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- Updated: December 7, 2016
Minella Rocco is a significant absentee after 13 horses were scratched from the Coral Welsh Grand National at Chepstow.
Winner of the National Hunt Chase at last season’s Cheltenham Festival, Jonjo O’Neill’s charge made a promising reappearance at Prestbury Park in November, but fell at the last in a Listed event won by Grand National hero Many Clouds at Aintree on Saturday.
The six-year-old had been a general 12-1 second-favourite for Chepstow’s showpiece event on December 27.
Ante-post favourite Carole’s Destrier is one of 89 horses still in contention.
The Neil Mulholland-trained eight-year-old ran a fantastic race to finish a close second behind Native River in last …
