On bare form it wouldn't be unreasonable to suggest that David Pipe's 2008 John Smith's Grand National winner Comply Or Die is not the force of old and has a mountain to climb if he is to come to close…

Former leading jumps owner Harry Findlay has sold his interest in the strongly fancied John Smith's Grand National contender Big Fella Thanks, in doing so hastening his exit from the sport.

Of all the novice hurdle events that take place at the Cheltenham Festival, no race looks as competitive as the Neptune Investment Management Hurdle.

It was very much an up-and-down day for popular northern jockey Brian Harding at Kelso on Saturday, Nicky Richards' rider tasting glory on Grand National hope Skippers Brig before taking a tumble an hour later and sustaining a fractured low…

Ruby Walsh, stable jockey to champion trainer Paul Nicholls, looks all but certain to return to race riding at Newbury on Friday.