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Thunder rains down on Ayr as mighty thunders rules the day in Scottish National Andrew Nelis

  Mighty Thunder provided Scottish trainer Lucinda Russell with victory in the Coral Scottish Grand National at Ayr. Trained in Kinross by Russell and her partner Peter Scudamore, Mighty Thunder was an 8-1 chance for his latest National assignment after winning the Edinburgh National at Musselburgh and finishing second in the Midlands Grand National at Uttoxeter on his last two starts. Rounding the home turn, it looked like Sandy Thomson could saddle the first two home, with 7-1 favourite Dingo Dollar and his stablemate The Ferry Master clear at the head of affairs.                                    Andrew Nelis Racing 

Oisin murphy weighing up appeal decision Andrew Nelis Racing

Sign up to bet365. Click to View Bonus Code Details Champion jockey Oisin Murphy is weighing up whether or not to appeal against the seven-day suspension he picked up at Ayr on Monday, which rules him out of the Pertemps St Leger Festival at Doncaster. Murphy was successful aboard odds-on shot Tiritomba, but was found guilty of careless riding as he was judged by the stewards to have “allowed his mount to drift left for a considerable time without sufficient correction causing (Paul) Mulrennan (rider of Ricksen) to take a significant check and clip heels”. Murphy is currently well clear of nearest pursuer Tom Marquand is this year’s race for the jockeys’ championship Asked about the possibility of an appeal, he said: “I haven’t spoken to the PJA (Professional Jockeys Association) yet, to be honest. “I had an appeal that I didn’t win the other day from a ban at Wolverhampton, which wasn’t what I hoped for. “It’s a little bit stressful, because I hope everyone is aw...