THE only jockey in the field with a perfect record over National Hunt racing's most famous fences is out to stake his claim for glory at Aintree.

James Reveley, at 20 the youngest rider in the 40-strong John Smith's Grand National line-up, can't wait for the tapes to go up at 4.20pm.

His only other ride over the National fences gave him one of the thrills of his life when he led from start to finish to win the Grand Sefton Chase on Endless Power in November.

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"Jumping Becher's Brook was exhilarating," he said, "because of the length of time you're in the air."

Tomorrow's mount, Rambling Minster, staked his claim for serious consideration with a sparkling success in the Blue Square Gold Cup Chase at Haydock in February, a traditional stepping stone to Aintree.

The ground was heavy that afternoon but Rambling Minster's trainer, James's father Keith, reckons the 11-year-old prefers better going.

"He's not really a heavy ground horse," Keith said of his first National runner. "But James walked the track beforehand and found a good strip of ground up the straight and kept to it."

The plan is for father and son to walk the course before racing tomorrow after they have arrived from Groundhill Farm, near Saltburn and then to decide which route to take, if given the choice in such a hectic race, along with riding tactics although Rambling Minster seems happier when given a lead.

Stablemates

Four of his nine wins have come on good ground and he's never fallen in 32 races, although he has pulled up twice.

Statistics, though, can be thrown out of the window in a race that looks as wide-open as usual.

My Will earned his position at the top of the market when finishing fifth behind stablemates Kauto Star and Denman, a performance which delighted in-form champion trainer Paul Nicholls as the National had always been this season's No 1 target.

After days of dithering, champion jockey Tony McCoy finally opted to partner second-favourite Butler's Cabin instead of another J P McManus-owned horse, L'Ami.

Butler's Cabin was going as well as anything in the race when capsizing at Becher's Brook second time around last year.

Comply Or Die, the winner 12 months ago, is bidding for a repeat victory, a feat that has proved beyond any horse since the great Red Rum.

Silver Birch, the 2007 winner, missed the whole of the following season but is back in contention after a spell in the hunting field.

His success was the sixth by an Irish-trained horse in the past 10 years and the raiders are out in force again on Saturday.

Pick of their dozen hopefuls this time around could be the aptly-named Irish Invader, trained by Willie Mullins and one of the horses Ruby Walsh discarded in favour of riding My Will.

Walsh was injured when Irish Invader jumped impeccably to win at Thurles in February with tomorrow's jockey Paul Townend in the saddle.

He has been the subject of steady support in the last two weeks and could prove a big danger.

Flintoff, the horse owned jointly by Altrincham businessman Paul Beck and his great pal. Lancashire and England star Andrew Flintoff, missed the cut-off point by seven but Beck's other hope Stan is right inhere, near the top of the handicap.

Stan is one of the outsiders as his form is rather hit and miss but when on song he is very good, as illustrated by his Cheltenham success on New Year's Day.

Ollie Magern, trained by National shrewdie Nigel Twiston Davies, is another outsider to note while Donald McCain has high hopes that both his horses, Cloudy Lane (sixth) and Idle Talk (14th), can improve on last year's running.

Peter's Pick: 1 Rambling Minster 2 Irish Invader 3 Ollie Magern

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