consistently well over the years with subsequent Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Synchronised landing the spoils in 2010.

Arpege D’Alene a fascinating contender

Trainer Paul Nicholls has a good record in the contest and Arpege D’Alene is a fascinating contender for the Ditcheat handler.

The six-year-old was a useful hurdler, finishing runner-up Pertemps Final at the Cheltenham Festival in March, and has won one of his four starts over fences.

That came at Aintree where Arpege D’Aalen pulled clear to score by 10 lengths and he backed that up with a strong finishing second over 3m 1f at Cheltenham earlier in the month.

Judged on the latter, the step up in trip looks sure to suit and with just 10st 7lb in his back the unexposed Arpege D’Alene looks nicely treated from a handicapping perspective.

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Coral’s top tip: Onenightinvienna looks a young stayer going places and worth an each-way wager in a terrific renewal of the Coral Welsh Grand National. Native River and Arpege D’Alene are other key players.