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Sat 04 Apr 2007Point Barrow has winning lookGrand National Preview: The usual maximum field of 40 runners will line up for today's John Smith's Grand National but with the lottery element no longer such a factor in the world's most famous steeplechase it's hard to deny that Point Barrow ticks almost all the right boxes as a likely winner.A total of 11 Irish-trained horses will attempt to continue Ireland's dominance of the Aintree spectacular which has seen five of the last eight winners trained here.