Lee to switch to Flat

Grand National-winning rider Graham Lee is looking forward to a new career on the Flat after the shock announcement he is to switch codes.

Lee landed the world’s most famous steeplechase in 2004 on the Ginger McCain-trained Amberleigh House, and rode five Cheltenham Festival winners, including a treble in 2005 on Inglis Drever, No Refuge and Arcalis.

Lee, 36, cited weight issues as the primary reason for his decision, in that he has always found it a struggle to put on enough weight to ride over jumps.