GOONYELLA, who has often looked a marathon winner in waiting, finally got everything right in the Listed Betfred Midlands Grand National at Uttoxeter last Saturday.

Jim Dreaper’s eight-year-old, never far off the pace, took over after the 18th and was clear two out, keeping up the gallop to beat Sandra Hughes’ Raz De Maree by nine lengths in an all-Irish finish. Woodford County filled the minor berth.