Daryl Jacob on Randox Grand National favourite Intense Raffles

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I’ll never forget the first time I rode Intense Raffles at Jim Dreaper’s yard. It was after he’d arrived in Ireland following his career in France and before his first outing for Tom Gibney.

I was blown away.

I remember ringing Simon Munir straight afterwards and telling him ‘We’ve got a Grand National horse here’ – and he asked, ‘are you sure?’

I was convinced of it. No horse had given me a similar feel since Neptune Collonges in terms of being right for Aintree.

And next week, touch wood, we’ll find out if I was right.

I won’t be in the saddle of course but I’ll be in Liverpool cheering him on.

It was at Fairyhouse in January 2024 that I first rode him in a race, and he made the perfect start to his new venture,…

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