Horse Racing: Cloudy Win Tempered by Weighty Aintree Dilemma
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DONALD McCAIN junior and Trevor Hemmings love nothing better than winning at Haydock Park. But both would equally crave being involved with another success in the John Smith's Grand National.
So while Cloudy Lane's narrow victory in Saturday's Peter Marsh Chase was celebrated in the winner's enclosure with real gusto by all those connected with the game and talented nine-year-old, it may have come at a price where Aintree is concerned. As watching events keenly at the Merseyside venue was Liverpoolborn British Horseracing Authority chief handicapper Phil Smith - the man who frames the handicap for the National.See the full content of this document
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Horse Racing: Cloudy Win Tempered by Weighty Aintree Dilemma
Cloudy Lane got into last year's National with plenty in hand of the handicapper, he was officially 20lb better off after he completed a hat-trick of wins with two more victories at Ayr and Doncaster after the wei...
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