A trio of Irish-trained horses – last year's runner-up Any Second Now, Conflated and Hewick – will carry a top weight of 11st 12lb in the 2023 Randox Grand National at Aintree Racecourse on April 15.
While trainer Emmet Mullins' 2022 hero Noble Yeats will carry 1lb off top weight on 11st11lb at Aintree in his bid to defend his crown. He remains on course for a crack at both the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup at next month's Cheltenham Festival and the Grand National.
The weights, framed for a fifth year by the British Horseracing Authority's lead jumps handicapper Martin Greenwood, for the 78 entries left in were revealed for the world's greatest steeplechase at the traditional lunch at St George's Hall in Liverpool city centre. Although almost immediately another Irish trainer Henry De Bromhead confirmed Minella Times, who helped Rachael Blackmore become the first female jockey to win the Grand National two years ago, would not run and was being retired.
