Oscar Liverpool bound again Robert Waley-Cohen's admirable teenager Oscar Time is firmly on course for a third tilt at the Crabbie's Grand National at Aintree next month. The 14-year-old was runner-up in the 2011 renewal of the Aintree spectacular behind Ballabriggs and returned two years later to finish fourth to Auroras Encore. A spell hunter chasing last spring appeared to reignite the veteran and he once again showed his powers over the famous Aintree fences when striking gold in December's Becher Chase. Oscar Time has since enjoyed a run at Doncaster and his owner-trainer feels his charge is in great heart ahead of his return to Merseyside. Waley-Cohen said: "Oscar Time is in very good order. He went to Kempton on Tuesday for a racecourse gallop, that went very well and he seems very well, so it's all systems go for Aintree. "I certainly didn't expect him to be going back for the Grand National at the start of the season, but he won over the fences in December, which is not that long ago. "The Doncaster run was fine and we know he's a much better horse at Liverpool than he is anywhere else. "People tell me no 14-year-old has ever won the National, I'm not sure if that's true or not. "Sam (Waley-Cohen) tells me he doesn't feel any different to how he felt going into the race in December, so he definitely deserves a shot at it."
