Minella Times is due to carry top-weight in this Saturday’s Grand National after the latest declarations for the race were made.
Henry de Bromhead’s 2021 Aintree winner was famously partnered by Rachael Blackmore to victory and will bid to follow in the hoofprints of Tiger Roll and Red Rum by winning back-to-back renewals of the National Hunt showpiece.
Chris’s Dream, a stablemate of last year’s winner, was a notable absentee as Chatham Street Lad and the injured Highland Hunter were also scratched from the leading 40 entries for the contest.
