Aintree Racecourse is situated just outside Liverpool, in the north-west of England. It is most famous for staging the Grand National, the world’s richest and most famous steeplechase. Aintree is owned and run by The Jockey Club, who own 13 other racecourses in the UK. The racecourse comprises two tracks; the Grand National course and the Mildmay course. The Mildmay course uses conventional birch…
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The Cheltenham Gold Cup is the feature race on the final day of the Cheltenham Festival The Grade 1 race is run over a distance of three miles, two and a half furlongs, with 22 fences to be jumped The richest non-handicap chase in Britain, it is often labelled the ‘Blue Riband’ of jump racing In 1819, a flat race called ‘The Cheltenham Gold…
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