TED WALSH is planning a double assault on the Martell Cognac Grand National at Aintree on April 3.

FLORIDA PEARL may have to wait another year before taking his chance in the Martell Cognac Grand National, despite his apparently favourable treatment at the hands of the handicapper ahead of this year’s running of the world’s most famous jump race.

Paul Carberry is set to renew his association with Frenchman’s Creek in the £125,000 (€200,000) attheraces Gold Cup at Sandown Park on Saturday.