Complex sentence: Entries for the 2015 Grand National closed on 3 February 2015 and 98 entries were announced the following day, down from the record 115 entries received in 2014; prior to the handicap announcement one horse was scratched, while another was ruled out as unqualified.
Split into simpler sentences: Entries for the 2015 Grand National closed on 3 February 2015 and 98 entrants were announced the following day, down from the record 115 that had been received for the 2014 race. Prior to the handicap announcement one horse was scratched, while another was ruled out as unqualified.