Grand National Lucky Dip
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Noble Yeats broke one of the longest running stats regarding the Grand National when he won the big race as a seven-year-old. Horses of that age had previously been seen as too inexperienced and this was backed up by the fact that the last winning seven-year-old before this horse was in 1940. Noble Yeats was also a novice, having only started his chasing career the previous October. Connections decided to try their horse at the highest level after his Grand National victory and he did really well winning at Grade Two level at Aintree as well as finishing third in the Cotswold Chase and fourth in the Gold Cup. Noble Yeats returned to Aintree after Cheltenham to defend his crown and ran very well to finish just over eight lengths fourth to Corach Rambler. Trainer Emmet Mullins wondered if his exertions in Grade One company may have had a negative effect on his chance at Aintree so this season the nine-year-old gelding has been kept to just three outings over hurdles. However, one of those runs was victory in the Grade Two Cleeve Hurdle where he finished really well to just inch out the evergreen Paisley Park. This victory set up a shot at the Stayers Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival where he ran a gallent race to finish seventh. Despite his run at Cheltenham again this year, an attempt to regain the Grand National has always been the number one aim for the season. Noble Yeats is a whopping eighteen pounds higher than when victorious two years ago but he is one pound lower in the weights than when fourth last year so another involvement in the finish of the Grand National looks distinctly possible.
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