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The Grand National Course

30 massive fences; 4.5 miles; 40 runners


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The Grand National course is left-handed, four and a half miles long, over two circuits of the Aintree racecourse in Liverpool, has 30 steeplechase fences and 40 runners (the maximum allowed). The race is run on a Saturday every April.

The runners jump a total of 30 fences. All but two of the sixteen fences are jumped twice. The only fences that are jumped once are The Chair (fence 15) and the water jump (fence 16).

The landmark fences on the Grand National course are named. They are:
Becher's Brook: This is jumped as the sixth and twenty second fence. Becher's Brook has a nasty drop on the landing side.
Foinavon: A 4ft 6" fence which is on an angle. This is fence 7 and 13.
The Canal Turn: Fence 8 & 24 is a 5ft fence with a sharp ninety degree turn immediately after the fence.
Valentines Brook:
Fence 9 and 25 is 5ft high.
The Chair: Fence 15 is 6ft 3" with a large ditch on the take-off side. Along with Becher's Brook, this famous fence is the one the jockeys fear the most.
Water Jump: Fence 16, is small but the water itself is 10 foot wide.

It is not just the fearsome Grand National fences that have influenced the results, it is the seemingly endless 494-yard run-in from the final fence to the winning line that has turned Grand National results around since the first Grand National won by Lottery in 1839.

 

The Grand National Course

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