MACDERMOTT wins a thrilling Scottish Grand National for Willie Mullins!

Four miles, 27 fences - and the finest of margins at the finish in a Coral Scottish Grand National that will live long in the memory!

Macdermott, the lightly-raced novice from the all-conquering Willie Mullins stable, was as short as 4/1 earlier in the week for the £200,000 highlight and biggest race in Scotland but was returned at a remaarkable 18/1 after a memorable triumph under Danny Mullins from brave runner-up Surrey Quest.

The first Irish-trained winner of the Scottish Grand National since the Victoria era, this success effectively allowed Willie Mullins to put one hand on the British trainers' title, with the 17-time Irish champion taking him over £130,000 of the total prize fund after also saddling the fourth, fifth and sixth home in Klarc Kent, Ontheropes and Spanish Harlem.

Defending title holder Paul Nicholls and Dan Skelton are still in the hunt for the trainers' title, but Mullins is firmly in the driving seat now after a brilliant four-timer on the day at Ayr as the modern training great bids to emulate the great Vincent O'Brien by becoming an Irish-based champion jumps trainer in Britain, and 70 years on.

Watch how the big race unfolded here under Danny Mullins and what the trainer and rider's uncle said to Racing TV's Gordon Brown after annual feature.



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