[Crimson Dynamo]

When people ask me what I think about the actions of the protesters who
tried to disrupt the Grand National, I’m reminded of what happened to a
horse called Brindisi Breeze.

He was the first Cheltenham Festival winner for my partner Lucinda Russell
and we were dreaming of what races he might contest.

But in a paddock for his summer holidays, he escaped by jumping a fence,
got on to a road and was killed in a collision with a lorry. Life is fragile, life is
unpredictable and it is never devoid of risk. Death is an uncomfortable fact
for all us.

My feelings for Corach Rambler are already on record. He has a special place
in my heart and I am content that the test he was set at Aintree in the Grand National was fair.

He will soon go out for his summer holiday. Hopefully he will enjoy the
sunshine on his back in his paddock, but I will still worry about him every
day.

By contrast, Saturday’s race was unbelievably smooth. Corach and his rider
Derek Fox seemed to be in their own bubble.

They got a bit of luck when a loose horse jumped across them at the Canal
Turn but Corach handled that moment.

What I can control is trying to eliminate suffering and that is the ethos I bring

to training horses such as Corach Rambler.

Plenty of advances in veterinary medicine, which benefit other equine sports

and the horse population in general, have been made because of

developments in the welfare of horses.

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