By Marcus Townend for the Daily Mail
Published: 21:40 BST, 31 March 2019 | Updated: 21:40 BST, 31 March 2019
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Should Scottish trainer Nick Alexander win the Randox Health Grand National with Lake View Lad on Saturday, he might be tempted to paint the town red in celebration.
It will be a far more rewarding experience than the time he had to deal with the hair-raising experience of things turning orange.
Long before he concentrated on trying to find a horse good enough to contest the £1million Aintree spectacular, Alexander was the finance director of a small toiletries and cosmetic manufacturer in Glenrothes, Fife.
Nick Alexander's Lake View Lad is a leading hope for Britain against the might of the Irish
He recalled: ‘There was one case of a batch of hair gel which ended up in the south side of Dublin being sold through cash and carries and local convenience stores. One morning we got a complaint from someone who had used it saying that their hair had turned orange. By lunchtime five people had complained to say the same thing.
‘At that point, we realised we must have got the potion wrong. Fortunately, I was nothing to do with the mixing up of it all but I was left to handle all the calls and, rather insultingly, we sent them a
