Maktu keeps National dream alive

Pat Murphy will bid to realise the dream of the late George Palmer with Maktu after the seven-year-old outstayed his rivals in the Lingley Caterers Handicap Hurdle at Hereford.

Palmer harboured ambitions of seeing his pride and joy run in the John Smith’s Grand National, and Murphy believes the world’s most famous race could feature on Maktu’s agenda in the future.