Scotland recorded its second-ever Grand National winner as One For Arthur took the 2017 showpiece in comfortable fashion.
The 14/1 shot, ridden by Derek Fox and trained by Lucinda Russell, finished ahead of Cause of Causes and third-placed Saint Are at Aintree on Saturday.
Blaklion, the favourite, had led for large parts of the world’s most famous steeplechase only to be outpaced by One For Arthur in the final straight.
Owned by friends Belinda McClung and Debs Thomson, who dub themselves ‘The Two Golf Widows’, it is only the second time a Scottish horse has won the National.
Rubstic in 1979 was previously the sole winner to hail from north of the border.
“It’s unbelievable! He’s won it so easily,” said Fox.
“The only concern I had was that he’d be too slow and get too far back.
“It’s tricky to win a National if that happens as you need more things to go your way but he jumped so well.
“After we gone one circuit, I was thinking ‘I can’t be going as well as I am’ as we were so near the leaders. He jumped all the way down the back.
“He was going so well that I thought I might take him a bit wider as he was making two or three lengths with every jump.
“As we crossed Valentine’s, I was closing and closing and thought I might be there too soon. For a brief moment, I took a small pull on him.
“He’s the gamest horse I’ve ever ridden and he galloped all the way to the line.”
For a fifth successive year, all 40 horses that took part in the race returned safe and well.