Hewick has been given high weight on the Grand Nationwide as coach John Hanlon plots a memorable hat-trick for the King George VI Chase winner.
Hewick, who clinched a last-gasp win at Kempton and is among the many Cheltenham Gold Cup favourites, has been handed 11st 12lb for the competition on 13 April.
“I knew he’d have high weight. You must count on that. He most likely deserves high weight,” Hanlon stated.
He leads the 87 entrants for the four-and-a-quarter-mile race at Aintree.
Final yr’s winner Corach Rambler has been handed 11st 2lb, having triumphed carrying 10st 5lb, with 2023 runner-up Vanillier going off 2lb greater than in 2023 at 10st 8lb.
Conflated, one in all a number of Gordon Elliott-trained entries, is second within the handicap on 11st 9lb, whereas 2022 winner Noble Yeats is 1lb decrease.
Monbeg Genius, classed among the many favourites to line up at Aintree, is one in all six entries sitting on 10st 4lb.
However there was controversy across the gelding, who’s owned by former Tory peer Michelle Mone and her husband Doug Barrowman, the pair on the coronary heart of an investigation over supplying private protecting gear throughout the coronavirus pandemic.
On Tuesday, the Racing Publish wrote a column, exterior suggesting a victory for Monbeg Genius has “the potential to trigger vital harm to racing”.
Newest Grand Nationwide odds:
14/1 joint favourites Corach Rambler, Mahler Mission; 16-1 Vanillier; 20-1 Monbeg Genius, Noble Yeats; 22-1 Panda Boy; 25-1 Kitty’s Gentle, Capodanno; 28-1 Nassalam; 33-1 Hewick, Minella Indo, Latenightpass, Threeunderthrufive, Delta Work.