All Blog Posts Tagged 'steeplechasing' (2)

Deaths on the Jump Race Course

 

Herald Scotland reported today that:

 

 THE Scottish Grand National was marred yesterday by the deaths of two horses after the race, sparking calls for changes to gruelling steeplechase races and the introduction of better animal welfare.

 

At Ayr yesterday, Regal Heights and…

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Added by Barbara F. on April 17, 2011 at 12:30pm — 7 Comments

FROM ORDINARY TO EXTRAORDINARY

Every April in the UK the world stops for The Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree. It is the richest race of the year with the incredible prize money of £900.000. The winner immediately becomes front page news on every national newspaper and will still feature in quiz questions round the country twenty years afterwards!



I was brought up with the history of the Grand National and those famous Aintree fences, Beechers Brook, The Chair and The Canal Turn…..1954 The Queen’s horse…

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Added by William Micklem on April 10, 2009 at 1:00pm — 4 Comments

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