Pointment faces tough task

Mr Pointment will have to defy a welter of statistics if he is to claim John Smith’s Grand National glory at Aintree.

Pointment faces tough task
Tue, 05 Feb, 2008 - 11:47
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Mr Pointment will have to defy a welter of statistics if he is to claim John Smith’s Grand National glory at Aintree.

Paul Nicholls’ Becher Chase winner has been allotted 11st 8lb for the April 5 feature but no horse since Red Rum in 1977 has shouldered that kind of burden when winning.

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