Aintree Hero Bindaree Bows Out Dual National winner Bindaree has been retired shortly before his 12th birthday. Trained by Nigel Twiston-Davies, the chestnut gelding landed the Grand National in 2002, added the Welsh equivalent a year and a half later and was being prepared for a fifth consecutive tilt at the Aintree spectacular. Twiston-Davies told the Racing Post: 'Little problems with his hind leg were interfering in the run-up to this year´s Grand National and rather than struggling on, we decided to give up and retire him. 'He doesn´t owe us anything and there is no point in risking him. 'He will stay here at Naunton and, while he won´t be a hack for me, he will have a very nice retirement and will want for nothing.' A winner of nine races in his career including two Grade Twos and the Grade One Challow Novice Hurdle, Twiston-Davies owes Bindaree a special debt of gratitude as his Grand National success came at a lean time for Gloucestershire handler. He added: 'He is the horse who stopped me from retiring and none of this would be happening now if it weren´t for him. 'I never had any lows while training him - he has always run well, always been lovely and has been the figurehead of the yard.' Bindaree´s final race was last month at Aintree, when he was eighth in the totesport Becher Chase.? PA Sport
