Who are the favourites in the 2024 Scottish Grand National?
The 2024 Scottish Grand National gets underway on Saturday afternoon and here at grand-national.uk you can keep bang up-to-date with the latest Scottish Grand National runners, riders and best odds from the leading UK betting sites.
Following his excellent victory at Aintree with I Am Maximus on Saturday afternoon, Irish handler Willie Mullins has the favourite in the 2024 Scottish Grand National which takes place at Ayr this weekend.
2024 Scottish Grand National
The 2024 Scottish Grand National gets underway at 3.35pm on Saturday, 20th April and Irish trainer Willie Mullins will be eager to further cement his impressive lead in the British Trainers’ Championship by taking the prize at Ayr this weekend. With I Am Maximus triumphing in the Grand National at Aintree last weekend, Mullins is now £50,000 ahead of second-placed Dan Skelton in the battle for the championship and with £300K on the line at Ayr on Saturday, there is everything still to play for.
Surge of backing
Following Mullins’ victory at Aintree, there has been a surge of backing for leading contender Macdermott, the gelding favourite to give the trainer a National double and secure for him his first ever British trainers’ title. This runner won in comfortable fashion at Fairyhouse (12 lengths) on his most testing trip so far (3 miles) and Mullins made it clear that he wanted him to face a lengthier trip. While Macdermott is currently favourite at a best price of 6/1 to win at Ayr on Saturday afternoon, the big mover in the market has been stablemate Mr Incredible who has shortened in price from 20/1 to 8/1 despite unseating at the Chair (15th fence) in the Grand National last weekend.
Proven abilities
Joint-second favourite in the 2024 Scottish Grand National is Anglers Crag at a best price of 8/1, this contender seeing his rating rise from 106 to 134 this season. He proved his abilities over this trip when winning over four miles in his last outing and the ground at Ayr won’t be an issue given that he has triumphed on good to soft to heavy.
