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126 entries have been unveiled for the Crabbies Grand National at Aintree, the second highest number in the last 10 years. The last two winners, Many Clouds and Pineau De Re, feature in the list, as well as four others from the first six home in 2015, namely runner-up Saint Are, fourth Alvarado, fifth Shutthefrontdoor and sixth Royale Knight.There are seven entries from Irelands champion trainer Willie Mullins including the multiple Grade One winner and 2013 Cheltenham Gold Cup second Sir Des Champs, as well as Don Poli, whose three Grade One victories include the 2015 RSA Chase at the Cheltenham Festival and this seasons Lexus Chase at Leopardstown. Their owner, Michael OLearys Gigginstown House Stud, is responsible for 10 entries, more than any other owner.A total of 38 entries are trained in Ireland. Ted Walsh has entered Seabass, who achieved the best finishing position for a female rider when third in 2012 under his amateur jockey daughter and Crabbies Grand National Ambassador Katie Walsh.The Co Kildare handler has also put in Foxrock, a staying-on third behind Don Poli last time out.Gordon Elliott was responsible for the last Irish-trained winner of the Crabbies Grand National with Silver Birch in 2007 and his half-dozen entries include Ucello Conti, who has run well when placed in valuable handicap chases on his last two starts, and Causes Of Causes, successful in the four-mile National Hunt Chase at last seasons Cheltenham Festival before finishing eighth in the Crabbies Grand National.Other interesting Irish-trained contenders include the Grade One winner Gilgamboa (Enda Bolger), last seasons Scottish Grand National second Goonyella (Jim Dreaper) and Thunder And Roses (Sandra Hughes), winner of the 2015 Irish Grand National.Double Seven was sent off favourite for the National in 2014 and eventually finished third, but he subsequently missed the entire 2014-15 season.Martin Brassils charge returned to action at Punchestown on New Years Eve and has since run again over hurdles at that track last month.Double Seven is grand, said Brassil, who won the race in 2006 with Numbersixvalverde.Hes had the two runs over hurdles, but it is hard to know what to make of them because he is not a soft-ground horse.We are taking it one step at a time at the moment and we wont really know where we are until he runs in a race when the conditions are right for him. He wants nice ground.Im not sure what we are going to do between now and Aintree. He could have a run over fences, but we will see how he is.Paul Nicholls, successful in 2012 with Neptune Collonges, is the trainer with most entries, with nine in total. These are headed by Silviniaco Conti , whose six Grade One wins include two King George VI Chases, two Betfair Chases and two renewals of the Betfred Bowl over the Mildmay fences at Aintree (2014 and 2015).Another leading contender from the champion Jumps trainer is Just A Par, successful in the bet365 Gold Cup at Sandown Park last season.A number of entries have already scored over the Grand National fences, including Highland Lodge (Jimmy Moffatt) who took the Betfred Becher Chase in December, and Triolo DAlene (Nicky Henderson), who was the impressive winner of the 2013 Crabbies Topham Chase.Other leading entries include Soll (David Pip), successful in a valuable veterans handicap chase at Sandown last month and The Druids Nephew (Neil Mulholland), who was leading the field when falling at Valentines on the second circuit in 2015.Two Cheltenham Gold Cup winners have been entered - 2011 victor Long Run (Robert Waley-Cohen) and 2014 scorer Lord Windermere (Jim Culloty).Owners Paul and Clare Rooney have two interesting contenders in Kruzhlinin (Philip Hobbs), a comfortable winner at Kempton Park last month, and The Last Samuri (Kim Bailey), who landed a valuable handicap chase in impressive fashion at the same course in December. Andrew Tulloch, Jockey Club Racecourses Regional Head of Racing for the North West and Clerk of the Course at Aintree, said: We could not have wished for a better set of entries for the 2016 Crabbies Grand National, with a big increase on last year in terms of numbers and a significant presence of high-class horses.Many Clouds defied 11st 9lb, 1lb off top-weight, when successful in 2015 and it will be interesting to see how the handicap is framed by Phil Smith with Silviniaco Conti, Don Poli and Sir Des Champs all entered.Everything is in place for what should be a spectacular 169th running of the Crabbies Grand National. Sky Tickets Fast, secure racing tickets: Exclusive racing offers near you Also See: Live results service Full racecards Bet ￡5 Get ￡20 Free Get Sky Sports Arizona Cardinals Jerseys China . - Goaltender Philippe Desrosiers of the Rimouski Oceanic has broken a shutout record that was only three months old in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. 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Theres likely more carnage expected Saturday when they host another lightly regarded SoCon opponent in VMI (1-6).While the competition doesnt look stiff, the next three weeks will be developmentally important for a roster trying to get six freshmen oriented.Were trying to work on team things, stuff for ourselves, forward Elijah Macon said. Running plays right, guarding right, keeping people off the foul line.Esa Ahmad (12.8 points, 5.3 rebounds) leads a balanced assault along with versatile forward Nathan Adrian (11.6 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4.1 assists). The backcourt tandem of Jevon Carter (9.8 points, 3.4 steals) and Tarik Philip (8.3 points, 2.4 assists) is among the grittiest in Division I, and Daxter Miles (7.2 points, 2.0 assists) is still finding his legs after being sidelined for the first three games by a reported illness.Reserve guard Teyvon Myers (9.5 points) has made 63 percent of his 3-point attempts, finding the stroke that made him the nations junior college scoring champion two seasons ago. Deploying a 12-man rotation, West Virginia has topped the 100-point mark three times this season without a player scoring 20 points in a game.Just shows you how deep our team is, Ahmad said. Thats pretty amazing.While West Virginia ranks No. 6 nationally at 90.5 points per game, much of that scoring occurs via transition baskets created by its full-court press. Half-court offense has looked clunky as Bob Huggins sought to gain experience for first-year players.Weve got to score the ball, Macon said. 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We showed some fight, but we had something like seven turnovers the first eight minutes of the game.VMIs sloppiness could portend huge trouble against West Virginia, which forces 26 turnovers per game, tops in the country. The Mountaineers also rank top-40 in field-goal defense, holding opponents to 38-percent shooting overall.Its hard for them just because we dont let people run offense, Huggins said. And I think everybody is to the point where they see other people turn it over and you dont want to turn it over. You want to take care of the ball, so the best thing to do is to throw it backwards, and its hard to run offense when you are constantly throwing the ball backwards.After VMI, the Mountaineers host UMKC, Redford and Northern Kentucky. They are building toward an end-of-the-month league opener against vastly improved Oklahoma State.Coming up Dec. 30, Macon said, were going to need everybody all-in. ' ' '