Grand National course in ´Perfect´ shape Andrew Tulloch, clerk of the course at Aintree, watered the Mildmay Course again this morning but is keeping the sprinklers away from the Martell Cognac Grand National course, which remains officially ´Good´.Stressing that he only turned the taps on to maintain what he considers 'perfect conditions', Tulloch, having walked around today, said: 'The National course is on the easy side of good, and there are no plans to water at this stage - it is lovely ground.'In contrast, the Mildmay course, though still officially good, was starting to dry out, so we have had to put a few millimetres on and will monitor the situation again on Wednesday.'Tulloch revealed that the forecast rain, originally predicted to arrive in the Merseyside area on Thursday morning, has now been put back 24 hours.He added: 'They are talking of between six and eight millimetres, but, apart from that bout, we are expecting virtually no rain.'Today has been dry and sunny and it will be a similar story tomorrow, though it might cloud over mid-afternoon, while there is only a 10% chance of the odd millimetre of rain on Thursday, and it looks like being a clear dry day for the big race on Saturday.'
