It’s almost that time of year again, as the eyes not just of a sport but of a nation fix on Aintree and the people’s race; the Grand National. Forty runners will line-up for the most unique and demanding challenge in horse racing and the world’s most famous steeplechase is arguably the hardest race of the year to find the winner of from a punting perspective. Guest blogger Gareth Bunkham guides you through the runners to try and make things that little bit easier...

We're confident here at Talking Sports that we're going to make a fortune during the Cheltenham Festival! Of course we are; which punter wouldn't be confident 5 days before the start and 5 days before they've parted with any cash.

With the Cheltenham Festival just around the corner, now is the time that the tips start to flow and soon your inundated with horses to back in each race. Whilst we have a preview live of the four feature races during the festival, we thought we'd pick the minds of some of our writers and readers and, most importantly, massive horse racing fans and bettors.

We are now just a week away from the Cheltenham Festival getting underway it is sure to be four days of pure entertainment at the famous racecourse.

Chester Racecourse is famous for quite a number of reasons. Firstly, it is regarded as the oldest track in the United Kingdom, but also the smallest at just a mile and a furlong around.

There is a long betting week ahead of us and many punters will, by the end of it, be left as shattered as the horses who've just had to sprint up the infamous Cheltenham hill finish.

Overall 2010 has been another corking sporting year and I wanted to share some of my favourite moments with you all. Some are pretty obvious but some are a bit more obscure and are less mainstream. It's certainly not a definitive list, more, the moments that got me excited and got me screaming at the telly.