Gazing at the grey skies above her stables at West Lockinge Farm near Wantage, Henrietta Knight exuded a sense of relief that rain is in the offing.

THE Martell Grand National could literally be a race in a million in less than five years’ time.

Native Upmanship is not going to make the long journey to Japan for the Nakayama Grand Jump next month following a hard race at Cheltenham.

See More Business is likely to run again this season despite not appearing among the entries for the Tote Gold Trophy.

Heavy rain has caused ground conditions to change at Aintree and led to mass withdrawals on the second day of the Martell Grand National meeting.