Sandown honour for Gifford

Sandown have named a race in honour of the late Josh Gifford.

The first race on bet365 Gold Cup day will be run as the bet365 Josh Gifford Juvenile Handicap Hurdle in honour of the four times champion jockey.

His son, Nick Gifford, said: “It is an honour to have a race named after my father, particularly on a day when he won the Whitbread Gold Cup in 1982 with Shady Deal.