Flow forced into retirement

Strong Flow, trained by Paul Nicholls, a scintillating winner of the 2003 Hennessy Gold Cup, has been retired after it was discovered he was still feeling the effects of an old injury.

The eight-year-old, owned by Barry Marshall, spent over a year on the sidelines after cracking a bone in his near-fore knee during victory in the 2003 Feltham Novices’ Chase.