The Latest Breaking News from Julie Harrington

Sport’s leaders fighting back on welfare and prize money fronts after falls in crowds put squeeze on before racing’s biggest day

Racing’s ruling body may lack the funding or the influence to turn good intentions into meaningful action at the Festival

Some 17,000 people in the UK are diagnosed with microscopic colitis

The symptoms of MC are often misjudged to be other bowel conditions such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease

Hill Sixteen died after falling at the first fence during the Grand National at Aintree

There are a rising number of cases in the UK.

There are a rising number of cases of microscopic colitis in the UK but a charity fears the actual number is much higher.

The British Horseracing Authority has “robustly condemned” protests by an animal rights group at the Grand National.

The 2023 Grand National was delayed by protestors with over 100 arrests made before Hill Sixteen suffered a fatal fall in the race and now the British Horseracing Authority have issued a statement