News about James Best

Experts have raised alarm bells about a online trend that sees chiropractors 'adjusting' the backs of newborn babies - putting the infants at risk of joint, spine and tendon damage. Parents have shared clips on social media of their children, some just weeks old, on chiropractor tables as the healthcare professionals manipulate their tiny limbs, pressing on their spine, neck and shoulders. One video shows Texas chiropractor Jason Roberts briefly turning a baby upside down during a consultation.

MARCUS TOWNEND: On Saturday, several very important questions will be asked in the Midlands National, but trainer Harry Fry may have the answer with ASK ME EARLY (Uttoxeter, 3.00). This week, Cheltenham has been a struggle this week, but it will surely be a cake walk compared to this four-and-a-mile walk on heavy ground. In a race that has ripe for surprise results, don't expect many finishers. In the last ten years, only two favorites have won, and only one winner has won more than 11st.

Oisin Murphy, the three-time Champion Flat Jockey, has won Group One races in eight other nations. All the excitement and glamor will be far away on Thursday, when Murphy takes his first ride over hurdles at Wincanton. It has long been the 27-year-old's desire to try himself in the winter sport, so it makes sense that the horse he will be riding is called Let's Do This. Many will believe that no major changes will be needed, that all racing will be the same, but that could be further from the truth: Murphy, to make an analogy, is currently the cyclist in the Tour De France who is now bouncing through a forest on a mountain bike.