IF you fancied Le Breuil for the Grand National before he ran in the Classic Chase at Warwick on Saturday, you shouldn’t lose faith now, despite the fact that he could finish only fifth behind Kimberlite Candy.

Nothing went right for Le Breuil on Saturday. He missed the kick from the standing start, and he was always playing catch-up after that. Fourth last around the first turn, he wasn’t great over the first two fences, and he was second last passing the winning post first time. He must have been about 20 lengths behind the leader Captain Chaos.