Henry Daly is keeping his fingers crossed that eight horses drop out of the Grand National before a week on Saturday so that his big hope Fortescue gets into the race.
The gelding has an entry for this Saturday’s Coral Scottish Grand National at Ayr, but Aintree is still the main target. Fortescue became a worthy candidate for Aintree after his success at Ascot last month, but is currently 48th on the list – and only 40 horses are allocated to run in the race.
“Well, basically the plan is to run him at Aintree,” said the gelding’s trainer Henry Daly. “Unfortunately, the way things have conspired, we’re right on the cusp of things. We will sit down on Thursday and see who is going to run in Scotland. Then we will see if we have a good or worse chance of getting in at Aintree.
