Racing:Don't Push It will have to shoulder joint top weight of 11st 10lb if he is to repeat his success of last year in the John Smith's Grand National.
The Jonjo O’Neill-trained 11-year-old ended Tony McCoy’s long wait for an Aintree winner in 2010 when triumphing under 11st 5lb.
He shares top weight with the Paul Nicholls-trained Neptune Collonges, winner of the Argento Chase last time out.
The Ditcheat handler has the strongest numerical entry with 10 horses still in the race including Niche Market on 10st 13lb while What A Friend, who is part-owned by Alex Ferguson, would also be an interesting contender off 11st 6lb.
Argento runner-up Tidal Bay has been allotted 11st 9lb for what would be a first try over the National fences while the Neil Mulholland-trained Midnight Chase is next on 11st 8lb.
Donald McCain’s Ballabriggs is as low as 14-1 favourite with some bookmakers and he has been handed 11st for the April 9 feature.
Willie Mullins’ The Midnight Club (10st 13lb) is also prominent in the ante-post lists along with Big Fella Thanks (11st 1lb) and West End Rocker (10st 5lb).
Mullins has nine possibles in total with Dooneys Gate (11st 4lb) and Scotsirish (11st 2lb) the highest rated of his team.
Merigo won last year’s Scottish National and he has been given 10st 1lb in the initial list while the 2010 Irish National winner Bluesea Cracker has 10st 4lb.
Becauseicouldntsee is another to note on 10st 8lb while Evan Williams has two contenders in Deep Purple (11st 7lb) and State Of Play (10st 6lb) who has finished fourth and third in the last two renewals.
Plenty of last year’s runners could be back for another crack with fifth Hello Bud (10st 5lb), sixth Snowy Morning (10st 9lb) and seventh Character Building (10st 4lb) among the 101 remaining entries.
David Pipe sent out Comply Or Die to win in 2008 and that horse has 10st 8lb this time while stablemate Or Noir De Somoza has the heavier impost of 11st 5lb.
As well as Tidal Bay, trainer Howard Johnson has Grand Sefton winner Frankie Figg (10st 3lb) with Dermot Weld’s Majestic Concorde an eyecatching entry on 11st 5lb.
The four-and-a-half-mile marathon has a safety limit of 40 runners and O’Neill’s Quolibet, a French recruit who has yet to run in this country, is currently 40th on the list.