Veteran Kauto Star regained his crown as the top-rated jumps horse in the UK when he was given a rating of 180 in the Anglo-Irish jumps classifications for 2012.

The fallout from Saturday's Grand National centred on another dark day for racing's image to once-a-year punters, plus a decisive blow by Paul Nicholls in the battle for the trainers' championship, yet not enough column inches have been devoted to the winning performance put up by Neptune Collonges argues Timeform jumps handicapper Phil Turner....

British Horseracing Authority chief executive Paul Bittar says the changes made to the Grand National course and race conditions should be judged over a period of time while expressing his sympathy to connections of the two runners killed in the race on Saturday.

Neptune Collonges has given champion trainer Paul Nicholls his first Grand National in a race marred by the death of Gold Cup winner Synchronised.

Neptune Collonges won the Grand National by a nose at Aintree n Liverpool on Saturday to become the first grey to win the race since Nicolaus Silver in 1961.