Cork and Fairyhouse tips: Brace Yourself for another Noel Meade Irish Grand National winner

Shanroe will love the quick ground and can take the Novice Handicap Hurdle

Brace Yourself can bridge a 19-year gap for trainer Noel Meade in the Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse. Picture: Healy Racing

Noel Meade has not won the BoyleSports Irish Grand National since The Bunny Boiler was successful in 2002 but Brace Yourself can bridge the gap for the local trainer at Fairyhouse on Monday. 

The eight-year-old hasn’t run since finishing runner-up to one of Monday’s rivals, Court Maid, in the Porterstown Chase at this track in late November, but he is sure to have had this race in mind ever since.