You wouldn't want to be carrying top weight in this race, and I think somewhere about the 11st mark is about right.
Behrajan will carry top weight for Saturday's race
Jostle, who won the 1 ¼ mile Alabama on August 19, will carry top weight of 124 pounds and will give her rivals from eight to 13 pounds.
Amberleigh House warmed up for the 2005 National when running a decent race under top weight to finish fourth to Silver Birch in the Becher Chase at Aintree on Sunday.
The country minimum weight will be 119 and the minimum top weight at declaration time will be 133 pounds.
Ancient World, who defied top weight of 9st 10 lb in the £100,000 feature race, hit the front a furlong out and won by a length and a quarter.
The Irish-trained runner had been expected to run in Saturday's National but, after being given top weight, was withdrawn to race at Aintree on Thursday.
The second time he carried 12 stone and to carry top weight and win it very easily is some achievement.
Always cruising confidently on the top weight, the jockey was carried to the front plenty early enough, as rival after rival failed to keep pace.
Carrying top weight in such a competitive handicap is never ideal but he has earned the poundage and he is built to carry it.
Docent carries the top weight of 117 pounds off his six victories and two placings in eight starts this year.
The following year it was Red Rum's turn to shoulder the top weight.
In his final 12 races, Arkle carried top weight of at least 12 stone - but still won nine of them
Carrying top weight, Grey Abbey won last year's Scottish National by a distance from Kerry Lads, having been left clear when Granit d' Estruval fell at the last fence.
A lot of championship races have top weights of 12 stone.
Officially the best in the field but no horse has carried top weight to victory since Red Rum in 1974.
Every Grand National is special but for me it has to be the 1998 race where Sunny Bay, carrying top weight of 12 stone, finished runner-up in bottomless ground that he hated.
Defying top weight of 11st 10 lb, he soon had the rest of the six-runner field trailing, and was 10 lengths clear of Seebald at the line.
The ‘best’ horse in the race is given the top weight and the weights allotted to the other horses are set in relation to this.
Carrying top weight of 129 pounds, Kutub was always in cruise control for Dettori, despite a tardy start, and with a quarter of a mile left to run, sprinted away from his rivals to win as he liked.
It was the third success in the Chepstow showpiece for the 12-year-old 1999 Gold Cup winner, who was carrying top weight.
To carry top weight, lead all the way, and get so close to home, it was an unbelievable effort… Unbelievable.