The Big Dog is on course for 2023 Randox Grand National at Aintree Racecourse on April 15 after 73 entries remained in at the latest scratchings' stage.
2021 winner Minella Times – who was already declared a non-runner after his trainer Henry De Bromhead retired the Aintree hero when the weights were revealed last month, Willie Mullins' Burrows Saint, the Gordon Elliott-trained duo Ash Tree Meadow and Frontal Assault and Sporting John, from the Philip Hobbs' stable, were the five horses taken out of the entries today.
All the leading fancies remain on course with Peter Fahey's The Big Dog – a best-priced 25-1 with most bookmakers –among them following a successful schooling session at Navan racecourse.
