Owner Graham Wylie has confirmed John Smith’s Grand National gamble On His Own is set for an imminent return to action.

A moving forward of the start of the John Smith’s Grand National by 90 yards was one of the most significant changes announced by Aintree and the British Horseracing Authority.

Tony McCoy says he will never forget Synchronised, the Cheltenham Gold Cup winner who died in the Grand National.

The British Horseracing Authority’s review of the 2012 Grand National found the circumstances which led to the deaths of Synchronised and According To Pete could have been neither “foreseen nor prevented”.

The British Horseracing Authority’s review of the 2012 Grand National found the circumstances which led to the deaths of Synchronised and According To Pete could have been neither “foreseen nor prevented”.

Jonjo O’Neill has spoken of the sadness pervading through his stables following the death of Synchronised in the John Smith’s Grand National.

Tony McCoy admits the death of Synchronised in last week’s John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree has been hard to take for everyone connected with the horse.

Ruby Walsh, twice a winner of the Grand National but forced to miss last Saturday’s race for the second time in three years following a fall from Zarkandar in the Aintree Hurdle earlier on the card, feels the changes to the great race have gone far enough already.

British Horseracing Authority chief executive Paul Bittar has spoken of his belief that changes implemented since last year’s Grand National need time to be judged.

Synchronised, winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup, suffered a fatal injury when falling at Becher's Brook in the John Smith's Grand National at Aintree, owner JP McManus said.

Neptune Collonges gave champion trainer Paul Nicholls his first John Smith’s Grand National winner when getting up on the line to beat Sunnyhillboy in an incident-packed race at Aintree.

The catwalk queens have had their day. Today Aintree reverts to a venerable old battlefield of dreams and punting pin-stickers as experts-for-the-day have an annual flutter on the Grand National.

In the lead up to today’s Grand National much has been made of the fact that to win the race Synchronised will have to defy the weight of history.

AINTREE will make changes to three of the Grand National fences following a substantial review into the iconic race.

ANIMAL welfare groups have called for an outright ban on the Grand National following the deaths of two horses in Saturday’s race.

DENIS O’REGAN is likely to be back aboard Black Apalachi for the gelding’s third attempt at the John Smith’s Grand National.

GORDON Elliott’s 2007 Grand National hero Silver Birch will make his first start of the season in a point-to-point at Lingstown on Sunday.

Ruby Walsh will go in search of a third John Smith’s Grand National victory on board My Will, who is likely to go off favourite at Aintree today.

TONY McCoy has been confirmed as the rider of the Butler’s Cabin in Saturday’s John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree.

Tony McCoy has been confirmed as the rider of the Butler’s Cabin in Saturday’s John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree.

Alan King’s Halcon Genelardais tops 24 horses declared for Saturday’s Coral Scottish Grand National at Ayr.

David Pipe can take another step towards emulating his father’s fantastic achievements by winning the John Smith’s Grand National with Comply Or Die.

THE Grand National race meeting at Aintree is rapidly becoming the new Cheltenham for thousands of Irish punters.

Bewleys Berry enjoyed two encouraging spins around the Grand National course last season and should go well again in the Becher Chase at Aintree on Sunday.

LAST YEAR’S winner Hedgehunter heads a healthy entry of 148 for the John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree on April 8.

Paul Nicholls has a powerful 10-strong team entered in the John Smith’s Grand National as he continues his quest for his first trainers’ championship.

Clan Royal is set to continue his build-up to a third crack at the John Smith’s Grand National with a second run over hurdles later this month.

Clan Royal will be back in action over hurdles at Exeter tomorrow in his first race since his unlucky exit from the John Smith’s Grand National.

Hedgehunter had Irish eyes smiling with a superb victory in the John Smith’s Grand National at a packed-to-the-rafters Aintree today.

James Davies will be back in action at Lingfield today after recovering from a fall in the Martell Cognac Grand National at Aintree yesterday.

Champion trainer Martin Pipe today issued an updated bulletin on jockey Gerry Supple and classy chaser Iris Bleu, who both suffered injuries in last Saturday’s Martell Cognac Grand National at Aintree.

How they finished at the Grand National yesterday.