The Scottish Grand National takes place at Ayr on Saturday afternoon (April 12, 2025), with thousands of punters set to compete.
The focus will be on Willie Mullins after surging into contention after saddling the first, second, third, fifth and seventh-placed horses home in last week’s Grand National at Aintree.
The Scottish Grand National is a Premier Handicap National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. The horse racing event takes place over a distance of about 4 miles (3 miles 7 furlongs and 176 yards, or 6,397 metres) and during its running there are 27 fences to be jumped. It takes place each year in April.
Scottish Grand National is the Scotland’s equivalent of the Grand National, and is held during Ayr’s two-day Scottish Grand National Festival meeting.
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Scottish Grand National: Full List of Runners & Riders 1:10pm – Scotty Brand Handicap Chase (2m½f) No. Horse Jockey 1 Tommy’s Oscar (IRE) Danny McMenamin 2 Homme Public (FR) Henry Brooke 3 The Other Mozzie Sean Flanagan 4 Malystic Brian Hughes 5 Traprain Law (FR) Patrick Wadge 6 Etalon (IRE) Harry Skelton 7 Western Diego (IRE) Danny Mullins 8 Asta La Pasta (IRE) Kielan Woods
1:43pm – CPMS Novices’ Champion Handicap Chase (3m) No. Horse Jockey 1 Masaccio (IRE) Tom Cannon 2 Loughglynn (IRE) Sean O’Keeffe 3 Whistle Stop Tour (IRE) Patrick Wadge 4 Pic Roc (IRE) Ben Jones 5 Lord Of Thunder (IRE) Brendan Powell 6 Theformismighty Harry Skelton 7 Ideal Des Bordes (FR) Nico De Boinville 8 Eyed Jonathan Burke
2:15pm – Coral Scottish Champion Hurdle (2m) No. Horse Jockey 1 Ethical Diamond (IRE) Mr Patrick Mullins 2 Kihavah Brian Hughes 3 Bunting (FR) Danny Mullins 4 Kabral Du Mathan (FR) Harry Cobden 5 Cracking Rhapsody (IRE) Craig Nichol 6 Dysart Enos (IRE) Jonathan Burke 7 Under Control (FR) Nico De Boinville 8 Batman Girac (FR) Brian Hayes 9 Karafon (FR) J J Slevin 10 Ooh Betty (IRE) Ben Jones 11 Valgrand (FR) Harry Skelton 12 Welsh Charger (IRE) David Noonan
2:55pm – Mares’ Handicap Hurdle (3m½f) No. Horse Jockey 1 Ottizzini (IRE) J J Slevin 2 Lavida Adiva (IRE) Brian Hughes 3 The Lord Maid (IRE) Stan Sheppard 4 Pinot Rouge (IRE) Jack Power (5) 5 Ruby Island Danny McMenamin 6 Armed And Fabulous (IRE) Brian Hayes 7 Rockola Vogue (IRE) Kielan Woods 8 Fox’s Fancy (IRE) Patrick Wadge 9 Disco Annie (IRE) Nathan Moscrop 10 Rialannah (IRE) Harry Cobden 11 Musique De Fee (IRE) Megan Fox (7) 12 My Lady Elektra (FR) Bruce Lynn
3:35pm – Coral Scottish Grand National (4m) No. Horse Jockey 1 Mr Incredible (IRE) Alice Stevens (3) 2 Henry’s Friend (IRE) Ben Jones 3 Our Power (IRE) Dylan Johnston (3) 4 Olympic Man (FR) Mr Patrick Mullins 5 Macdermott (FR) Danny Mullins 6 Famous Bridge (IRE) Sean Quinlan 7 Captain Cody (IRE) Harry Cobden 8 Surrey Quest (IRE) Kevin Brogan 9 Chosen Witness (IRE) Sean O’Keeffe 10 Spanish Harlem (FR) Brian Hayes 11 Hasthing (FR) Jonjo O’Neill Jr 12 Rock My Way (IRE) Brendan Powell 13 Sail Away (FR) Harry Skelton 14 Wiseguy (IRE) Nico De Boinville 15 Flash De Touzaine (FR) Sean Flanagan 16 Walking On Air (IRE) Richie McLernon 17 The Kniphand (FR) Sam Twiston-Davies 18 Grozni (FR) Callum Pritchard (5) 19 Dom Of Mary (FR) Caoilin Quinn 20 Snipe (IRE) Harry Atkins (7) 21 Klarc Kent (FR) Jonathan Burke 22 Magna Sam David Noonan 23 Brandt (IRE) Sean Bowen
4:10pm – Stagecoach Novices’ Handicap Hurdle (3m½f) No. Horse Jockey 1 C’est Ta Chance (FR) J J Slevin 2 Chart Topper (FR) Non Runner 3 Quebecois (FR) Harry Cobden 4 Jump Allen (FR) Sean O’Keeffe 5 Histrionic (IRE) Harry Skelton 6 Calimystic (IRE) James Bowen 7 Baratablet (IRE) Danny McMenamin 8 Scarlet Jet (IRE) Bruce Lynn
4:45pm – Tennent’s Lager Novices’ Hurdle (2m4½f) No. Horse Jockey 1 Chart Topper (FR) Mr Patrick Mullins 2 Queensbury Boy Mr D Maxwell 3 The Jukebox Kid David Bass 4 Gale Mahler Brian Hughes 5 Herja Nathan Moscrop
5:20pm – NH Flat Race (2m) No. Horse Jockey 1 Beyond The Verge Nathan Moscrop 2 Driftwood Bounty Kielan Woods 3 Gillespie Harry Cobden 4 Moonbow Henry Brooke 5 Stride On Craig Nichol 6 Conman John Patrick Wadge 7 Crossgales King Jonathan Burke 8 Dysart Dolomite Mr Patrick Mullins 9 Kalkbrenner Ben Jones 10 Spreadsheet Guru Danny McMenamin 11 Sutherland Nico De Boinville 12 Bay Empress Bruce Lynn 13 Moira My Love Alan Doyle
