Grand National jockey banned after horse which had 'no more to give' collapsed at Aintree

Jockey Micheal Nolan has been handed a 10-day prohibition pursuing his thrust connected Celebre D'Allen successful the 2025 Grand National, aft the 13-year-old gelding collapsed connected the people soon aft being pulled up.

Celebre D'Allen, a 125/1 outsider trained by Philip Hobbs and Johnson White, had travelled good aboriginal connected but began to weaken noticeably successful the second stages. Despite appearing to beryllium successful trouble aft the second-last fence, Nolan continued to thrust earlier yet pulling up aft jumping the last.

Moments later, the equine collapsed connected the track, prompting contiguous veterinary attention. He was aboriginal capable to locomotion into a equine ambulance and was taken for further assessment.

A stewards' enquiry was held pursuing the race, with the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) confirming that Nolan had breached riding rules by continuing connected a equine that was intelligibly struggling.

The stewards' study stated: 'An enquiry was held to see whether Micheal Nolan, the rider of CELEBRE D'ALLEN (FR), had continued successful the contention erstwhile the equine appeared to person nary much to springiness and was intelligibly losing crushed aft the second-last fence. The rider and the Veterinary Officer were interviewed, and recordings of the incidental were viewed. The rider was suspended for 10 days.'

Further updates connected Saturday evening from The Sun's Matt Chapman revealed that Celebre D'Allen had suffered heatstroke and would stay astatine Aintree overnight for monitoring.

'Celebre d'Allen had heatstroke. Staying astatine people tonight. Should beryllium fine,' Chapman explained.

Chapman besides provided the latest connected Broadway Boy, who fell heavy astatine the 25th fence. The seven-year-old was treated connected people earlier being transported by equine ambulance.

'Vets happy. Monitoring for adjacent 24 hours. But again precise hopeful helium volition beryllium okay,' Chapman wrote, adding that connections were being cautious: 'Loath to accidental thing rather yet conscionable successful case.'

The incidents came during a historical variation of the Grand National, which saw Willie Mullins go the archetypal trainer successful the modern epoch to saddle a 1-2-3 decorativeness successful the celebrated race.

His lad Patrick Mullins rode 33/1 changeable Nick Rockett to victory, narrowly beating stablemates I Am Maximus and Grangeclare West. Meetingofthewaters (5th) and Minella Cocooner (7th) besides placed successful the apical 10.

Visibly affectional aft the race, Mullins said: 'That is the accomplishment of a lifetime. When I saw Patrick get alongside the obstruction connected the run-in, I conscionable mislaid it.'

All jockeys returned safely, and racing astatine Aintree resumed aft a abbreviated delay. The BHA confirmed some injured horses received 'immediate and extended treatment', and volition proceed to beryllium monitored.