Albertas out of Aintree but Tofino possible A decision has yet to be made over the future of three-time Cheltenham Festival winner Albertas Run but he will not be running in the John Smith's Grand National. There was talk among his connections after he was pulled up in the Ryanair Chase last week that he may have run his last race. The 12-year-old, twice a winner of the Ryanair and also the 2008 RSA Chase for trainer Jonjo O'Neill and owner Trevor Hemmings, was making his first start of the campaign. Profiles Albertas Run (IRE) Frisco Depot Tofino Bay (IRE) Hemmings' racing manager Mick Meagher said: "There's no point rushing into anything, but what I can tell you is that he has been taken out of the National." Another who will not be running in the Aintree showpiece is the Charlie Longsdon-trained Frisco Depot, who fell in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup. "He's fine, there's nothing wrong with him, but he's not running in the National this year," said Longsdon. "He's not had a good preperation for a race like that but I hope he'll go there next year. I can't understand how he's fallen twice this year because he's a brilliant jumper at home. For some reason in a race he just has a habit of making a mistake." One horse who could be National-bound is Dessie Hughes' Tofino Bay, who was denied Cheltenham glory by Back In Focus in the dying strides of last week's National Hunt Chase. Hughes told At The Races: "I'll have to speak to Mr (Michael) O'Leary (owner). I'd be anxious to run in the English National."
