Talking Horses: Perfect Candidate has smoother run to Grand National


Trainer Fergal O’Brien is confident the horse will do better than last year when he was struggling with a poisoned foot

Trust Fergal O’Brien to come up with one of the most interesting things said to me by various Grand National-seeking trainers in the last few days. The Gloucestershire trainer expects to have two runners in the race and was ready with an answer when I asked why Perfect Candidate should do any better than last year’s National, when he was pulled up four from home.

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