Notre Pere carved out his own little piece of racing history by becoming the first Irish-trained winner of the Coral Welsh National at Chepstow.

MY period in the wilderness is rapidly coming to an end and I’m confident of a return to action at Cheltenham next Saturday.

Briareus overcame a near two-year absence to deny the Paul Nicholls-trained I’msingingtheblues in the kempton.co.uk Graduation Chase.

Nakai can build on a promising reappearance with victory in a strong renewal of the Ballymore Properties Novices’ Hurdle at Sandown.

China has learned the lessons of the Sars outbreak and pledged complete openness as it fights bird flu in its multibillion domestic poultry flock.