Altior and Santini ruled out of Aintree Grand National Festival

Henderson had mooted that Altior would seek a 19th straight win, and step up to two and a half miles, in the JLT Chase (better known as the Melling Chase), while Santini, who lost out narrowly to Topofthegame at Cheltenham, was on course for the Betway Mildmay Novices' Chase.

However, the Seven Barrows handler tweeted that both will be staying in their stable next week.

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