A horse has died after competing in the Grand National opening day at Aintree.
Envoye Special is reported to have died after running in the 4:05pm Randox Foxhunters’ Open Hunters’ Chase for amateur riders, the only race of the day staged on the Grand National course.
He was being ridden by James King and was in the front rank early when he lost his partner at the ninth fence, the one before Becher’s Brook.
