Aintree tips: Paddy Power's downloadable PDF Cheat Sheet for Thursday

*All prices are bang up to date with our snazzy widgets, while odds in copy are accurate at time of publishing but subject to change

It’s like clockwork. They all come out of the woodwork for the Grand National. We are, of course, talking about the cowboy tipsters.

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Steve from accounts has heard a whisper about the 100/1 shot, the old dear from the supermarket queue always backs a grey. We’ve heard it all a millions times but there’s no more important time to listen to the experts than at the Grand National Festival.

And Paddy’s managed to, once again, corral the best in the business all in one place for another edition of the legendary Cheat Sheet. We’ve got you covered for day one and Thursday’s action here. We’ll see you right for Friday and Saturday’s racing on Paddy Power News as well.

We’re talking Ruby Walsh, Mick Fitzgerald, Matt Chapman, Gina Bryce and Frank Hickey. There’s no dart board, no picking a name out of a hat, no backing the silks most similar to your football team’s kit or putting a quid on the one with the funniest-sounding name, just years and years of passion for the sport and knowledge honed day in day out. Let’s get to Thursday’s best bets!