Willie Mullins will send a team of six horses to the Coral Scottish National at Ayr on Saturday (
3.35
) with favourite
Chosen Witness
still on track to lead the challenge.Mullins trained the first three home in the Grand National at Aintree on Saturday, led by 33-1 shot Nick Rockett, and is hoping for a similar result in the £200,000 Scottish equivalent as he bids to defend the British trainers' championship.However, his stable jockey Paul Townend is set to miss the trip after not being booked to ride any of Mullins' 17 runners across the card.Chosen Witness, a 16-1 winner over hurdles at this meeting last season, has untapped potential over fences having unseated when taking on the likes of Better Days Ahead and Stellar Story in a Grade 2 at Navan in February. He will be ridden by Sean O'Keeffe, while Grand National-winning jockey Patrick Mullins will be aboard
Olympic Man
He will be joined by
Macdermott
(Danny Mullins), bidding to become only the second-back-to-back winner of the race this century, while Harry Cobden will have just his second ride for Mullins aboard
Captain Cody
.
Spanish Harlem
(Brian Hayes) and
Klarc Kent
(Johnny Burke) also feature.High Class Hero the 12-1 second favourite in ante-post markets, was among five Mullins-trained horses taken out of the race. Loughglynn, O'Moore Park, A Penny A Hundred and Judicieuse Allen were also not declared.
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