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'He's a November sale graduate and is definitely the one to beat' - Tattersalls sales manager Shirley Anderson-Jolag joins the panel

Who wins the Scottish Grand National (3.35 Ayr)?

Shirley Anderson-Jolag, Tattersalls sales manager Rock My Way is a graduate of the Tattersalls Cheltenham November Sale. He won his point-to-point at Castletown with ease back in 2022, while his recent form at the Cheltenham Festival suggests that, if his jumping is just a bit sharper, he will deliver a strong performance. He is definitely the one to watch for me.

Grant Bradbury, Ladbrokes How can you go against a trainer who only last week at Aintree had the 1,2,3,5,7 in the Grand National? Well, I'll try. Recent winners of this have tended to run off a nice racing weight and I wouldn't mind chancing the Skeltons' Sail Away to go well back at Ayr. His career best came when winning here on good ground two seasons ago. This longer trip is an unknown, but he ran last time as if he was coming to the boil. 

Olly Eden, deputy Weekender editor Dan Skelton can fend off Willie Mullins’ battalion with Sail Away, who looks vastly overpriced. He’s without a win since bolting up in a handicap chase at this meeting two years ago, but he’s 4lb lower now and last month's runner-up effort at Warwick was encouraging. The nine-year-old, who has Harry Skelton back on board, has long been considered a National type and comes alive in the spring. 

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