What Corach Rambler’s retirement says about racing’s direction of travel
Conundrum of what is best for the sport conflicting with what is best for a horse rears its ugly head once again
April 2024
Talking Horses
This year’s Grand National looked and felt like a better race, in every way
Greg Wood
Sportblog
Vintage Grand National enough to make Willie Mullins lose his voice
I Am Maximus lands gamble for all-conquering Mullins in Grand National
Grand National 2024: I Am Maximus wins thrilling race at Aintree – as it happened
Grand National meeting 2024: Falls and finery – in pictures
‘Areas of concern’: British racing faces headwinds as Grand National looms
Talking Horses
Talking Horses: Mahler Mission best value in soft-ground Grand National
Student’s life transformed by Grand National favourite Corach Rambler
Grand National 2024: horse-by-horse guide to all the runners
Grand National 2024 quiz: can you identify the real runner from the fakes?
Talking Horses
Grand National meeting day one: trainers’ title on the line at Aintree
Talking Horses
Grand National’s heavy going likely to make ‘new’ race look like older ones
‘We won’t be there’: Animal Rising will not protest at Grand National this year
March 2024
Michelle Mone’s Monbeg Genius withdrawn from Grand National
The prospect of unwanted sideshow at next month’s Grand National has ended after Monbeg Genius, the horse owned by Doug Barrowman and Michelle Mone, was taken out of the race at the latest declaration stage
Talking Horses
Talking Horses: ban on Irish entries would be abject admission of defeat
The idea of even a partial ban on Irish-trained runners in Britain is an affront to the basic principles of competition
Grand National organisers will not seek injunction against Animal Rising
The Jockey Club has decided not to apply for an injunction to deter possible incursions on to the Aintree track by animal rights activists at next month’s Grand National.
February 2024
Michelle Mone’s Monbeg Genius still on track to line up at Grand National
Talking Horses
Michelle Mone winning the Grand National is a result racing will fear
January 2024
Talking Horses
Michelle Mone’s big Grand National hope may be prevented from running
BHA investigating status of horse Monbeg Genius after £75m of assets owned by peer and husband ‘frozen or restrained’
