Niche Market wins Irish Grand National

The Powers Whiskey Irish Grand National was won by the English 33/1 contender Niche Market trained by Bob Buckler and ridden by 3 pound claimer Harry Skelton.

Winning trainer Buckler said afterwards, "He's a lovely horse, an absolute star. He was cast in his box and pulled off a shoe yesterday afternoon in the stable yard, so that was a minor panic to put it mildy. He was 4th in the 4 miler last year and he was bumped and never got into the race this year but he's a brilliant jumper when he gets daylight. We'll look at Aintree next year for him."

William Hill and Boylesports have quoted 33/1 for Niche Market in the 2010 John Smith's Grand National.

Unfortunatley there were two fatalities in the race, the Tony Martin trained Drumconvis broke his shoulder and Johnjo O'Neill's Wichita Lineman was also put down.