‘Everything needs to go perfectly,’ says trainer Dan Skelton as veteran chaser works his way back from ligament injury
Blaklion faces a race against time to be fit for one last tilt at the Grand National, the race for which he seemed made but which now seems destined to elude him. The 12-year-old was listed among the 106 entrants for this year’s race, published on Wednesday, but it then emerged he has had a setback since he was last seen, at Ascot in October.
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