Dermot McLoughlin to keep Vics Canvas fresh for Grand National

Vics Canvas will head straight to the Randox Health Grand National at Aintree without another run.Dermot McLoughlin's teenager finished third to Rule The World last season at 100-1 but has not been sighted since then.Now 14, he is part-owned by At The Races presenter Gary O'Brien along with several friends that make up the Bodeen Bandits Syndicate. "He's riding away but he won't get a run between now and the National," said McLoughlin. "I'll speak to the lads, but it is only seven weeks to the race and if he was to have a prep run, he'd have top weight and it might bottom him out. "He has a grand weight, though, and is one or two pounds below last year, so you'd have to be happy."He's number 48, but looks sure to get a run."