Grand National-winning rider Mick Fitzgerald has spoken of his sadness and of the risks involved in racing after it was revealed by the family of rider JT McNamara that the serious neck injury he suffered in a fall at the Cheltenham Festival has led to paralysis.

WHO will be able to muster the enthusiasm to change channels to look at the National on Saturday, after the intoxication of viewing the eagerly-awaited union of Charles and Camilla?