The Grand National is the most prestigious National Hunt handicap horse race in the United Kingdom and is popular amongst many people who do not watch horse racing at other times of the year. It is usually held on a Saturday in early April at the Aintree Racecourse, Liverpool.
The steeplechase is run over two circuits of the Aintree course, covering four and half miles. There are 16 fences on the track, 14 of which are jumped twice.
Some of these are renowned for their level of difficulty. The National is the centrepiece of a three-day meeting, one of four run at Aintree in the racing season.
The Grand national can be traced back as far back as 1836 running every year since, except from 1941 to 1945 where the grand national was not run because of the War. The race in 1993 was called void after some of the runners failed to return after a false start.
The 2006 grand national was won by Niall Madden on Numbersixvalverde who was trained by Martin Brassil.
The Grand National is one of ten events reserved for live broadcast on the UK terrestrial television under the ITC code on sports and other listed events.
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