Last year’s winner Macdermott suffers fatal injuryRace won for Willie Mullins by stablemate Captain Cody
Last year’s winner, Macdermott, was one of two fatalities in the Scottish Grand National at Ayr, casting a shadow over the triumph of his stablemate Captain Cody.
Sent off at 16-1 in his bid to repeat his win of 12 months ago, the Willie Mullins-trained Macdermott was once again ridden by Danny Mullins, but was pulled up sharply before the 10th fence. In what was an incident-packed race with only eight finishers from 23 runners, Nigel Twiston‑Davies’s The Kniphand fell at the second-last and like Macdermott suffered a fatal injury.
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