This year’s Grand National fell flat and the worrying drop off in TV viewing figures shows the sport has a problem

EACH and everyone of us were relieved when all 32 Grand National runners came home safe and sound last Saturday.

But the industry-wide backslapping after this year’s big race left me a little queasy and was premature in the extreme, for several reasons.

Though others would have you think otherwise, the changes to the Aintree big’un have not solved the supposed National ‘problem’ — we are always going to be reliant...