Cloth Cap is the favourite for this year s Grand National
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After being cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic last year, the Grand National is back in 2021. While Tiger Roll won t be returning for a tilt at an historic third title - and the event will take place behind closed doors - there are still plenty of compelling storylines ahead of this year s race.
Does Cloth Cap really justify such short-priced favouritism? Can Secret Reprieve follow up his Welsh National success with the big one? Or could Magic of Light become the first mare to win the world s greatest steeplechase in 70 years?
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Cloth Cap is the favourite for this year s Grand National
Credit: PA
After being cancelled due to the Covid-19 pandemic last year, the Grand National is back in 2021. While Tiger Roll won t be returning for a tilt at an historic third title - and the event will take place behind closed doors - there are still plenty of compelling storylines ahead of this year s race.
Does Cloth Cap really justify such short-priced favouritism? Can Secret Reprieve follow up his Welsh National success with the big one? Or could Magic of Light become the first mare to win the world s greatest steeplechase in 70 years?