SOME 19 years after he won the first running of the race, Ted Walsh stuck again in the Grade 3 Tote Bobbyjo Chase as Any Second Now limbered up for another Grand National bid.

The former Cheltenham Festival hero ran a splendid race to take third in last year’s National. As he switched back to fences for the first time this season, the J.P. McManus-owned 10-year-old faced a stiff test as he had to concede 8lb to two of his four rivals.