Meet the mother-and-daughter team plotting the ultimate Grand National fairytale
Sam Hendry talks to the connections of Aintree outsider Sub Lieutenant
A 12-year-old horse in the charge of a trainer with no official wins next to her name and ridden by a jockey who would ordinarily still be claiming 5lb is not the typical portfolio for a Grand National winner.
But mother-and-daughter duo Georgie Howell and Tabitha Worsley can now allow themselves to fantasise over the miracle of all miracles when their veteran performer Sub Lieutenant lines up alongside 39 other dreamers in the 2021 Randox Grand National at Aintree on Saturday.
A winner of 29 races from almost 500 rides, conditional jockey Worsley is far from a household name but she did experience notable glory over the same gargantuan fences she tackles on Saturday when guiding Top Wood to victory in the Foxhunters' Chase two years ago.
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