Johnson Set For Pipe National Ride Richard Johnson is set to ride either It Takes Time or Therealbandit in the John Smith's Grand National at Aintree on Saturday week.Trainer Martin Pipe has secured Johnson's services for whichever of the two runners stable jockey Timmy Murphy chooses not to ride.'Richard will be riding for Mr Pipe, that is correct,' said Johnson's agent Dave Roberts.Murphy rode It Takes Time to finish fourth behind Hedgehunter in last year's National while Johnson was aboard when he filled the same place behind Garvivonnian in the totesport Becher Chase last November.It Takes Time and Therealbandit are both 33-1 shots with Ladbrokes for the four-and-a-half-mile marathon.? PA Sport
