Willie Mullins won the Scottish Grand National on Saturday to all but assure he becomes the first trainer based in Ireland to be crowned champion British jumps trainer in 70 years.The six-year-old novice's battling success means that barring a dramatic change of fortune Mullins will be crowned champion next Saturday when the British National Hunt season officially closes, at Sandown.
An Irish-trained horse has not won of the most coveted prizes in UK jumps racing since Queen Victoria was on the throne
Charlie Appleby was still in a highly positive frame of mind about his Godolphin yard after the Nell Gwyn Stakes defeat of Dance Sequence