IT used to be commonplace to see the Grand National on the front page of newspapers the world over on the Sunday after the Aintree Spectacular, but the impact of the race has gradually been eroded.

Those of us who would like to see that trend reversed, therefore, should be happy to see the recent return to the old days of global coverage, and to misquote Line of Duty’s Ted Hastings, that is down to one thing and one thing only: Rachael Blackmore.