Huge thanks to our readers who entered our Best Dressed Racegoer Competition for the Grand National 2020! We are now collecting entries for our Newmarket Guineas and Chester May Festival competitions. Newmarket Guineas Competition closes Saturday 2nd May, 5pm. Chester May Festival Competition closes Wednesday 6th May, 5pm. For details of how to enter –click …
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Huge thanks to our readers who have entered our Best Dressed Racegoer Competition for the Grand National 2020! Competition closes Saturday 18th April. For details of how to enter –click here. Here are some of the fabulous entries so far:
Today, it’s the Virtual Grand National. Race Fans, listen up. We need your help. Please. We all know that this pandemic is causing chaos, mayhem, and misery everywhere. Our NHS is doing an AMAZING job. And here’s our way of trying to help them out a bit, and to also say a HUGE thank you. …
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Virtual Grand National Betting Tips: The fourth ‘running’ of the Virtual Grand National will be screened by ITV1 at 5.15pm on Saturday 4th April And with the total lack of real racing currently, punters will have the chance to see what might have happened had the race actually taken place at Aintree. How do they …
Dreams come true and history is made for plenty of fairytale endings in Aintree’s Grand National: the ‘world’s greatest race’… Facts courtesy of Aintree Racecourse. Read Part 1 here. Read Part 2 here. 1977 Red Rum created history by winning the Grand National, by 25 lengths, for a record third time under Tommy Stack. His …
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Aintree’s Grand National is now the ‘world’s greatest race’? But as well as hosting a base for US troops and a motor-racing circuit, it came close to being lost forever… Facts courtesy of Aintree Racecourse. Read Part 1 here. Read Part 3 here. 1930 By an unknown sire and initially sold for a mere 20 …
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Why is the Grand National the ‘world’s greatest race’? From winning horses that played on the stage, pulled a bus and worked on a farm, to races run in blizzards and fog… these highlights from the race’s history say it all… Facts courtesy of Aintree Racecourse. Read Part 2 here. Read Part 3 here. 1829 …
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With ‘the world’s greatest race’ having to be cancelled because of the Covid-19 outbreak and social distancing guidelines, may racing fans were set to disappointed this Saturday 4th April when the race was due to be run. But ITV has now stepped in to broadcast The Virtual Grand National 2020 at the race’s scheduled start …
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Hurrah! It’s Grand National Time again! As this year it will be a Virtual Grand National we thought we would up the fun factor with our free downloadable Fun Pack including, Bingo Cards, a Fascinator, and Horse to Ride, so that you can enjoy your Virtual Grand National experience to the FULL. Use our handy …
An online sweepstake generator has been created for the Virtual Grand National which will be broadcast on ITV on Saturday, 4th April 2020 at 17:00 BST. The sweepstake has been created by Degree 53, specialists in UX, design and software development. Every year, the Grand National sweepstake is part of the office life in Britain, …
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