The trainer of a Grand National racehorse has been left devastated after the injured animal had to be put down following the showpiece Aintree event on Saturday.
Discorama is the third horse to have died at this year's Aintree festival and the only reported casualty of the Grand National race itself. The horse was pulled up with an injury shortly before the 13th fence. Jockey Bryan Cooper reported that his ride was lame, before trainer Paul Nolan confirmed on social media that the injuries sustained were fatal.
Writing on Twitter, he said: "We are heartbroken to have lost Discorama today at Aintree. Bryan pulled him up due to injury. Our condolences to his owners Andrew Gemmell & Tom Friel."
