Due to the timing of Easter this year, the Scottish Grand National will take place seven days ahead of the Aintree Grand National.
This has left connections the headache of gambling on whether their horses are high enough rated to get into the Liverpool showpiece or securing what effectively will be a guaranteed run at Ayr.
One trainer that will be absent from the race will be Lucinda Russell. The Borders handler won the prize last year with Mighty Thunder but has elected to scratch all of her entries for this year’s renewal including Cheltenham Festival winner, Corach Rambler.
