Tennis icon set to become oldest singles competitor at Flushing Meadows since 1981 after receiving wild-card entry — yet another historic moment in a career already filled with them, writes HOWARD FENDRICH
Preview of the Grand National with Farringdon
Kicking off at 5.15 at Aintree
Delta Work ridden by Keith Donoghue (second left) on their way to winning the Glenfarclas Chase on day two of the Cheltenham Festival at Cheltenham Racecourse. Picture date: Wednesday March 15, 2023
GRAND NATIONAL
***** - outstanding chance
**** - solid claims
*** - each-way consideration
** - slow
* - very slow
ANY SECOND NOW - ***
Third off a mark of 152 in 2021 and then second off 159 last year, this year’s top weight will now have to try and defy a mark of a whopping 167 and despite a lovely warm-up victory in the Webster cup over two and a half miles this will surely be too hard an ask at the age of 11.
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