Sir Alex Ferguson will be desperate for success at this year’s Grand National meeting because he loves ‘having winners in Liverpool’. That’s the verdict of trainer Paul Nicholls, who retains a close relationship with the former Manchester United manager.
Ferguson, 80, landed an incredible 62/1 treble on the first day of the Aintree Grand National Festival last year with three winners in the opening three races. He has four runners this year, three of whom are trained by Nicholls.
Dan Skelton-trained Protektorat appears to be Fergie’s best chance of more Aintree success. The seven-year-old look set to go off as the favourite in the Grade One Betway Bowl Chase on Thursday having finished a respectable third behind A Plus Tard and Minella Indo in the Cheltenham Gold Cup last month.
