O’Neill sadness at loss of Synchronised

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

The Cork-born trainer was deeply upset at the loss of this year’s Betfred Cheltenham Gold Cup winner, who fell at Becher’s Brook and carried on riderless until he fell again and broke a leg.

O’Neill, owner JP McManus and jockey Tony McCoy released a statement about their feelings a few days after the race, and now O’Neill has taken part in an interview with BBC One’s Countryfile programme, to be broadcast at 6.25 on Sunday evening.