PENCIL it in you diary – Aintree, April 2016. Blues fans will be singing as Gwladys Street wins the John Smith’s Grand National.

Well, that is the dream of one of the newest horse race trainers Will Kinsey.

The 30-year-old Ashton-based handler, who only got his full training licence in January, is a big Evertonian. And at his Peel House stables is a horse he part-owns that he named after the iconic end at Goodison Park.

The five-year-old is yet to win in three runs in National Hunt Flat races and over hurdles.

But he was third at Sedgefield at the start of the year and ran well in a decent race to finish sixth at Carlisle last month.

Kinsey is unconcerned as Gwladys Street is a long-term project and being related to 2006 Grand National hero Numbersixvalverde and recent Eider Chase winner Portrait King, he is bred to get better when he tackles fences and goes over extreme distances.

Kinsey said: “Gwladys Street is owned by a little syndicate that I set up. I bought him in Ireland as a three-year-old. Basically set up a little syndicate of people who wanted a few days out and a little bit of fun. They left it to me to name. Obviously being a massive Evertonian I chose the name.

“There are lots of Everton names I tried to get but they were all taken. But I couldn’t believe it when I saw Gwladys Street wasn’t.

“There are a few Man United fans in the syndicate and one or two rednoses as well and a few who are not into football and didn’t know anything about it.

“I named him then I told them, so they have to like it or lump it.”

Kinsey is also a keen amateur footballer – he describes himself as a ‘Tim Cahill-type’ – and was captain of the Liverpool Ramblers in Crosby before his racing commitments meant he had to hang up his boots.

Now he is more likely to be seen in the stands at Goodison rather than on the pitch. But he is hoping to be watching on at another big Merseyside sporting venue – Aintree – in the future.

He added: “We think he is a nice horse for the future. The aim of Gwladys Street would be to get him to Aintree one day. Jumping the National fences would be something else. That is what he is bred to do. Hopefully when he is nine or 10 he could win the National.

“That is the dream and would be very special.”

For now Kinsey thinks he may win one or two races over hurdles. His only frustration is that some commentators clearly don’t know their history and keep mispronouncing his name.

Kinsey said: “At Sedgefield the commentator was saying ‘Gwa Ladies Street’. I felt like going over and putting him right.”

But they may have to work on getting it right soon, if he progresses and Kinsey’s dream of winning at Aintree comes true.

Evertonian racing fans will no doubt follow the gelding’s progress very closely.