Fehily warns of the dangers in tinkering too much with National

The Cork-born jockey who broke his leg in last Saturday’s action-packed Grand National has described as ‘rubbish’ the suggestion the race is too dangerous.

Neptune Collonges edged out Sunnyhillboy to win the race after the closest-ever Grand National finish, but the showpiece was marred by the deaths of Gold Cup winner Synchronised and According To Pete.

Noel Fehily was on board State Of Play on Saturday but his race ended prematurely when the 12-year-old fell at the fifth fence and brought down Rare Bob and Chicago Grey.