Tony McCoy admits he would love to end his John Smith’s Grand National hoodoo and bag the Aintree feature before his career is over.

Plumpton sense they may be about to share in a slice of racing history tomorrow when Tony McCoy takes centre stage in his bid to achieve 3,000 British and Irish National Hunt winners.

Nicky Henderson has used the cantorspreadfair.com Juvenile Novices’ Hurdle to great effect in recent years and he stuck again when Restless D’Artaix gained a comfortable eight-length victory.