HORSES for next year from this year’s race? There are three.

First, Vieux Lion Rouge, who ran a remarkable race as a seven-year-old novice to finish seventh. He was right there with a chance until after the third last fence too. Mr What in 1958 is the last novice to win it (you’re not counting Rule The World as a novice, are you?!) and Bogskar in 1940 is the last seven-year-old. Vieux Lion Rouge should be back again next year, a stronger horse and better equipped for the National.