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With fairytale finish at Aintree the Waley-Cohens will have sparked the dream for someone else to try. We could see similar at Fairyhouse on Monday 
A noble tradition: Noble Yeats and Sam Waley-Cohen jumping second from right in the closing stages of another pulsating Aintree Grand National.

A noble tradition: Noble Yeats and Sam Waley-Cohen jumping second from right in the closing stages of another pulsating Aintree Grand National.

Much has been said and plenty written about last Saturday's Grand National. I can't add much more to the winner's story or to those he beat, and, like everyone else, only have my own opinion on the great race.

But for 15 minutes last Saturday evening, it consumed me like it always does. It has changed since I remember watching West Tip in 1986, and it has changed again since I rode Papillon in 2000, but it’s still a challenge, still unique, and winning it is still a massive achievement.

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