‘So far so good’ for Synchronised

Synchronised will complete his John Smith’s Grand National preparations with a pipeopener today ahead of the Aintree spectacular on Saturday.

Providing he comes through the exercise at Jonjo O’Neill’s stables with no hiccups, the Cheltenham Gold Cup hero will head a team of at least four for owner JP McManus.

“He’ll do his final bit of work in the morning and we’ll see how he is, but it’s so far so good,” said his racing manager Frank Berry.