THERE’S a different hue about the Coral Scottish Grand National this year. Two years ago, Willie Mullins ran six and won it with one, Macdermott, a victory that propelled the Irish champion trainer towards victory in the championship in Britain as well.

Last year, there were six Willie Mullins-trained representatives in the race again and, again, there was one Willie Mullins-trained winner, Captain Cody, and one Willie Mullins-trained second, Klarc Kent, an exacta in a race, which, once more, was a cog in a second British National Hunt trainers’ championship for Closutton.