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Could we happen to see a Derby winner ten minutes after the Scottish National?
Opposites attract. They shouldn't, and it sometimes makes little sense, but they do, and the first Saturday in April is one such magical merging when Classic clues and a stamina-sapping Scottish National combine seamlessly for an unmissable day of sport.
Imagine ten minutes after the field of 24 set off for the Coral-sponsored showpiece at Ayr, you might get a glimpse of the Derby winner in the Ballysax (3.45) at Leopardstown.
Not since Harzand in 2016 has that actually happened, but last year's winner Bolshoi Ballet was sent off 11-8 favourite for Epsom, while Galileo and High Chaparral both began their Classic campaigns by winning a Ballysax.
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