Fears Grand National favourite could be pulled from race after huge gamble as trainer warns ‘we have other options’

THE caller Grand National favourite could beryllium stopped from moving successful the contention - aft his trainer warned: "We volition look astatine different options."

Gavin Cromwell's Inothewayurthinkin has been the taxable of an almighty gamble since the weights were revealed.

The JP McManus-owned seven-year-old is already a Grade 1 victor having claimed the Mildmay Novices' Chase astatine Aintree past April.

He has caught the oculus successful finishing down the all-conquering Galopin Des Champs doubly the season.

The astir caller of which was a truly bully tally successful the star-studded Irish Gold Cup astatine Leopardstown earlier this month.

Inothewayurthinkin's people has been near unchanged connected 160 since that superb performance, wherever helium finished 4th beaten conscionable implicit 7 lengths.

Punters deliberation he's got successful the National lightly connected the backmost of it and person hammered him into 8-1 from 12-1.

But shrewd Cromwell is keeping his cards precise adjacent to his thorax and insists the erstwhile Kim Muir victor is not definite to enactment up successful the £1million contention connected Saturday, April 5.

He said: "Inothewayurthinkin (11st 5lb) is connected 160 which is the aforesaid arsenic his people successful Ireland.

"I wouldn’t accidental helium is simply a definite runner astatine this signifier and we volition look astatine different options for him, including the Bowl astatine Aintree.

"He volition besides get an introduction successful the Irish National arsenic well."

The moves successful the marketplace since the weights came retired person fixed Irish billionaire JP McManus a stranglehold connected the world's astir celebrated race.

While Willie Mullins' defending champion I Am Maximus has drifted to 10-1 connected the backmost of being fixed apical weight, wealth has travel for Iroko.

The British-trained runner is into 12-1 - meaning legendary racing fig McManus owns the apical 3 successful the market.

While 1 of his different runners, Meetingofthewaters, halved successful price.

Coral's David Stevens said: "With I Am Maximus being asked to transportation 8 pounds much than erstwhile helium was victorious successful past year's race, punters person alternatively turned their attraction to Inothewayurthinkin since the weights were unveiled.

"Gavin Cromwell's complaint is present wide favourite for the Aintree showpiece."

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