Walsh has will for third Grand National

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Walsh had multiple choices ahead of the race but plumped for the Paul Nicholls-trained nine-year-old.

Nicholls will be hoping for his first-ever success in the four-and-a-half-mile marathon with My Will one of four runners he will send out. Walsh was, however, most confident of My Will's credentials. He said: "He has plenty of weight but he ran a cracker in the Gold Cup."

He added: "I went for him because of the ground. You had to weigh it all up and you'd love to be on one with less than 11st - they have the best record in the race - but he has 11st 4lb and is a classy individual who was third in a Betfred Gold Cup off a big weight and he should stay.

"He has had a tendency in the past to make the odd mistake, so we are hoping to eradicate that, but I think he has a good chance."

Tony McCoy is placing his faith in the mastery of Jonjo O'Neill to help him break his Grand National duck on Butler's Cabin.

The 13-times champion jockey has infamously endured 13 failed attempts in the greatest race of them all - and has also suffered some rotten luck over the famous fences.

Along with Clan Royal having been carried out by a loose horse in 2005, McCoy was travelling like the winner 12 months ago on Butler's Cabin when he tipped up at Becher's Brook on the second circuit.

Despite the nine-year-old having shown little in his first three starts of the season, there was more to like about Butler's Cabin's run at the Cheltenham Festival, where he finished fifth.

"Jonjo appears to be able to get horses to peak specifically for a certain race, Clan Royal being the obvious one, and it looked like he had done the trick with Butler's Cabin last year as he was running a big race until he fell," said McCoy, who also had the choice of riding Can't Buy Time, Reveillez and L'Ami.