#Scottish Champion

Geronimo looks a good shout to win the Coral Scottish Grand National (3.35pm) at Ayr on Saturday afternoon. After last week's historic events with Tiger Roll's second victory in the Randox Health Grand National at Aintree Racecourse, Ayr hosts another of the spring's long-distance handicaps. It looks as competitive as last week's action at Aintree,…

MAJOR DUNDEE (3.35) can charge to victory for Alan King in the Scottish Grand National at Ayr. The Lanarkshire-born handler loves to target this race and the seven-year-old fits the bill perfectly. The gelding hammered the useful The Golden Rebel on his fencing bow over 2m 5f at Fakenham. The son of Scorpion then relished tackling three miles when…

A winner at Kempton first time out this season, he finished runner-up in the Elite Hurdle at Wincanton before coming home fourth of five to runaway winner Constitution Hill in the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton on Boxing Day. The evergreen 11-year-old, owned by Simon Munir and Isaac Souede, will build towards the Cheltenham Festival with a possible…

Day two of the Leopardstown Christmas Festival takes centre stage in Ireland on Tuesday and there's £10000 up for grabs in the Paddy's Pick 5 competition, which is free to enter. Below, we have shared our selections for the five races. Best of luck! DYSART DYNAMO was a smart novice hurdler last season and was still travelling well when falling…

CHRISTIAN Williams has already won his "home" Grand National in Wales and I'm backing the young Bridgend handler to add the Scottish version to his c.v with KITTY'S LIGHT in Ayr's big race at 3.35. The former Paul Nicholls jockey saddled Potters Corner to win at Chepstow in 2019 and Kitty's Light has been campaigned at the highest chasing level…

The Scottish Grand National has been delayed as a show of respect for the funeral of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, on Saturday 17 April And they're off! The Scottish Grand National is upon us. Scotland's biggest jumps meet will see up to 30 entries take on the four-mile Class 1 Grade 3 chase, which features 27 energy-sapping fences. With a…

Constitution Hill: big step up on his first run outside novice company Constitution Hill's stunning win in the Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle had many calling him the best-ever two-mile hurdler and propelled him into the ranks of the greatest based on Racing Post Ratings, which started in 1988. Here is the kind of company he's keeping…

At The Races expert Alan Thomson gives his thoughts and a big-race verdict on the Race of the Day at Ascot, an ultra-competitive handicap hurdle. The Sky Sports Racing cameras focus on Ascot's Friday slot and nine runners go to post for the Class 2 Garden For All Seasons Handicap Hurdle (3.15) over two miles. Fancied Herbiers has been declared a…

Can the Skeltons land the Scottish Champion Hurdle with West Cork? The Scottish and English Grand National meetings have flip-flopped in the calendar this season and a change in the pattern means Ayr precedes Aintree. The 30-day gap between the County Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival and Scottish Champion Hurdle in 2021 is reduced to 15 days this…

A busy week for the ITV Racing team continues with action from three meetings on Saturday, with an eight-race broadcast dominated by Lingfield's Classic Trials card. ITV4 is the place to tune in from 1.30-4.30pm, with three races from the Surrey course plus two from Ascot and three from Haydock Park. John Hill has recommendations for all eight…