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NOEL MEADE runs two in Saturday’s Randox Health Grand National – Wounded Warrior and Measure of my dreams.
Both are owned by Michael O’Leary’s Gigginstown House Stud, successful 12 months ago with Rule The World.
The champion trainer in Ireland on seven occasions said yesterday that he would not be surprised if the two outsiders run well.
“They’re in good form,” he said. “Sean [Flanagan] rides one of them, although I am not sure which, and I’m not 100 per cent ® sure who rides the other. They both went to the Curragh last week for a school over the “Grand National” fences and it could not have gone better. Both jumped brilliantly.
Ideal
“Wounded Warrior has always struck me as an ideal horse for Aintree. He stays really well, is a big horse and jumps a bit big too.
“He is coming off a very bad run at Fairyhouse and why he ran so badly I don’t know. It was a miserable run. I think he’s in a lot better nick now – at least I hope so as I was very happy with his last bit of work on Saturday.
“We will leave the blinkers off this time.
“Measure of my dreams would have been sixth or seventh at Cheltenham but got stopped in his tracks at the second last.
“It was a reasonable enough run. Stamina is his forte and he just got outpaced coming down the hill before staying on again. The further he goes, the better. “We are just keeping our fingers crossed that both of them get that little bit of luck you need on Saturday.” BETWAY odds: 9 Definitly Red; 10 More Of That; 11 Cause Of Causes, Vieux Lion Rouge; 14 One For Arthur, The Last Samuri, Blaklion; 16 Pleasant Company, The Young Master, Ucello Conti; 20 Saphir Du Rheu; 22 Vicente; 25 Highland Lodge, Rogue Angel, 28 Raz De Maree, Tenor Nivernais; 33 Le Mercurey, O’Faolains Boy, Thunder And Roses, Wonderful Charm, Wounded Warrior; 40 Double Shuffle, Drop Out Joe, Houblon Des Obeaux, Just A Par, Measure of my dreams, Perfect Candidate, Saint Are; 50 Bishops Road, Goodtoknow, Lord Windermere, Pendra, Regal Encore, Roi Des Francs, Shantou Flyer, Stellar Notion; 66 Ballynagour, Gas Line Boy, Doctor Harper (Reserve 1); Knock House (Reserve 3);
Sambremont.