Julio swerves Haydock
Mullins leaves three in Aintree trial
Last Updated: February 13, 2012 12:30pm
Junior: Set to reappear at Haydock in their Grand National trial
Hold On Julio doesn't feature among 23 six-day acceptors for the Betfred Grand National Trial at Haydock on Saturday.
Alan King's charge had been ante-post favourite but is now likely to run in the Racing Plus Chase at Kempton or wait for Cheltenham.
Other notable defectors include Prince de Beauchene, On His Own and Hey Big Spender.
Junior, David Pipe's leading John Smith's Grand National fancy, could make his seasonal reappearance in the contest, the trainer also having Sona Sasta entered.
Neptune Collonges tops the weights for Paul Nicholls while Willie Mullins has three entries with Uncle Junior, Quiscover Fontaine and Some Target.
Deep Purple, Start Me Up, Le Beau Bai and former Aintree hero Mon Mome are other notable acceptors.
