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Irish trainer Gordon Elliott set to have record number of runners in the Grand National on Saturday

By Marcus Townend for MailOnline

Published: 22:31 BST, 2 April 2019 | Updated: 22:31 BST, 2 April 2019

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Trainer Gordon Elliott will have a record-breaking 13 runners in Saturday's Grand National after another of his entries squeezed into the 40 guaranteed starting berths.

Bless The Wings, last year's third, moved into the field after Sandymount Duke, the outsider owned by Rolling Stone guitarist Ronnie Wood, was forced out if the race by injury.

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