Every Grand National has a ‘people’s horse’ and the backing for Snow Leopardess this week has left punters in no doubt as to who is filling the role this year. Charlie Longsdon’s grey mare is aiming to become the first mare to win in over 70 years – Nickel Coin the most recent to triumph in 1951 – and has already proven a hit with punters this week.
Snow Leopardess’ odds have halved from 14-1 to 7-1 with some bookmakers, challenging Delta Work at the top of the market, and it is easy to see why so many fancy her and Aidan Coleman to win the big one at Aintree on Saturday – it would be the fitting finale to her remarkable journey over the last few years.
The ten-year-old, owned by Andrew Fox-Pitt, had a foal during a two year break from racing between 2017 and 2019. You could have been forgiven at that point for thinking her best days were behind her.
