Grand National Festival 2017 – Gordon Elliott’s Apple’s Jade won’t run in next week’s Aintree Hurdle

GIGGINSTOWN report their Cheltenham Festival winner Apple's Jade will not run in the Doom Bar Aintree Hurdle next Thursday.

The Gordon Elliott-trained five-year-old won the Mares' Hurdle at Prestbury Park but will not be asked to return to England for the Grade 1 on Merseyside.

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Gigginstown racing manager Eddie O'Leary told the Irish Independent: "Everything is fine with Apple's Jade but she's being kept for Ireland later in the season."

Champion Hurdle hero Buveur D'Air is hot favourite for the Aintree Hurdle, but he could be joined in the line-up by Jezki, who is also owned by JP McManus.

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McManus' racing manager Frank Berry said: "We'll see (about Jezki), but the plan is for Buveur D'Air to run.

"Jezki is in the three-mile Liverpool Hurdle but there's a good chance he'll go in the Aintree Hurdle.

"(It is) more than likely Yanworth will run in the Liverpool Hurdle."