I've not retired, insists trainer

Shropshire's Grand National hero Steve Brookshaw has admitted he currently has no horses in training - but insisted: "I haven't retired." Shropshire's Grand National hero Steve Brookshaw has admitted he currently has no horses in training - but insisted: "I haven't retired." The Shropshire handler, who was based at Bolas near Telford and famously sent Lord Gyllene to victory in the 1997 Aintree marathon, has relinquished his licence and vacated his yard - but has no plans to leave the sport. At the moment, he is breaking in horses for a training establishment and a stud farm and he said today: "I had to stop training because I had no horses to train. "Like everyone, else, I have been hit by the credit crunch." Read the full story in today's Shropshire Star.