Crowley desperate to give Nil Desperandum a run

FRANCES CROWLEY is keen to get a run into Nil Desperandum ahead of a tilt at the totesport Becher Chase at Aintree on November 20.

Crowley’s eight-year-old, who finished sixth behind Hedgehunter in the John Smith’s Grand National this year, is entered for the Listed People Newspapers Bettyville Handicap Chase at Wexford on Sunday.

The gelding’s reappearance over fences may have to be delayed, though, due to excessive rainfall and his trainer is looking for another suitable pipe-opener before the Aintree feature.