Tidal Bay, who unseated his rider at the eighth fence in the Grand National at Aintree on Saturday, heads the weights at the five-day entry stage for the Scottish equivalent at Ayr on Saturday.
My Tent Or Yours, second in the Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham last month remains in the QTS Scottish Champion Hurdle, the main supporting race on the day.
There are set to be 58 horses in the Coral Scottish Grand National including last year’s winner Godsmejudge from the Alan King yard and four horses – Green Flag, Lie Forrit, Nuts N Bolts and Kris Kross – from Lucinda Russell’s Perthshire stables.
Others who could go to post are David Pipe’s Edmund Kean, Roalco de Farges from the Philip Hobbs stable and last year’s third Mister Marker, trained by Nicky Richards. Champion trainer Nicky Henderson has Hadrian’s Approach and Roberto Goldback in the mix.
Among the other horses remaining in the QTS Scottish Champion Hurdle are Gordon Elliot’s Flaxen Flare, last year’s winner Court Minstrel from the Evan Williams yard, and the up and coming Clever Cookie trained at Malton by Peter Niven.
