![]() Top weight of 11st 12lb has been allotted to Ted Walsh-trained Any Second Now, who was third to Minella Times after almost being brought down mid-race before being runner-up to Noble Yeats last year. It's horses for courses and fingers crossed he can put up a bold show.' ![]() It's 19lb more than last year which will be a big ask but he seems to have progressed well this year and we know he takes to the fences. This time he has been allotted 11st 11lb but that might not be a barrier to him winning the race again given the improvement he has shown.Įmmet Mullins said: 'I can't complain. Noble Yeats carried 10st 10lb to victory last year when a surprise 50-1 winner. The Irish challenge is spearheaded by last year's Emmet Mullins-trained winner Noble Yeats, who will first run in next month's Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup. The 85 entries include 54 trained across the Irish Sea and out of the top 41 at the top of the weights, 30 are Irish-trained.īHA handicapper Martin Greenwood, who framed the weights is predicting the British challenge is likely to number only 10 or 12 horses, around a quarter of the field. Ireland have won the last four runnings of the £1million Grand National and Irish horses again dominate this season's race, which will mark the 50th anniversary of the first of Red Rum's record three wins. Minella Times, who picked up an injury on Monday, had run six times since his Grand National win without success and only completed the course once It's very well deserved and I'll definitely be calling down to see him.' 'It's a wonderful place for him to go and enjoy his retirement. I went to see him in the summer of 2021 and they definitely pull out all the stops down there. She added: 'He's going to have a very well deserved and wonderful retirement in Martinstown. 'I already had that buzz from him, it's an incredible feeling to get round, so to actually win the race was incredible.'īlackmore's mount in this season's race is likely to come from one of De Bromhead's five remaining entries but she will not be forgetting her Aintree winner. 'Actually riding in the race was electric and jockeys always say that just getting around in the National gives you a bit of a kick - it's true, there's something different about it. Obviously we got a lot of luck in the race and got a beautiful passage throughout, so luck was definitely on our side and you need that in a Grand National. 'Outside the racing bubble it hits a lot of people and when you're walking in today and you're seeing replays of all the old races playing in the background, it's just an incredible race and it's a privilege to be a part of its history now. It really does hit different parts of the world that other races perhaps don't. I didn't realise the scope of the Grand National or the reach that the race has until afterwards. 'To be able to win it in the colours of JP McManus and for Henry just made it even more special. 'It was such an incredible day and you just have so much gratitude for the horse when they give you something like he did. ![]()
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