Ben Pauling’s eight-year-old Twig heads to Aintree following four runs over hurdles after four runs over fences. He has won two of his four runs over the smaller obstacles so far, at Kempton and Newbury but struggled a bit up in class in Grade Two River Don Novices’ Hurdle at Doncaster in January to finish sixth.
Lots more on his plate here and one of the outsiders that can be dismissed.