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La Loi Aintree run in doubt

An intended outing for Hors La Loi III in Saturday`s Martell Aintree Hurdle is in some doubt, it emerged today.

The Stg#120,000 Grade One contest has been the target for James Fanshawe`s seven-year-old ever since his victory in the Smurfit Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham last month.

But in a statement to PA Sport this morning, Fanshawe said: 'Hors La Loi returned from this morning`s exercise a little stiff behind.

'The final decision on his participation in the Martell Aintree Hurdle race on Saturday will be decided tomorrow morning.'

Hors La Loi III did not run at Aintree last season but finished fourth in the Liverpool race to Mister Morose in 2000, when odds-on to follow up his fine second to Istabraq in that year`s renewal of the Champion Hurdle.