Jumping ability no longer crucial for winning big races, as shown by I Am Maximus’s Grand National victory.

I would describe myself as an oafish, clumsy individual, but I never thought being a lummox was any good when it came to jump racing. However, at Aintree last week lummoxes were winning left, right and centre and I just wonder whether being a good jumper is much less important in the modern National Hunt world than it’s been in […]