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- Updated: December 1, 2016
Grand National runner-up The Last Samuri heads a field of 24 runners in the Betfred Becher Handicap Chase at Aintree on Saturday.
Kim Bailey’s charge was beaten six lengths by Rule The World in the main event last year and having finished fifth in a Down Royal Grade One on his seasonal return, The Last Samuri returns to the National fences this time.
Last year’s winner Highland Lodge bids for back-to-back successes in the race for Jimmy Moffatt, with Henry Brooke taking the ride again after …