Celebre D'Allen health update issued after collapsing during Grand National

The connections of Grand National runner Celebre D’Allen, one of two horses who required veterinary have issued a positive update.

Celebre D’Allen, a 125-1 chance trained by Philip Hobbs and Johnson White, led the field with three fences to jump, but he was headed before the second last and pulled up on the run-in after tiring. The 13-year-old then collapsed whilst being walked in by the veterinary team on the home straight.

A Jockey Club statement said: “Following a period of assessment and treatment, which caused the sixth and seventh races of the day to be slightly delayed, he walked onto the horse ambulance which returned to the racecourse stables for him to be assessed further.”

an inquiry to consider whether he had continued to race when the horse appeared to have no more to give and was clearly losing ground after the second last fence. He was suspended for ten days.

Celebre D’Allen was kept under observation in the racecourse stables overnight and on Sunday co-trainer White was able to report a much brighter bulletin.

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“He’s had his stay at Aintree and I’ve seen videos of him this morning looking much brighter in himself and he’s been out for a pick of grass,” said White.

“The vets have seen him and he’s probably going to travel to a livery yard close to Aintree later today. It’s positive news and he’s going the right way.

“In the heat of the moment, I haven’t really spoken to the vets about what it really is, but it was probably a combination of the heat and everything. The main thing now is he’s back on the right track. It’s great for us that it looks like he’s going to be OK.”

Broadway Boy, the other horse attended to by vets, was on his way back to Nigel Twiston-Davies's stable on Sunday while jockey Tom Bellamy confirmed he had suffered a broken wrist.