One of three Cheltenham Festival winners among the 93 entries, Stattler has been installed 9/1 favourite, by the sponsors, for the €500,000 Boylesports Irish Grand National – to be run at Fairyhouse on April 18.
Weights for the 150th renewal of the traditional Easter Monday showpiece were released yesterday, with Gordon Elliott’s Savills winner and Gold Cup fourth Galvin topping the list with 11-12.
In addition to National Hunt Chase victor Stattler, last week’s cross-country winner Delta Work and Lucinda Russell’s Ultima scorer Corach Rambler, one of just six British entries, feature in the list of possible contenders.
