Horse Racing

Two horses died in the Scottish Grand National on Saturday, again bringing an unwanted spotlight on jump racing.

Two horses died in the Scottish Grand National on Saturday, again bringing an unwanted spotlight on jump racing.

Grand National runner Celebre d’Allen died from a respiratory infection which developed after his collapse in the race.

Grand National runner Celebre d’Allen died from a respiratory infection which developed after his collapse in the race.

A severe respiratory infection is likely to have contributed to the death of Grand National runner Celebre d’Allen, according to the findings of the post-mortem released Thursday. The post-mortem also acknowledged that the 13-year-old horse’s immune system was “severely compromised” after running the gruelling jumps race on Saturday. Celebre d’Allen, a 125-1 shot for the National, was pulled up by jockey Micheal Nolan after the last of the 30 fences.

Grand National runner Celebre D'Allen dies from an infection that developed post-race, a post-mortem determines.

Burnham Square chased down East Avenue from the back of the pack and won by a nose in the storm-delayed $1.25 million Blue Grass at Keeneland on Tuesday, taking over the qualifying points lead for next month's Kentucky Derby in the process. The 101st running of the Blue Grass was postponed from Saturday because of heavy rain and deadly flooding in Kentucky. Burnham Square, ridden by 2024 Derby winner Brian Hernandez Jr. (Mystic Dan), covered the 1 1/8 miles in 1:51.33 and paid $10.48, $5.18 and $3.34 at 4-1 odds.

Veteran jockey Luis Saez, who earned his second Belmont Stakes victory in June aboard Dornoch, is in stable condition at a hospital after falling from his mount at Keeneland on Tuesday. The multiple graded stakes winner was injured after falling from Fateful Lightning in the second race on Keeneland's turf course. Saez lay on the track for several minutes before being placed on a board and into an ambulance.

Grand National runner Celebre d'Allen dies aged 13 following his collapse at Aintree's final fence on Saturday.

Grand National horse Celebre d’Allen has died days after collapsing on the racecourse.

Grand National horse Celebre d’Allen has died days after collapsing on the racecourse.

A horse that collapsed on the racecourse after running in the Grand National has died, the British Horseracing Authority confirmed on Tuesday. Celebre D’Allen — a 125-1 outsider in the storied British jumps race on Saturday — was pulled up in the latter stages before collapsing. The 13-year-old horse was moved on Sunday to a nearby stud connected to his owner after showing an improvement in his condition, the BHA said in a statement, but died on Monday.

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Broadway Boy, who suffered a heavy fall while leading the Grand National on Saturday, is “stiff and sore” but “travelling home”, his connections have announced.

Broadway Boy, who suffered a heavy fall while leading the Grand National on Saturday, is “stiff and sore” but “travelling home”, his connections have announced.

Nick Rockett won the 2025 Grand National at the head one-two-three for trainer Willie Mullins, whose son, Patrick, was on board the winner.

Nick Rockett won the 2025 Grand National at the head one-two-three for trainer Willie Mullins, whose son, Patrick, was on board the winner.

Broadway Boy is to return home after suffering a heavy fall in the Grand National.

The Michael McCarthy-trained horse gets caught up behind a tiring Westwood before rallying to win the race by three-quarters of a length over Baeza.

Journalism won the $500,000 Santa Anita Derby by three-quarters of a length Saturday to confirm his status as the Kentucky Derby favorite, with trainer Bob Baffert’s duo finishing fourth and fifth in the West Coast’s major prep. Baffert fared better on the East Coast, with Rodriguez leading all the way to win the $750,000 Wood Memorial by 3 1/2 lengths, earning enough points to move into the 20-horse field for the Kentucky Derby. Journalism stamped himself as the favorite for the 151st running of the Derby on May 3.

Willie Mullins sent out an unprecedented one-two–three in the 177th Randox Grand National at Aintree yesterday but the Irish trainer was cheering on one horse from the last, the 33-1 winner Nick Rockett, ridden by his son Patrick, the only amateur taking on 33 professionals in the marathon steeplechase.

Willie Mullins sent out an unprecedented one-two–three in the 177th Randox Grand National at Aintree yesterday but the Irish trainer was cheering on one horse from the last, the 33-1 winner Nick Rockett, ridden by his son Patrick, the only amateur taking on 33 professionals in the marathon steeplechase.

Jockey Patrick Mullins wins the Grand National on Nick Rockett at Aintree as his trainer father Willie Mullins sweeps the first three places.

He was the Grand National’s sneezy rider who briefly had a sniff of glory – while nursing an unfortunate allergy to horses.

He was the Grand National’s sneezy rider who briefly had a sniff of glory – while nursing an unfortunate allergy to horses.

Last updated at 15.21 on Saturday, April 5

Last updated at 15.21 on Saturday, April 5

Runners, riders, trainers and form - all the key details you need to know for Saturday's big race at Aintree.

Pioneering female jockey Hayley Turner announces her immediate retirement from racing as she reveals that she is pregnant.

It was a great day for the Mullins family in the Grand National. Ridden by amateur jockey Patrick Mullins and trained by his father Willie Mullins, Nick Rockett — a 33-1 shot — won the storied British horse race in front of about 70,000 racegoers at Aintree Racecourse on Saturday. For Willie Mullins, it was a 1-2-3 in the grueling steeplechase.

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Grand National 2025 LIVE Grand National 2025 runners, riders

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Last updated at 7.07am on Saturday, April 5

Last updated at 7.07am on Saturday, April 5

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Grand National 2025 LIVE

It is 40 years since jockey Hywel Davies cajoled the owner of Last Suspect to run in the 1985 Grand National and then pulled off an astonishing 50-1 win – and all this after he had “died” seven times in an ambulance after a fall three years earlier.

It is 40 years since jockey Hywel Davies cajoled the owner of Last Suspect to run in the 1985 Grand National and then pulled off an astonishing 50-1 win – and all this after he had “died” seven times in an ambulance after a fall three years earlier.

Journalism is the early favorite to win the Kentucky Derby, but he will face a tough test in the Santa Anita Derby against Citizen Bull and Barnes.

Last year's winner I Am Maximus heads the runners for the Grand National at Aintree on Saturday.

‘When you’re a child you dream about riding the winner of the Grand National; it’s such an iconic race, as high as you can go in racing,’ says the Irish racehorse trainer Willie Mullins. ‘I remember the first time I won it; I was on cloud nine for the entire year.’

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