27 declared for Irish National Le Coudray heads the 27-declared runners for next Monday’s 250,000 euro Powers Gold Label Irish Grand National at Fairyhouse.Market principals Numbersixvalverde and Point Barrow have stood their ground while Kadoun, the mount of multiple British champion rider Tony McCoy, having just his second ride in the Easter Monday spectacle, also figures prominently.Also in the line-up for Ireland’s richest jumps race is Alexander Banquet, who will be partnered by Barry Geraghty, the pair bidding to record their first success since landing the 2002 Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown.The going at Fairyhouse is soft and ?drying out all the time? according to Fairyhouse manager Dick Sheil, who added: ?The forecast over the weekend is for sunny spells and some light showers with a decent southerly drying breeze so I could see the ground becoming yielding to soft by Monday.?
