Horse trainer Gordon Elliott has apologised “profoundly" after a photograph of him sitting on top of a dead horse was widely circulated on social media over the weekend. The Longwood, Co Meath-based trainer is also displaying a peace sign with his left hand. "Horse welfare and the care and attention to detail involved is absolutely at the core of everything we do here and both myself and all of my team pride ourselves on those standards. Tiger Roll is expected to run in the Cross-Country Chase at Cheltenham before trying for a record-equalling third Grand National triumph at Aintree on April 10. In 2007 Gordon Elliott became the youngest ever trainer to win the Aintree Grand National, with the horse Silver Birch.

Source: Irish Independent February 28, 2021 16:41 UTC