THE anniversary of a great Welsh naturalist looms; Alfred Russel Wallace died on Nov 7, 1913. The ‘father of biogeography’, independently of Darwin, hit on the Principle of Natural Selection and discovered the ‘line’ through Southeast Asia which bears his name.

Dawn Approach has been given the option of stepping back up in trip for the Juddmonte International at York on August 21.

Monbeg Dude benefited from a brilliant Paul Carberry ride to prevent Teaforthree and Tony McCoy giving the home crowd a Welsh-trained winner in the Coral Welsh National at Chepstow.

Chepstow’s evening meeting tomorrow will need to pass an 8am precautionary inspection.

This afternoon’s meeting at Chepstow will go ahead after a dry night at the Monmouthshire venue.

Chepstow’s meeting tomorrwo is subject to an 8am inspection on raceday morning.

LE BEAU BAI provided the closest possible thing to a first home-trained winner of the Coral Welsh National since Norther in 1965.

This afternoon’s meeting at Chepstow goes ahead as scheduled after passing an 8am precautionary inspection.

Chepstow’s meeting tomorrow will need to pass a precautionary inspection at 7.30am.

Chepstow’s meeting tomorrow is subject to a 9am precautionary inspection due to the threat of frost.

Chepstow's fixture on Bank Holiday Monday is subject to a precautionary 8am inspection on Sunday morning.

Kempton clerk of the course Barney Clifford is ready to get behind Kauto Star as he bids for a remarkable fourth successive triumph in the William Hill King George VI Chase at Kempton on Saturday.

Officials at Chepstow are confident Monday’s Coral Welsh National meeting will go ahead as temperatures at the Monmouthshire venue continue to rise.

This afternoon's National Hunt meeting at Chepstow has been given the all-clear following an early-morning inspection.

Jockeys and trainers issued glowing appraisals of Ffos Las after the Welsh track staged its inaugural Flat meeting yesterday.

Weather more associated with the depths of winter tried to blight the inaugural Flat meeting at Ffos Las - but the fixture still received a universal thumbs-up from jockeys and trainers.

Today’s meeting at Chepstow has been given the go-ahead following a second inspection.

Today’s meeting at Chepstow must now pass a 10am inspection.

This afternoon’s meeting at Chepstow goes ahead as scheduled after a frost-free night at the Monmouthshire venue.

Chepstow have called a precautionary 7.30am inspection ahead of tomorrow’s meeting.

Chepstow have called a precautionary 8.00am inspection tomorrow ahead of Saturday afternoon’s meeting.

Chepstow’s meeting on Thursday has been transferred to Bath due to concerns about the ground at the Monmouthshire venue.

Ozzy Osbourne has ditched his self-destructive lifestyle in favour of working out and keeping fit.

BRITISH troops were yesterday warned they could still be in Iraq in the year 2007.

A further 35 cases of foot-and-mouth disease have been confirmed by Britain's Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.