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This weekend sees the Grand National take place once again, with Manchester United legend Sir Alex Ferguson set to be in attendance.
The former United manager is well known to be a huge horse racing fan, owning as many as 32 horses himself, even spending £660,000 on unbeaten Regent’s Stroll, setting a new world record for a National Hunt horse.
Whilst none of his horses ran in the Grand National last year, the 83-year-old Scotsman is hoping that one of his horses will be selected for this year’s outing.
TalkSPORT has reported that Sir Alex Ferguson is a part-owner of Hitman who is on the provisional list to take part in the biggest horserace in the UK, held at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool.
Hitman has been trained by Paul Nicholls and is set to be ridden by Freddie Gingell as they race for part of the £1 million prize pot.
However, this isn’t his only horse in action on race day.
One of Ferguson’s horses, Monmiral, who he shares with John Hales, is set to take part in the William Hill Top Price Guarantee Handicap Hurdle which takes place at 1:20pm on Saturday, April 5.
In a boost for the owner, jockey Harry Cobden has described Monmiral as the ‘best juvenile’ he’s sat on, which is high praise.
Then Ferguson’s other competing horse is set to run immediately after the Grand National in the Rosconn Group Maghull Novices’ Chase at 5pm.
The horse in question is L’Eau Du Sud, trained by Dan Skelton and will be ridden by Harry Skelton.
In this seven-horse race, L’Eau Du Sud is the favourite, expected to take £67,524 of the £111,684 prize pot.
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