Grand National-winning trainer Josh Gifford has died of a heart attack.
Gifford, who had only recently returned home from hospital after suffering from septicaemia, will forever be remembered for Aldaniti's stirring victory at Aintree in 1981 after his jockey Bob Champion recovered from cancer.
Gifford's son, Nick, who took over from his father at his Findon yard in West Sussex, confirmed the sad news.
"I'm afraid he passed away in the early hours," he said.
