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Aintree racecourse is house of the Grand National steeplechase, one of the more famous and demanding races in the world. The Grand National is go beyond 4½ miles (7.24 kilometer), occasionally on soft ground, helping to make the competition much more demanding on stamina and bouncing. All fences club water leap tend to be covered with spruce unlike just about any training course in British National search race.

The racecourse is seven miles through the centre of Liverpool and it is located on the A59, just one mile from M57 and M58. The National program is nearly two and one fourth kilometers round whilst the Mildmay training course is mostly about one-and-a-half kilometers.

Ahead of the occasion being held at Aintree, the competition had been run in the nearby region of Maghull. Steeplechasing at Aintree had been introduced in 1839 as well as the National it self was initially run a decade later on, though flat rushing had happened indeed there for quite some time just before this. It really is seen as the most challenging of most courses to effectively full, with 16 steeplechase walls including celebrated obstacles The seat, Canal Turn and Becher's Brook.

In 1928, 42 horses started and just two finished the program. The record the many victories in Grand nationwide is held by Red Rum, which won three times when you look at the 1970s, as well as coming 2nd twice.

The track's future was indeed in question in the 1970s and early 1980s until a bargain ended up being hit, however the training course now enjoys the most recognisable events in sporting calendar.

Stewart Machin and Graham Cunningham present the three part preview into the 2012 Aintree Grand nationwide:

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