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The 2024 Grand National (officially known as the Randox 2024 Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 176th annual running of the Grand National horse race.It took place on Saturday 13 April 2024, at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England. [1]
Dee Racing Syndicate 16/1 9m 21.7s 2004: Amberleigh House: 12 10-10 Graham Lee: Ginger McCain: Halewood Int. Ltd 16/1 9m 20.3s 2005: Hedgehunter: 9 11-01 Ruby Walsh: Willie Mullins: Trevor Hemmings: 7/1 F 9m 20.8s 2006: Numbersixvalverde: 10 10-08 Niall Madden: Martin Brassil Bernard Carroll 11/1 9m 41.0s 2007: Silver Birch: 10 10-06 Robbie Power
The British Classics are five long-standing Group 1 horse races run during the traditional flat racing season. [1] They are restricted to three-year-old horses and traditionally represent the pinnacle of achievement for racehorses against their own age group. As such, victory in any classic marks a horse as amongst the very best of a generation.
The first was Prince Palatine in 1911, and the latest was Jan Brueghel in 2024. During the 1890s there was a 1 mile 2 furlong race open to three-year-olds and older called the Gordon Stakes that was run in late July or early August. [1] The race is currently held on the third day of the five-day Glorious Goodwood meeting.
The distances of the races are expressed in miles, furlongs and yards. In 2017 the BHA concluded a racecourse survey and remeasurement which led to some racecourses changing the exact distance of some races, or moving race start points to fit with advertised race distances. [1]
The British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to fillies and mares aged three years or older. It is run over a distance of 1 mile 3 furlongs and 211 yards (2,406 metres) as part of British Champions Day at Ascot in October.
British Champions Day is a thoroughbred horse race meeting held at Ascot Racecourse in October each year since 2011, which acts as the end of season highlight fixture of British flat racing. It is the culmination of the British Champions Series and features the finals of the five divisions of the series, together with a valuable one-mile ...
During the 2001 UK foot-and-mouth crisis the race was once again reduced to one horse and rider. [12] In 2018 the race was cancelled after the course was waterlogged, and again a single horse was led round the course. [13]