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title: "Acey Milan doubtful for Aintree"
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# Acey Milan doubtful for Aintree

Acey Milan qualifies for the Grade Two Weatherbys Racing Bank Standard National Flat Race during the racing taking place at Aintree next month, [but trainer Anthony Honeyball is unsure whether or not he’ll enter his horse.](https://www.sportinglife.com/racing/news/milan-may-swerve-aintree/144999)

The five-year-old prospect had a good run in the Grade One Weatherbys Champion Bumper at Cheltenham, finishing fourth in a field of 23 horses.

![Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readhorseracing.com/readhorseracing/2018/03/653558400.jpg)

Acey Milan had previously run in three races this year, winning on all three occasions.

Despite a positive season, Honeyball isn’t sure a trip to Aintree is in the horse’s best interests:

> We’ve had a look at the small print and he does qualify to run in the race, but he’s been busy and he has not missed a beat this season.

> I will talk to the owners, but I think it is unlikely he will run and it is very much on the back-burner. I imagine he won’t run again this season. He has won three of his five bumpers and to finish fourth in the Champion Bumper was a good effort.

![Alan Crowhurst/Getty Images Sport](https://media.readhorseracing.com/readhorseracing/2018/03/931975300-1.jpg)

At the age of just five, there’s plenty of room for this youthful horse to grow into wherever Honeyball wants him to race.

Indeed, hurdles seems to be the objective.

> He’s going to school over hurdles outside when the ground settles down a bit before he is turned out. We will get the bulk of that done so he is set up for next season. He is not a slow horse and I want to try and win the Challow Hurdle with him if he carries his form forward. He’s got a good engine and he travels and stays so that race will suit him well.