WE need many things in racing and new initiatives are always welcome but one thing we do not need is a consolation Grand National.
The whole point of tightening up the qualifications over the big fences was to keep the lesser horses out. Why allow 40 inferior horses to jump around the course, would that not be asking for trouble and seeking the unwelcome welfare spotlight again?


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