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The Grand National is a National Hunt horse race which is held annually at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England. It is a handicap steeplechase over 30 fences and a distance of approximately 4 miles 3½ furlongs.
The Grand National is a National Hunt horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse in Aintree, Merseyside, England. First run in 1839 , it is a handicap steeplechase over an official distance of about 4 miles and 2½ furlongs (4 miles 514 yards (6.907 km)), with horses jumping 30 fences over two laps. [ 1 ]
The animal welfare charity League Against Cruel Sports counts the number of horse deaths at 40 over the three-day meet from the year 2000 to 2013. [9] The following list details the equine fatalities during, or as a direct result of participating in, the Grand National, that is, the showpiece steeplechase itself rather than all the various races held over the entire three-day "Grand National ...
A list of horses which have achieved a first-four placing in the Grand National on more than one occasion. Shading indicates a horse placed in an unofficial 1830s precursor or a wartime substitute race.
The 2023 Grand National (officially known as the Randox 2023 Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 175th annual running of the Grand National horse race. It took place on Saturday 15 April 2023, at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England. [1] The event was sponsored by Randox Health with Natasha Jonas acting as ambassador. [2]
The 2022 Grand National (officially known as the 2022 Randox Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 174th annual running of the Grand National horse race. It took place on Saturday, 9 April 2022, at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England. [1] The event was sponsored by Randox Health. [2]
The 2021 Grand National (officially known as the Randox 2021 Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 173rd annual running of the Grand National horse race, held at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England, [1] on 10 April 2021.
The 2025 Grand National (officially known as the Randox 2025 Grand National for sponsorship reasons) will be the 177th annual running of the Grand National horse race. It will take place on Saturday 5 April 2025, at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England. The event is sponsored by Randox Health. From an initial 90 entries, a maximum of 34 ...