Neptune Collonges will be trying to carry top weight to glory in the Coral Scottish Grand National at Ayr on Saturday after the final field for the race was confirmed on Thursday.
Paul Nicholls’ Grade One-winning ten-year-old will be partnered by champion jockey Tony McCoy and he will be forced to concede over a stone to the whole field after Tidal Bay was withdrawn from the race.
Ante post favourite Chicao Grey will race off 10st 9lb after his success at last month’s Cheltenham Festival, while Blazing Bailey, Ouzbeck, Beshabar, Minella Four Star, The Minack and Fair Along are the only other horses that will race from within the handicap.
John Wade’s improving Always Right will be looking to build on his success in the Grimthorpe Chase while last year’s winner Merigo and 2008 hero Iris De Balme will also contest the four-mile war.
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4m1f, Ayr, This Saturday
9/2 Chicago Grey, 6 Beshebar, 8 The Minack, 8 Always Right, 9 Minella Four Star, 12 Blazing Bailey, 12 Be There In Five, 12 Merigo, 14 Balthazar King, 14 Poker De Sivola, 16 Gone To Lunch, 20 Neptune Collonges, 20 Ouzbeck,20 Fair Along, 20 West End Rocker, 20 Bai Zhu, 20 Neptune Equester, 25 bar (1/4 odds 1,2,3,4)
2011 Scottish Grand National field
1 14/B018 Neptune Collonges (FR) 11-12 P F Nicholls A P McCoy
2 13-6119 Blazing Bailey 10-11 A King R Thornton
3 11F251 Chicago Grey (IRE) 10-9 t G Elliott P Carberry
4 1-71398 Ouzbeck (FR) 10-5 Miss E C Lavelle Jack Doyle
5 411-U12 Beshabar (IRE) 310-4 Tim Vaughan R Johnson
6 2-F42P1 Minella Four Star (IRE) 10-2 D Pipe Conor O'farrell (5)
7 117-113 The Minack (IRE) 10-1 P F Nicholls R Walsh
8 70-1934 Fair Along (GER) 10-1 p P J Hobbs R P Flint
9 91059F That's Rhythm (FR) 10-0 v M Todhunter C I Gillies
10 0/11-211 Always Right (IRE) 10-0 J Wade J Reveley
11 1-32513 Be There In Five (IRE) 10-0 N J Henderson Felix De Giles
12 511P-76 Poker De Sivola (FR) 10-0 Ferdy Murphy G Lee
13 0-F810U Gansey (IRE) 10-0 Mrs S J Smith P Buchanan
14 6/454-P6 Roll Along (IRE) 10-0 N A Twiston-Davies S Twiston-Davies
15 952-116 Gone To Lunch (IRE) 10-0 p J Scott Nick Scholfield
16 844522 Ballyfitz 10-0 N A Twiston-Davies David England
17 D61-8F8 Merigo (FR) 10-0 A Parker T J Murphy
18 P23221 Regal Heights (IRE) 10-0 T R George A Coleman
19 222216 Fredo (IRE) 10-0 p Ian Williams Mr R Mahon (5)
20 13-24U2 Heez A Steel (IRE) 10-0 G A Charlton Alistair Findlay (7)
21 314/50P- Iris De Balme (FR) 10-0 t Miss J S Davis Charlie Huxley (3)
22 11F423 Neptune Equester 10-0 B Ellison Paul Gallagher (5)
23 UP-8P52 Lothian Falcon 10-0 P Maddison Peter Carberry (7)
24 1P3P77 No Panic (IRE) 10-0 p P Bowen T J O'Brien
25 16U6P1 Cold Mountain (IRE)10-0 J W Mullins F Keniry
26 PP7-331 Morgan Be 10-0 Mrs K Walton R McGrath
27 472241 Long Strand (IRE) 10-0 C F Swan D J Casey
28 411131 Bellflower Boy (IRE) 10-0 pt Dr R D P Newland Henry Brooke (7)
29 323F32 Silent Cliche (IRE) 10-0 b J Howard Johnson B Hughes
30 FP/46P-3 Hot 'n' Holy 10-0 D Thompson Mr G R Smith (7)
