oh no Little Josh

poor lad,really sad for the horse and all involved with him

Terrible scenes...

poor horse ,probably a family pet ,such were his performances .R I P Joshy

half race hardly a faller then it all went wrong.

to make things worse you know what the headlines will be

It looked an absolutely crunching fall, very sad.

Heartbroken for Little Josh.

Has he deffo gone? Thought she only said there's no panicwas being treated.

Looked like a very bad leg injury

Ruby chased after Little Josh

oh dear

He's gone
Rip Little Josh

Very sad news indeed.  R.I.P. old friend.

so very sad

rip.

Very sad, RIP Little Josh

ffs

RIP Little Josh

oh no RIP old boy

Also sams favourite horse I believe..

So that's 2 fatalities from 2 races over the National fences

sad to hear

With leader, led 2nd, headed 9th, with leader 2 out, led last 100yds, all out

battler, v sad

The sad irony is that they wanted to run him in the GN but he had not qualified on these new measures.

Grand National-winning trainer Twiston-Davies paid tribute to Little Josh, and did not attribute blame to the much-scrutinised fences.

He said: "He's gone out doing what he loved the most, he's jumped round those fences before and it's one of those things.

"It could happen anywhere, it could happen at home and it's not the fences - it could have happened at a park course.

"It's desperate, as he is one of Sam's favourite horses and he has been a great servant."

David Muir, equine consultant for the RSPCA, said: "I'm not here to defend the death of any horse, but I'm not going to condemn the efforts to make the course better either.

"The horse didn't appear to take off, he went through the fence, and until I see the result of the post-mortem and am in full possession of the facts, I'm not going to say what happened."