Long Run team delay Aintree decision

ROBERT Waley-Cohen insists no decision on Long Run’s Aintree participation will be made until the last possible minute.

Connections are keen to run the Cheltenham Gold Cup winner in the totesport Bowl on Merseyside next Thursday, but ground conditions must be suitable.

His owner said: “We’ll leave it as late as we can. We’d like to go there, but it’s got to be rained-on ground, not just watered good ground that’s a bit quick.