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Warren Greatrex: 'I'd love to win the National and I have a horse made for it'
The Lambourn trainer, 45, on Phil Bull, being good at sport but a bad passenger
Warren Greatrex: Mulcahys Hill's Challow defeat was a bitter pill to swallowCredit: Edward Whitaker
What are you most looking forward to at the moment?
Things getting back to normal as soon as possible, and particularly having owners back on racecourses properly. My owners have been brilliant, but a lot have horses so they can watch them on the track. Some won't go because they don't think it will be much fun, although the courses are doing the best they can. It'll be good for everyone when things get somewhere back to normal.
What has been your biggest challenge of the last 12 months?
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