Trainer Lucinda Russell believes the 'amazing' homecoming for her Randox Grand National hero Corach Rambler shows how much he means to the local Kinross community.
The nine-year-old provided the Scottish-based trainer with a second victory in the world's greatest steeplechase at Aintree Racecourse on Saturday. Sent off the 8-1 favourite, the nine-year-old travelled superbly, under Derek Fox at Aintree, before eventually beating Irish raider Vanillier by two-and-a-quarter lengths. Fox, who only returned to action following a shoulder injury to ride in the race, partnered the dual Cheltenham Festival winner to victory in the Aintree marathon just as he did with Russell's One For Arthur in 2017. Corach Rambler became only the third horse trained in Scotland to have won the Grand National with Russell saddling two of them.
And on their return to Russell's Arlary House Stables, in Milnathort, north of Edinburgh there was a huge welcome from the locals for both Corach Rambler and Apple Away, who also grabbed Grade One victory on Ladies Day at Aintree. The trainer said: "It is just amazing. We were coming up the M6 last night... what Corach does is very important to us because we know him so well and you just wonder whether other people feel the same way.
