Northern Ireland-based trainer Stuart Crawford is putting the final touches to the preparation of Grand National 2011 hopeful Killyglen and has made it clear to all who care to listen that his charge's hopes rest primarily on the weather being…

A horse of whom little has been heard in the build-up to this weekend's John Smith's Grand National at Aintree is the Martin Todhunter-trained That's Rhythm, a horse who has the right sort of profile to stand him in good…

Scottish trainer Andrew Parker is desperate for his talented staying chaser to get a run in next week's John Smith's Grand National at Aintree on April 9 but knows it is 'touch and go' as to whether or not his…

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.