There will be no runner from Sussex in the Martell Cognac Grand National on April 5.
Josh Gifford's Skycab is the only Sussex entry but since there are 113 horses higher in the handicap, announced in London on Tuesday and only 40 can run, Skycab has no chance of getting a place.
Assistant trainer Nick Gifford said: "It's a great pity but we did anticipate this might be the case.
"We will train him for one of the other races at Aintree and hope for a good run so that he will be handicapped high enough to go for the National next year."
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