The weights for the 2022 Randox Grand National at Aintree Racecourse have risen by 5lbs after the top three in the handicap – Galvin, Conflated and Melon – were taken out at the latest scratchings' stage.
There are now 78 entries remaining, with Henry De Bromhead's Chris's Dream now topping the weights at 11st10lb, for the Aintree showpiece on April 9. There were 14 horses were taken out including the Gordon Elliott-trained duo Galvin and Conflated and Willie Mullins' Melon following their runs at last week's Cheltenham Festival.
Galvin had been among the market leaders for the world's greatest steeplechase before his fourth-placed finish behind A Plus Tard in the Boodles Cheltenham Gold Cup last Friday. Conflated fell in the Ryanair Chase won by Mullins' Allaho 24 hours earlier, while Melon was fifth in the same race.