Aintree Grand national horses – BetThief.com
Well it’s that time of year again, whether you are doing a sweepstake in work, or doing a sneaky bet by yourself, with dreams of a big win, everyone is talking about the Grand National this Saturday at Aintree.
It’s the biggest race of the year, with an average 500- 600 million people watching the event each year.
The Grand National is a world-famous National Hunt horse race which is held annually at Aintree racecourse not far from Liverpool in England. The race is a handicap chase over a distance of four miles and 856 yards (7,242 m), with horses jumping thirty fences over two circuits of Aintree’s National Course. It is the most valuable National Hunt event in Britain, offering a total prize fund of ?950,000 in 2011. Even those who do not usually bet, often are inclined to give for this one.
The racecourse is triangular in shape and contains sixteen fences; all except The Chair and the Water Jump are jumped twice. Some fences are notorious for their severity, particularly Becher’s Brook and The Chair.
Here are some statistics on previous winners;
? Fastest winning time – Mr. Frisk, 8 mins 47.8 secs (1990)
? Oldest winning horse- Peter Simple aged 15 (1853)
? Youngest winning horse – Alcibiade (1865), Regal (1876), Austerlitz (1877), Empress (1880), Lutteur III (1909), all aged five
? Oldest winning jockey – Dick Saunders, aged 48 (1982)
? Youngest winning jockey – Bruce Hobbs aged 17 (1938)
? Longest odds winner – Tipperary Tim (1928), Gregalach (1929), Caughoo (1947),Foinavon (1967) Mon Mome (2009), all 100/1
? Shortest odds winner – Poethlyn (1919), 11/4
? Largest field – 66 runners (1929)
? Smallest field – 10 runners (1883)
? Most horses to finish – 23 (1984)[
? Fewest horses to finish – 2 (1928)
? Most rides in the race – 19 (Tom Olliver, 1839-1859)
? Most rides without winning – 15 (Jeff King, 1964-1980)
The field is declared 48 hours prior to the race. In all 40 Runners will line up for the race and only those at the top of the weights will make it on the 9th April 2011.
So who will you be betting on this year? Why not get a group of friends together and do a sweepstake, that way you could be in with a chance to win BIG!!
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