Randox Grand National hero Noble Yeats remains firmly on course to bid for a historic double at Cheltenham and Aintree Racecourse this spring.
Noble Yeats famously won the Grand National, under amateur Sam Waley-Cohen on his final ride as a jockey back in April, to become the first seven-year-old since Bogskar in 1940 to land the world's greatest steeplechase. And being much younger than many of the winners of the National during the past 40-odd years means he could still be improving. Having only had six chase starts prior to landing the big one last spring, he has since shown some of that improvement this season.
Noble Yeats put a lacklustre return in France behind him to win at Naas and then score again back Aintree in December, beating previous Grade One winners Ahoy Senor and Chantry House in the Grade Two Many Clouds Chase this time over the Mildmay fences.
