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ALSO RANS THAT CAN BE WINNERS

Paul Ferguson has a choice list of horses worth a place in your notebook

Paul Ferguson
It might be June with the Flat season well and truly underway, but May gave me the opportunity to look back at Aintree’s Grand National meeting in detail and I have come up with five ‘also rans’ that should be put into the notebook with next season in mind.
Shearling (Brian Ellison) – 4th Grade 2 Mares’ Bumper
Running in a bumper for a fifth time, Richard Johnson took over in the saddle on this Rail Link filly and probably found himself further back than ideal in the early ex...

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