Raz close to Aintree final field Trainer Sandra Hughes is keeping her fingers crossed Raz De Maree gets a run in Saturday's Crabbie's Grand National at Aintree. Buoyed by the victory of Thunder And Roses in the Irish National on Monday, Hughes has to wait on the Midlands National runner-up's participation, as he is currently 43rd on the list. Hughes said: "I'm just hoping we get in at the moment and if he does, I wouldn't want the ground to be too good as he's a soft-ground horse." She added: "If he does run I've provisionally booked Johnny Burke to ride him, assuming the horse that beat him at Uttoxeter, Goonyella, doesn't get a run. "He is below us in the list."
