Grand National

The Grand National horse race which is the highlight of a three-day equestrian event that since 1836 (officially since 1838) held in the English Aintree near Liverpool. The Grand National is seen as the most important and prestigious steeplechase of the year, the race is world-wide by 600 million people, mainly in the Commonwealth, viewed. The race is, at the end of april of each year, and took place on the Aintree Grand National Racecourse.



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[hide] *1 the event  ==The event[ Edit] == The Grand National race is a handicap race for horses of 6 years or older. The race takes place at the Racecourse in Aintree over a length of 4 miles (7,242 km) by as much as 30 hedges where the horses have to jump over it. The race usually takes place on a Saturday in the beginning of the month of april. The number of participating horses is up to 40.
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The race is about 2 rounds, in each round are 16 hedges. Two obstacles are jumped only once ("the chair" and "the water-jump"), so a total of 30 jumps. Some jumps are legendary because there are so many horses by his cases. However, with a view to animal welfare are certain jumps reduced so that less falls will take place. ==History[ Edit] == Golden Miller.There is considerable debate about where the Grand National is really started and around what time. Officially, the first Grand National place in 1838, but from multiple sources, it becomes clear that probably the first real Grand National has occurred in 1836, so two years earlier. This race would be won by "the Duke", the same horse that would win again in 1837. However, it was years thought that the races in 1836 and 1837 took place in Maghull and not Aintree which makes some people not an official Grand National found. The data are therefore not listed in the record book.

The first three years of the first World War was at Aintree Racecourse closed, there were then alternative races at Gatwick. The first race at Gatwick was "the Racecourse Association Steeplechase" called. The other two races were called "War National Steeplechase". The races at Gatwick are not always seen as real Grand National races, but the winners mentioned in the record book.

In 1967 happened a serious accident during the Grand National. There was a large chain collision at the 23rd fence. 17 horses fall were serious. However, so far behind that the horse ran Foinavon who managed to bypass accident; Foinavon was the first horse that managed to pass through the obstacle and went on to win the race.

The most successful horse ever on the Grand National was Red Rum. He was the only horse that won the Grand National three times. He won in 1973, 1974 and 1977. In the intervening years (1976 and 1975) he placed second.

In total, won the race 12 times by a Mare. ==List of top three quotes<span class="mw-editsection" len="353" style="-webkit-user-select:none;font-size:small;margin-left:1em;line-height:1em;display:inline-block;white-space:nowrap;unicode-bidi:-webkit-isolate;font-family:sans-serif;"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">[ Edit<span class="mw-editsection-bracket" len="1" style="color:rgb(85,85,85);">] ==