2011 Grand National Psychic Challenge
Whilst finding the winner of the Grand National is never easy and is somewhat subject to luck and twists of fate, we've managed to tip 3 of the last 7 winners by meticulously studying form, trends and other considerations such as the going.
However, whilst our team of experts spend hours pouring over the form book, others have a far less conventional approach to picking the winner.
Dean "Midas" Maynard, is a Psychic Expert from Durham in England who has aquired a reputation for bringing good fortune to many sporting teams as well as individuals including X-Factor winner Leona Lewis, amongst many others. As a result Dean has been asked to use his Midas touch to help celebrities with albums, singles, awards, books and many other projects.
Dean has appeared with Westlife on the Ant and Dec show, displayed his psychic talents on the Chris Moyles radio show and has appeared live on Soccer AM.
Having heard of our success in tipping National winners Dean contacted us in 2008 with a challenge in mind: could a Psychic really do better than us and our years of horse-racing expertise? Of course not...load of mumbo jumbo! Whilst Dean seems like a lovely chap, he's clearly got a screw loose and has no chance of picking the winner in his crystal ball (or whatever it is he does)...we thought!
So the challenge was agreed - we both picked four horses to see whose selections would fare best...the challenge even made the national press (see Sunday People article below). Of course, we were confident of proving Dean wrong, however he got lucky and selected the 2008 winner, Comply or Die, as one of his selections.
This year Dean is back with his psychic selections and this time we've both selected 5 horses each. Dean said: "It was another fantastic Cheltenham Festival for the Midas camp this year with 8 places from 11 tips, including the Gold cup winner for the second year in a row, so the pressure is really on for the Grand National now."
For more details of Dean "Midas" Maynard you can click here to visit his website.
Dean's psychic selections
1. Chief Dan George
2. Oscar Time
3. Ballabriggs
4. Silver By Nature
5. West End Rocker
Our selections
1. Oscar Time
2. Don't Push It
3. The Midnight Club
4. Arbor Supreme
5. The Tother One
The opposition! Dean looking very spooky & psychic
