The connections of Roi Mage have gone back to France to choose a jockey for their Grand National hope after first choice rider James Reveley had to rule himself out due to injury.
Felix de Giles, another Engllshman based across the Channel, will take over on the 40-1 outsider, one of a handful of horses trained in Oldtown, Co Dublin by 81-year-old Patrick Griffin.
Reveley, the three-time champion jump jockey in France, hasn’t ridden since breaking his leg in February and has given up his race to be fit for next Saturday’s £1 million showpiece.
