Pauling happy with conditions for Irish National favourite The Jukebox Kid heads the market, at a best-priced 7/1 with the sponsors, for Easter Monday's BOYLE Sports Irish Grand National and trainer Ben Pauling feels soft ground will suit the seven-year-old who will be his first runner at Fairyhouse. A point-to-point winner for Cormac Doyle before being bought by Jerry McGrath for £130,000, The Jukebox Kid only made his Rules debut a little over a year ago when successful in a maiden hurdle at Uttoxeter.  He has won three of his four starts over fences this term, with handicap victories coming at Carlisle and Ascot. He was last seen when returning to the latter track in February, where he made all to beat two rivals in the Grade 2 Reynoldstown Novices' Chase.   "I always have a sneaking suspicion that he's a little bit better right-handed and, although he hasn't had that many runs, he's an improving novice who's going the right way and maybe he's got a profile that would suit the race," Pauling told journalist Dave Keena.   "For various reasons, we didn't get too many hurdle runs into him and we always knew he was going to be a better chaser.  "The only time he was beaten was at Cheltenham, he just never got into a rhythm on good ground that day, but hopefully with a bit of softer ground, he'll have a right chance.  "It'll be my first runner at Fairyhouse. We're looking to find horses to compete in these better races,  whether they be in England, Ireland or France. "It just feels right that he should take his chance this year. He's only a novice and is probably the least experienced of any of the horses in the field, but if he gets in a rhythm, he's a nice horse."
