“take him out and it looked a threadbare contest.”
I would suggest you could say this of the winners of many contests, today’s Arkle included, and that’s a Grade 1.
A subsequent Grand National third won this race last year and I think Corbett’s Cross will take even higher rank.
And I’d have the third on my mind for a Welsh National if the BHA leave him on 132.
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