JP McManus’ racing manager Frank Berry insists there is no rush for Tony McCoy to decide which of the owner’s four entries he will ride in the John Smith’s Grand National on Saturday.

PAULINE CURLEY was in an amusement park in Torremolinos with her husband, Adrian, and son, Emmett — just 24 hours into their Spanish holiday — when she got news of her Olympic selection.

Nicky Henderson is mulling plans for Amaretto Rose after the mare was pulled up on her seasonal bow at Wincanton.

Sublimity and Philip Carberry landed odds of 16-1 in a thrilling renewal of the Smurfit Kappa Champion Hurdle, the feature race on the opening day of the 2007 Cheltenham Festival.