• Horse racing tips: Saturday April 18
Ayr’s biggest jumping crowd of the year will be denied a chance to see Tony McCoy attempt to win the Scottish Grand National for only the second time in his career after his expected mount Benvolio was ruled out of the race on Friday morning, but in every other respect, this renewal of an event that generally features among the top 10 races of the year in terms of turnover is everything that a big betting race should be.
Three horses set off at a single-figure price for the Grand National at Aintree last week, but at the overnight stage there was not one runner in the 30-strong field for today’s race at a best price of less than 10-1. Gallant Oscar, who was bought by JP McManus earlier in the week, is too low in the weights to give McCoy an alternative booking but goes to post with a strong chance, the one doubt being that he has yet to complete a race at this sort of trip
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