As predicted.
In light of this I've invested in Mick Pastor e/w. Betfair went NRNB last week as I'm sure we all know and they allow me a daily boost, albeit with £25 max but that boosts Mick Pastor to 22/1 5 places. It's 20/1 NRNB without the boost.
JP might well have more obvious candidates, e.g. Aramax, as to my eyes Entoucas has less chance but even if that is the case, despite not being averse to having multiple runners (had 5 including the Nicholls trained winner in 2018) the horse will need to go up 3 or 4lb before then to sneak in at the foot of the weights and if he doesn't it's money back.
If on the other hand he does put in a prior performance to justify the rise, then as a horse who was only beaten a little over 6 lengths off top weight in the Boodles last March, has since had wind surgery and put in that eye catching performance behind Shishkin, he won't be 22/1 on the day for the JP/Nicholls/Grand Annual combination.
Quite simply, if he's good enough to qualify then he's a lot shorter on the day and if not then I've lost nothing.