Tag Archive for: Grand National

Grand National Jockeys Trophy Auctioned

The Grand National trophy awarded to jockey Bob Lyall for his 1931 National win ‘Grakle’ will be sold at Auction today. The Trophy is coming up for sale at Rowley’s Fine Art Auctioneers at Newmarket and is expected to fetch more than £1,000. The…

When The Grand National Went To War

During the Second World War, or at least from 1941 onwards racing was abandoned at Aintree. However, during the First World War the Aintree Grand National was held in Liverpool in 1915 but then moved to the now defunct Gatwick until 1919.…

2011 Grand National Wallpaper

The 2011 Grand National wallpaper features A.P. McCoy falling from a horse at Bangor. To set the wallpaper as your new desktop background picture just click on the button below. A larger version will then load in a new window. Right click…
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Fred Rimell

Fred Rimell is one of steeplechasing’s all time greats, having won four jump jockey’s championships and trained four National winners – E.S.B. (1956), Nicolaus Silver (1961), Gay Trip (1970) and Rag Trade (1976). The first time he entered…

Irish Trained Winners Of The National

In recent years the Irish have had incredible success at the Aintree Grand National but it's association and links go much deeper than that. In fact it was two Irish fox-hunting gentlemen Edmund Bake and Cornelius O’Callaghan who coined the…
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Fred Winter

Fred Winter is the only person to have won the Grand National twice as both jockey and trainer and also the only man to have both ridden and trained winners of the Grand National, the Champion Hurdle and the Cheltenham Gold Cup. Born in September…

2009 Grand National Wallpaper

Grab the free 2009 Grand National wallpaper! To set the wallpaper as your new desktop backround picture just click on the one of the pictures below. A larger version will then load in a new window. Right click on the new larger image and…

2008 Grand National Wallpaper

Here is the Grand National wallpaper for the 2008 race. You are free to download, distribute and do whatever you like with the image! To set the wallpaper as your new desktop backround picture just click on the one of the pictures below.…
Statue of Red Rum at Aintree
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Red Rum – National Legend

In the history of horse racing, few horses have captured the affection of the British public like Red Rum. The spirited horse rose from an early life of anonymity to become the only three-time Grand National winner. Today, three decades after…