Paul Jacobs with his horses to follow in the National

First up, the case of Tiger Roll. I simply cannot take seriously what their outspoken owners said about his new mark, especially when Gordon Elliot thought that his rating was fair and realistic.
Since the weights were published, though, the 11-year-old has almost made up his own mind about a third challenge in the race with a dire run in the Boyne Hurdle and if the O’Leary brothers had hung fire they could have engineered a less radical road to withdrawal.
The fact that they took the path they did strongly suggests they want ...