Derek Fox returns triumphantly as Inis Oirr wins the Edinburgh National for Lucinda Russell

Fox had been absent since injuring his shoulder when his mount, Clovis Boy, slipped up at Ayr on January 2. Fox missed a host of high-profile rides including Ahoy Senor at Cheltenham on Trials day. But the dual Grand National-winning jockey added another marathon contest to his collection when helping Inis Oirr justify 9-2 favouritism. Fox jumped off in front on Inis Oirr in the 3m7½f contest and stayed there to beat Enrilo by 21 lengths and end Lucinda Russell’s 29-day wait for a winner.

It was a second victory in the £100,000 feature event for Russell, who also landed the race in 2021 with subsequent Scottish Grand National winner Mighty Thunder. Available at 11-2 on Saturday morning, the five-year-old was backed into 100-30 favouritism and showed a smart turn of foot under Freddie Gingell to see off Zanndabad. It was the third time since 2017 that the 1m7½f contest had gone the way of Nicholls, who said: “That was a timely tonic after losing Hermes Allen as you can imagine. Afadil enjoyed the ground and was given a great ride by Freddie.

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