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Grand National 2008

The BBC website has collated the picks of the experts on today’s Grand National:

BBC PUNDITS

Clare Balding (BBC TV lead presenter)
1 Bewleys Berry 2 Hedgehunter 3 Simon 4 D’Argent

Jim McGrath (BBC TV lead commentator)
1 Philson Run 2 Cloudy Lane 3 Slim Pickings 4 Mr Pointment

Rishi Persad (BBC TV presenter)
1 Madison Du Berlais 2 Simon 3 Snowy Morning 4 Philson Run

Norman Williamson (Former jockey and BBC TV analyst)
1 Cloudy Lane 2 Slim Pickings 3 Chelsea Harbour 4 Bewleys Berry

Richard Pitman (Former jockey and BBC TV analyst)
1 Slim Pickings 2 Point Barrow 3 Simon 4 King Johns Castle

Cornelius Lysaght (BBC Radio 5 Live correspondent)
1 Bewleys Berry 2 Snowy Morning 3 D’Argent 4 Backbeat

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OTHER PUNDITS

Sue Montgomery (The Independent on Sunday)
1 Bewleys Berry 2 Simon 3 Hedgehunter Outsider: Idle Talk

Chris Goulding (Sunday Express)
1 Mr Pointment 2 Philson Run 3 Ungaro 4 Hedgehunter

Eddie Fremantle (The Observer)
1 D’Argent 2 Mon Mome 3 Slim Pickings 4 Ardaghey 5 Comply or Die

Pegasus (News of the World)
1 Chelsea Harbour 2 Slim Pickings 3 Comply or Die 4 Bewleys Berry

Alastair Down (Sunday Mirror)
1 Simon 2 Cloudy Lane 3 Mon Mome 4 Philson Run

Gary Nutting (Sunday Mirror)
1 Cloudy Lane 2 Black Apalachi 3 Slim Pickings 4 Hedgehunter

Ryan McElligott (Sunday Mirror)
1 Chelsea Harbour 2 Bewleys Berry 3 Slim Pickings 4 Hedgehunter.

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THE BOOKIE

David Williams (Ladbrokes)
1 Cloudy Lane 2 Comply or Die 3 Hedgehunter 4 Simon