Take it from someone who sits firmly on the top of the fence season after season.

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"He goes chasing next season and has already popped a fence well at home, " said the County Meath trainer.

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McCoy eventually remounted and started the race, but Synchronised - who was bidding to become the first horse since Golden Miller in 1934 to win the Gold Cup and the Grand National in the same season -- fell at the sixth fence and subsequently had to be put down.

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