The flat season has come to an end, as we move back over to the jumps scene within the winter period. It means wrapping up warm when traveling to the racing with the likely cold temperatures about. There is set to be some fantastic national hunt action in the coming months, so here we cover…
Grand National
Grand National Handicap Compressing And How This Has Affected The Success of Higher Rated Horses in Recent Years
The Grand National is the premier race on the jump racing calendar that has continued to gather huge interest year in year out. With the race offering a prize fund of £1 million, it now means it is the most valuable jump race in Europe, and is targeted by many connections of top staying chasers….
Top Fashion Tips Ahead of Aintree’s Grand National Meeting
Source: Aintree Racecourse via Facebook. The Cheltenham Festival is over for another year and attention now turns to April’s Grand National meeting at Aintree. Every year, racing fans and fashion gurus flock to Liverpool for three days of exciting racing and fabulous frocks. Some of the classiest racehorses in the business, including Vieux Lion Rouge, currently…
How To Prepare A Horse For The Grand National
The Grand National is one of the most unique events anywhere in the world of sport. The horse racing contest takes place over a distance of 4m4f, and is the longest National Hunt race to take place in the UK. Furthermore, instead of using the standard fences you will be familiar with seeing in jumps action,…
It’s Here! The Grand National April 3-5, 2014
It’s back again! Steeplechases and sundresses, oh and the BIGGER the hat the better! Derby season is here, and we can’t get enough. Whether you are in the UK or the US, you have to follow one of the most prominent events in racing history…The British Equestrian Spectacular event Grand National at Aintree Racecourse: the most…
Upcoming Event: John Smith’s Grand National at Aintree April 4-6th
There’s never too many steeplechases to attend. Joys of dressing up in springtime sundresses, frolicking in fancy hats, and cheersin’ the mint juleps is the best way of spending a weekend away from your usual nine-to-five job. The British Equestrian Spectacular event Grand National at Aintree Racecourse attracts over 154,000 racegoers for three days like no other,…
