Paul Ferguson with some fresh tips for Aintree

No fewer than 15 of the 21 winners at last year’s Grand National meeting had not run at the previous month’s Cheltenham Festival and once again, it appears as though several horses will deliberately skip a trip to Prestbury Park with Aintree in mind. Obviously, Cheltenham form has to be taken very seriously at the three-day fixture in Liverpool – particularly in the Grade 1s – and perhaps last year’s lower-than-normal figures were, in part, Covid-related and due to the fact that owners were missing f...