16/1+ Scottish National winner

We target a big price in the showpiece at Ayr

The Coral Scottish Grand National lines up at Ayr racecourse on Saturday at 3.55pm, with a bumper 30-runner field expected to battle it out over the gruelling three miles seven furlongs trip. Not only do we sponsor the highlight of the Scottish racing season, we also aim to nudge you in the direction of a big price winner.

Our racing team have picked through the runners and riders, and return with four selections from the race that should give you a serious run for your money at chunky odds. If you’re going to solve this race, you deserve to be well paid for your efforts.

Sugar Baron @ 16/1

Nicky Henderson has three in the race, including antepost favourite Premier Bond, but we believe his six-year-old gelding Sugar Baron looks better placed to pull-off an upset. He finished sixth in the Kim Muir Challenge Cup at the Cheltenham Festival last time out, but deserves more credit than the bare result suggests. Encountering his fair share of trouble in the early part of the race, he rallied to pick off the stragglers at the business end, and caught the eye in doing so.

Has a couple of things going in his favour here, including trip and ground. A few question marks hanging over his head, but that has been factored into the price, and he looks well worth the benefit of the doubt at the current odds. One to keep close if at his best.

Trustan Times @ 16/1

Looks to be on his way back to form since teaming up with trainer Mark Walford, and goes to Ayr on the back of an encouraging win last time out around Kelso. That was a welcome, if unexpected, return to the winner’s enclosure for an 11-year-old who hadn’t done anything of note for a long time.

Has been hampered with injury, but boasts all-important race form, finishing third in the Scottish National back in 2014. He is a lot better treated here than when giving that effort, and if Trustan Times is over the worst of his problems – and that win at Kelso suggests that he is – we could be on for a great story here.