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Lucinda Russell has played down fears that the prospect of heavy ground at Aintree next Saturday would be a disadvantage for Randox Grand National favourite Corach Rambler.
The ground was officially good to soft when Corach Rambler won last year’s race but he did not appear inconvenienced by testing ground when third in last month’s Cheltenham Gold Cup.
Currently the Aintree ground is soft (heavy in places) with potentially heavy rain forecast for Monday and Tuesday in an unsettled week.
Russell said: ‘The ideal is good to soft but if it is softer than that so be it. The way that he runs, he races in a very relaxed manner all the time anyway. Whether it is heavy or quick ground it doesn’t matter to him.’
Russell’s partner and assistant Peter Scudamore said jockey Derek Fox is unfazed by the
