Lanarkshire Grand National winning owner admits historic win still feels surreal months on
dailyrecord.co.ukThe Lanarkshire-born winning owner of the Grand National horse, Corach Rambler, has revealed that the historic win still feels surreal to him months on.Telecoms worker Bill Wallace moved to Australia five years ago through work after spending some time in Singapore, and during lockdown to maintain contact with his Scottish roots, he purchased a racehorse.However, the Rutherglen man never thought that the horse that he purchased alongside six other part-owners at a relatively small fee of £17,000 (£3,000 for Bill) would go on to win the 2023 Grand National and multiple races at Cheltenham.The Lanarkshire Live app is available to download now.
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I got into this horse over the Covid lockdown. I wanted to buy a horse to keep in touch with Scotland.“After some research, I found Lucinda Russell’s stable, and she is the best.
I had an informal share in another horse, and then she offered me a share in Corach Rambler, and the rest is history.“We didn’t expect this amount of success at all.
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