Mullins: Big task for Hedgehunter

Willie Mullins admits Hedgehunter faces a “big task” to secure back-to-back victories in the John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree in April.

The 10-year-old beat Royal Auclair by 14 lengths in the four-and-a-half-mile showpiece, but he will have to defy a 9lb rise to a minimum weight of 11st 10lb if he is to complete a National double.