Willie Mullins pulls ‘tremendous’ Cheltenham winner with ‘potential to run in the Gold Cup’ out of Grand National

WILLIE MULLINS has pulled a ‘tremendous’ Cheltenham winner out of the Grand National.

The Closutton boss said Capodanno had the potential to be a future Gold Cup runner.

PACapodanno was the only one of nine horses Willie Mullins did not confirm for this Saturday’s Grand National[/caption]

And the JP McManus-owned nine-year-old was going OK in last year’s £1million Aintree race before running out of steam.

He had been entered in this year’s Grand National again...