LUCINDA RUSSELL dedicated One For Arthur's Grand National victory to Scotland last night and described the triumph as "dreamlike" after she became only the fourth woman to train a winner of the Aintree showpiece.

The Scottish trainer, who joined Jenny Pitman, Venetia Williams and Sue Smith as women trainers who have won the race, could not contain her glee after jockey Derek Fox gave the eight-year-old a superb ride to lift the £1m prize money.

"It means everything," said Russell, whose Arlary House stables are in Milnathort. "It's just incredible. I'm so proud of the horse. He jumped fantastic and Derek gave him a great ride. He's done us proud, he's done Scotland proud and he's done everyone at the yard proud. For a horse like that and a jockey like that what could be better?

"It's great to get these horses that finish strongly and I knew he would stay. It was a bit bold to say that, but we were right. It was funny, but everything has just gone so smoothly including winning the race. It is really dreamlike, but it's brilliant. We've got a fantastic team behind us and it's just great."

Russell revealed that Scudamore, who did not win the National as a jockey, wore his father's tie as a lucky charm. Michael Scudamore won the race on Oxo in 1959 but his son missed out despite finishing as National Hunt champion jockey on eight occasions.

"I'm delighted Scu wore his dad's tie today," added Russell. "Without him I couldn't do it."

Scudamore said: "It's very satisfying. The horse looked well in the paddock. I felt we'd done everything we possibly could to get this horse here. It's very satisfying. The horse looked well in the paddock. I felt we'd done everything we possibly could to get this horse here.

"I was worried about the ground. If you had said to me an hour before the race you can take him home now as the ground is too fast I would have put him in the lorry."