Culloty pair headed for Liverpool Lord Windermere and Spring Heeled have been confirmed "definite runners" in the Crabbie's Grand National at Aintree on Saturday week. Though the former was pulled up in his defence of the Cheltenham Gold Cup last month, Jim Culloty's nine-year-old is set to carry top weight on Merseyside. Stablemate Spring Heeled, who is also owned by Dr Ronan Lambe , has been purposefully preserved for the National, having had just one run all season. "Both horses are definite runners," a spokesperson for Culloty's yard told the Daily Mail. "There are no concrete jockey plans at the moment." Compatriot Home Farm seems highly unlikely to make the trip across the Irish Sea. Trained in County Waterford by Henry de Bromhead, the eight-year-old has struggled in top company this season and was also pulled up in the Gold Cup. Home Farm is instead likely to compete at the Punchestown Festival. "I've got to talk to the owners, but I'm 95 per cent sure he won't run," De Bromhead told the Guardian. "He's only eight. We might be over for next year but I think we'll keep him for Punchestown this time."
