THE handicapper has given Tiger Roll a chance of winning a third Grand National by allotting him 1lb less than his 2019 success.
With owners Gigginstown Stud also having top-weight Conflated, the double champ could run off 11st 4lb and try to be the first 12-year-old since Amberleigh House in 2004 to win the great race.
The fact the veteran is still 33-1 to win speaks volumes but that would change if he sparkles at Cheltenham in the cross-country chase next month.
But could this be the year when Nicky Henderson finally ends his National hoodoo?
The great trainer has been trying for almost half a century to take this prize without success.
His Caribean Boy has been handed just 10st 6lb and a guaranteed run as number 35 in the entry list.
He kept going well over three miles when scoring at Kempton last month and is usually a good jumper.
There are worse 50-1 shots in the line-up.
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And a former Henderson horse, Santini, has been given 10st 10lb and he was also 50s with some bookies.
But even since writing this he has shrunk to 33s with quite a few, although the bigger number is still available on Coral and Unibet.
He is likely to find next month’s Gold Cup too hot but, if he doesn’t have too hard a race, could figure at Aintree.
They both have a chance of making the frame on April 9.
Grand National odds (from Coral)
14-1 Galvin
16-1 Any Second Now, Snow Leopardess
20-1 Conflated, Minella Times, Run Wild Fred
25-1 Burrows Saint, Eklat De Rire, Escaria Ten, Farclas, Fiddlerontheroof, Mount Ida, Noble Yeats, Secret Reprieve, Tiger Roll
33-1 bar
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