Talking Horses: Aintree hoping to avoid a mudbath Grand National


Dry forecast for next five days suggests Aintree runners will face better conditions than those for Monday’s Irish National

When I spoke to Andrew Tulloch, Aintree’s clerk of the course, last night, he jokingly described the going on the Grand National course as “flippers and snorkels stuff”. But the good news is that he doesn’t foresee the race taking place on bad ground a week on Saturday, having been given quite a bit of hope by a dry forecast.

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