Is this a bridge too far for the champ?

Evidently champion jump jockey Richard Johnson has fallen out with trainer Susan Johnson, his mother - and just before Christmas, too.

Admittedly, you can't believe everything you read in a newspaper, or on a website. For instance, in 1897, it was rumoured that Mark Twain had died, prompting Twain to write, "I have heard on good authority that I was dead. The report of my death was an exaggeration."

All I can say is that Johnson has several booked rides at Bangor on Thursday, including in the race before the 3.10 and the race after the 3.10. It is the 3.10 that was the cause of the trouble.