Bill Baxter (20-1) battled gamely for victory in the Grand National fences in the Randox Supports Race Against Dementia Topham Handicap Chase on the second day of the 2023 Randox Grand National Festival at Aintree Racecourse.
In the second race of the meeting over the Grand National fences it was the Warren Greatrex-trained seven-year-old, under Sam Twiston-Davies, who jumped and stayed the best to triumph on Ladies Day at Aintree.
Greatrex has won big races in the past including when Cole Harden landed World (Stayers') Hurdle with Cole Harden at the Cheltenham Festival, while mare La Bague Au Roi won several Grade Ones. But the Lambourn-based trainer, who had not had a graded-race success in over three years, celebrated wildly a first victory over the big Aintree obstacles.
