Four-time Grand-national winning trainer Ginger McCain has said the Aintree course should not be made easier, even after the death of two horses during the race on Saturday. Dooneys Gate and Ornais suffered fatal falls as 14-1 Ballabriggs, who is trained by Donald McCain, Ginger's son, raced to victory.
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7-2 favourite Long Run justified his pre-race odds by winning the Cheltenham Gold Cup, becoming the youngest horse to claim the title since 1963. The win also means jockey Sam Waley-Cohen became the first amateur to win the race in 30 years.
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Champion Hurdler Binocular will not defend his title tomorrow after a failed drug test incredibly ruled him out of the Cheltenham festival.
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It is typical of AP McCoy that his response to winning the Victor Chandler Chase yesterday at Ascot for the second time was to be critical of his performance.
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Great Britain's dressage riders will today reflect upon the fact that they are world equestrian games silver medallists after finishing just behind the Netherlands at the Kentucky Horse Park in America.
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Hayley Turner has achieved a lot of firsts in her career. Apart from becoming the first female professional jockey in the United Kingdom she was also first woman to win 100 races in a calendar year.
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Oliver Townend has withdrawn his horses from Britain's reserve list for the World Equestrian Games, which start at the end of September in Kentucky, USA. The Shropshire-based Townend has decided instead to concentrate on preparing himself and his horses for next year and qualification for the London Olympics in 2012.
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It might seem like a commentator's nightmare but, at Chester races on Friday 9th July 2010, every lady rider in the Breast Cancer Care Pink Mile will be dressed in specially designed pink racing silks.
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Oliver Townend has revealed that a new, state of the art riding jacket could well have saved his life after he was knocked out cold following a horrific fall whilst competing at the Rolex Kentucky three-day event in America a fortnight ago.
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Oliver Townend sets off this week for Kentucky in search of the Holy Grail of eventing knowing that he has already won the battle against himself and a sport that was slow to welcome the son of a Yorkshire milkman into the fold.
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