The unbeaten Scat Daddy colt has been off the track since winning the Group One Keeneland Phoenix Stakes at the Curragh in August.

Jeremiah McGrath escaped unscathed after a spectacular fall at Taunton racecourse yesterday.

His mount, the 8-15 favourite Charli Parcs, came to grief at the penultimate hurdle in the Grade Two event.

"Hopefully he'll run well and it will leave him right for Cheltenham."

The nine-year-old has been sidelined through injury.

Owned by Michael O'Leary's Gigginstown House Stud, Don Cossack held off Djakadam to win the most prestigious prize in National Hunt racing last March.

McGregor announces his intention to the "pound-for-pound number one jockey on the planet".

Patrick Duffy's charge was a 12-1 chance.

"He's a big part of the team at home and he's my man, so I'm trying to bring him along. I'm delighted for him."

The white-hot trainer enjoyed a four-timer on the Leopardstown card.

Approaching the final fence, three Gigginstown House Stud-owned runners were in a line

“Cheltenham and Aintree are hugely important milestones in the Irish sporting calendar every year.”

Graham Gibbons has voluntarily stood himself down with "immediate, indefinite effect".

"We will see how he gets on at Aintree on Saturday."

"The lads knew it was bad. It was very quiet in the jockeys' room, very subdued."

"He loved racing all the way through to the end."

A withering piece of commentary has emerged of a horse race in Sweden.

The big race of the day, the Guinness Handicap, is off at 6.50pm.

The big race of the day, the Guinness Galway Hurdle Handicap, is off at 4.45pm.

"So far we have just seen the preliminary report, but he will probably be out of action for six to eight weeks."

Tommy Lyons of the Irish Examiner gave us his tips for all today’s races.

The film captures the strong relationship between horse and human.

The rider had a fall on the gallops last week

Racing has been hit with a number of setbacks recently and the death of the young German rider is another shocking reminder of the dangers of the sport.