Australians Barry Marshall and Robin Warren have won the 2005 Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their work their role how the bacterium helicobacter pylori plays a role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease.

Strong Flow, trained by Paul Nicholls, a scintillating winner of the 2003 Hennessy Gold Cup, has been retired after it was discovered he was still feeling the effects of an old injury.

Jonjo O’Neill enjoyed a welcome confidence-boost just before Aintree’s prestigious John Smith’s Grand National meeting when Schapiro landed the opening event at Newbury this afternoon.

Connections of Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup winner Strong Flow have still not completely ruled out the possibility of taking on the very best over fences this season.

Strong Flow justified all of the hype as he strode away with the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Newbury today.