Grand designs for Don Poli Willie Mullins would "love" to have a crack at the Crabbie's Grand National with Don Poli. The RSA Chase winner made a successful return to action when seeing off last season's National hero Many Clouds at Aintree earlier this month and will aim to enhance his claims for the Cheltenham Gold Cup in the Lexus Chase at Leopardstown over Christmas. While the Prestbury Park blue riband remains his main objective, Mullins believes the world's most famous steeplechase could be worth targeting at some stage. He said: " I'd love to run him in a National. "I think it's great what Phil Smith (BHA head of handicapping) and Aintree have done with the race. "They get criticised by some for what they've done to the fences, but if you look what they've done to the race compared to where it was, they've done an unbelievable job. "I think it's great the way he (Smith) compresses the weights and I wish they would do it with more of the staying chases. "It's hard enough giving a stone and more away on good ground, never mind in mid-winter on very soft ground."
