National still long-term aim for Dun Doire

DUN DOIRE is to enjoy a well-earned break after being taken off his feet in the John Smith’s Grand National on Saturday.

Tony Martin’s eight-year-old headed ante-post lists for the four-and-a-half-mile marathon at one point, but the decent ground did not play to his strengths and he was eventually pulled up.

Dun Doire has come out of the race unscathed, however, and could return for another crack in the future if the ground swings in his favour.