AMONG recently retired National Hunt horses is Definitly Red, with trainer Brian Ellison drawing stumps on the career of Julie and Phil Martin’s Definite Article 12-year-old after the chesnut gelding was pulled up by Ryan Mania in the Grade 3 Randox Grand National at Aintree earlier this month.

Brian Hamilton, who trained Definitly Red in his younger days, marked the horse’s retirement on Twitter: “A very happy and well deserved retirement to Definitly Red, bought by @ballynoeracing as a 3yo from @GoffsUK and won his 4yo at Loughanmore it was lovely to follow his career and cheer him on so many times. Well done @BERacingLtd handling him so well & to Mr & Mrs Martin #star.”