FORGET the history-making heavies, the marvellous middles and the lightning lights – boxing’s traditional weight divisions are facing meltdown at the hands of a new phenomenon designed to meet the credit crunch head-on.

FORMER champion jumps trainer David Nicholson, who died in August, will be remembered in the Stud And Stable Staff Awards.

CONNECTIONS of Royal Shakespeare and Monkerhostin will share the £200,000 top prize for the British Horseracing Board Order Of Merit after deciding against a Saturday showdown.

Jockeys in the UK are set to have more scope for sponsorship with the removal of the owners’ veto in the near future.

Best Mate took top honours at the inaugural British Horseracing Board Jumps Racing Awards in London today.