Getting to the Grand National shouldn't be a chore - it's time to radically alter the road to Aintree
Our deputy Ireland editor is frustrated by the build-up to the world's most famous race
There's something wrong somewhere.
It's the world's most famous horse race. Incomparable to anything else, anywhere in the world. They've changed things, albeit mostly for the worse, but it remains unique nonetheless. The colour of the fences, the way they are made, the trip, the venue, the build-up, the atmosphere, the everything. It's the Grand National and it's part of our DNA. It's in our blood from birth.
Yes, it's a handicap. We get that. It can't be any other way or it would lose its identity, but there's something wrong somewhere when five of the top six in the market for this year's great race have form figures this season of 754, P8, 2F4, 90 and 589.
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