Black Apalachi out of National The Dessie Hughes trained Black Apalachi, second in the Aintree Grand National last season, has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a tendon injury. Hughes reported: “we brought him to the races and discovered some heat in his leg and when we had him scanned this morning it confirmed what I thought as he didn’t scan clean and has a torn fibre in a tendon. "He’ll have to stand in his box for a month or two and will miss the National and the rest of the season unfortunately. Hopefully we’ll see him next year."
