“Everyone felt sorry for me,” said Hywel Jones, whose green and red colours Buywise will carry at Aintree next Saturday. At the end of his first winter as a chaser Williams had the horse scanned to see if there was a physical explanation for what Buywise was doing. Buywise became a byword for frustration among punters as he repeatedly stormed home from a mile back and found the winning post coming too soon. We can all dream.”Williams has yet to win a National, though his runners have been placed five times. Martin took the Irish Grand National in the early part of his career in 2001, and has landed a series of major handicaps on the Flat including the Ebor, Cambridgeshire and Cesarewitch.

Source: The Guardian April 07, 2018 17:00 UTC