One horse, called as an early faller in a recent Grand National, eventually finished second.

Jumping has sometimes let him down, as when he was an early faller in the Hennessy in November.

Better than she was able to show at Cheltenham last time, when almost brought down by an early faller.

He was an early faller in the Scottish National last year Surface To Air Some of us had forgotten all about this horse.

But the review group found "no clear statistical correlation between early speed and the number of early fallers".