Organizers make changes to Grand National course after horse deaths

The fact that organizers of the Grand National, heralded as the most famous and testing steeplechase in the world, are making changes to enhance safety for the horses who compete is in itself welcome news. However, the most critical change in our opinion, the one that would have the most impact for good -- is…

BHA surprised by RSPCA Grand National attack and so are we

There are a lot of articles on this issue, but we will go with The Guardian's coverage. The British Horseracing Authority said on Wednesday it would not be drawn into "any knee-jerk reactions or decisions" following a call by the Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals for Becher's Brook, steeplechasing's most famous…

Grand National: According to Pete owner will not return

Cross-posted from BBC News The owner of a horse that was put down after falling at a fence in the Grand National at Aintree has said he will not enter horses in the race again. Peter Nelson, who lives at Helperby, near Boroughbridge, in North Yorkshire, owned According to Pete, who fell at Becher's Brook…

BHA will not be rushed into more Grand National course changes following Saturday’s fatalities

LAST UPDATED 7:38 PM Cross-posted from The Guardian Paul Bittar, the chief executive of the British Horseracing Authority, said on Sunday that racing should not rush into fresh changes to the Grand National in the aftermath of Saturday's race, in which two horses, including Synchronised, the Gold Cup winner, suffered fatal injuries. A number of…