The Grand National Horse Race is the most prestigious National Hunt horse race in the world and is seen even by those people who do not follow horse racing at other times of the year. It is also campaigned against heavily by animal rights groups due to the large number of injuries that the animals [...]
The Grand National Horse Race is the most prestigious National Hunt horse race in the world and is seen even by those people who do not follow horse racing at other times of the year. It is also campaigned against heavily by animal rights groups due to the large number of injuries that the animals sustain during this race.
The race is restricted to horses older than six years and has a distance of four miles and 4 furlongs. It is run at Aintree Racecourse, which is just outside Liverpool, in April, and has a total of thirty fences that need to be jumped. This race is one of the ten events that are broadcast live on UK television, and is watched by over six hundred million viewers over the world.
The first race was held in 1836 and was won by The Duke. The same horse won again in the following year as well. However, the first three races, from 1836 till 1939 are often not regarded as Grand National races since they did not take place at Aintree. The first Grand National at Aintree was held in 1839 and was won by a horse named Lottery.
The most famous horse in the history of the race is Red Rum who won three times; in 1973, 1974 and 1977, and came second twice; in 1975 and 1976. A total of twelve mares have won the race, namely Mowbray, Anatis, Jealousy, Emblem, Emblematic, Casse Tete, Empress, Zoedone, Frigate, Shannon Lass, Sheila’s Cottage and Nickel Coin.
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