Amateur riders are able to participate in plenty of jump races but must have won at least 15 chases or hurdle races to guarantee a place in the Aintree Grand National and the other races over the Grand National fences except the Fox Hunters’ in which an amateur category B licence is sufficient. However, if […]
Long before women were permitted to become trainers, provided they had enough money, they were able to indulge their passion for the turf in ownership. Indeed, since the early years of the 20th century some of the most colourful and famous ladies of the turf have been involved with famous winners of the Grand National.
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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Lucinda Russell became only the second Scottish-based trainer to win the Grand National as One For Arthur stormed to an impressive victory at Aintree on 8th April 2017, 38 years after the success of Rubstic in 1979. Scotland’s leading trainer, who has sent out over 600 winners from her family’s Arlary House Stables near Milnafort
Trainer Gordon Elliott was overcome with emotion as Tiger Roll, ridden by Davy Russell, returned after winning his second consecutive Aintree Grand National in 2019. Elliott, in tears, reacted: “Everyone loves him. He is the people’s horse. I cannot believe it.” Tiger Roll, a nine-year-old by Authorized carrying 11st 5lb, became the first horse since
In 2011 Richard Dunwoody took EclipseMagazine.co.uk on an exclusive jump-by-jump course walk of the famous Aintree racetrack – and the course of the Grand National. You can view the video here: Karen SargeantKaren can usually be found glued to her computer or at the stables. Having edited several national magazines she co-founded Eclipse Magazine in
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Tim Molony bought Red Rum as a yearling for 400 guineas in 1966 for owner Maurice Kingsley, with the intention of winning the two-year-old seller on the Flat at Liverpool the following March. The horse duly obliged, dead-heating with Curlicue. Molony had to go to 300 guineas to buy back Red Rum at the auction which
The Grand National may seem a very macho race, and it’s certainly the most demanding of horse and rider in the entire calendar, but there is something about the drama and high emotion of Aintree which seems to draw the ladies. Indeed, for many years the course was run by one such: the remarkable Mirabel
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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Jess Glynne will be returning to Newmarket Nights on Friday 6thAugust, as part of the The Jockey Club Live concert series for 2021. With the addition of Jess to the bill, the line-up for live open-air concerts after racing at Newmarket Racecourses this Summer is now complete. Sophie Able, General Manager, Newmarket said: “We have
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