Mome cuts the mustard for Coleman

AIDAN COLEMAN is counting down the hours until what he hopes will be the ride of his life on Mon Mome in the John Smith’s Grand National today.

The Venetia Williams-trained 10-year-old shocked the racing world when landing the Aintree showpiece at 100-1 last year but is a fraction of those odds 12 months on, having finished third in last month’s Cheltenham Gold Cup.

Coleman, Williams’ stable jockey, passed up the ride 12 months ago to partner stablemate Stan – and it looked as though he may miss out again when suffering a crunching fall at Aintree on Thursday.