Tony Keenan thinks last year’s second can go one better in the Grand National
IRISH RACING
The Grand National meeting was a relative non-event for Irish trained horses in 2017; there were runnerup finishes for Sub Lieutenant (Melling Chase), Katnap (Topham Chase), Rightdownthemiddle (Betway Handicap Chase) and Supasundae (Aintree Hurdle) but no winners from a total of 39 runners.
Much of that was due to the broad non-participation of the Mullins and Elliott runners aside from the big race itself; having had 47 runners at the fixture between them in 2016, that number dropped to just ei...