By Rod Gilmour 1:08PM GMT 09 Feb 2012 Gifford had only recently returned home from hospital after suffering from septicaemia. His son, Nick, who took over his father's license at his Findon yard in West Sussex, confirmed the sad news. "I'm afraid he passed away in the early hours," he said. "He'd been back home for about three weeks but he took a turn for the worse yesterday evening. "By the early hours he was in a really bad way and in the end it was a heart attack." Gifford, himself an accomplished rider who was crowned champion jockey four times, will be most remembered for Aldaniti's victory at Aintree 31 years ago after his jockey Bob Champion recovered from cancer. He was also the father of event rider Tina Cook. As well as Aldanitti, Gifford trained a string of high-profile horses - notably Deep Sensation and Bradbury Star - during a career which forged over 1,500 winners. Despite his assoc