subject: History of The Grand National Meeting tickets at YoutTicketMarket [print this page] The Grand National Meeting is a famous National Hunt horse race which is held at Aintree in England. The Grand National Meeting is a handicap chase run over a distance of about 4 miles and 856 yard. (approximately 7 km), and during its running there are thirty fences to be jumped. It is presently scheduled to take place each year on a Saturday afternoon in early April.The Grand National Meeting was founded by William Philip Molyneux, 2nd Earl of Sefton, on land he owned at Aintree. There is much debate among historians regarding the first official race held and the majority of leading published historians such as John Pinfold, for example now prefer the idea that the first running was in 1836 and was won by The Duke. This same horse triumphed again in 1837, while Sir William was the winner in 1838. These races have long been disregarded because of the belief that the 1837 and 1838 runnings took place at Maghull and not Aintree. In the last twenty years, several race historians have unearthed evidence that these three races were all run over the same course at Aintree and were regarded as having been The Grand Nationals Meeting up until the mid 1860s.To date though, their calls for the Grand Nationals Meeting of 183638 to be restored to the record books have been unsuccessful. Between the 1838 and 1839 runnings three major events occurred to catapult the Liverpool race from a small local affair to a national event. The Great St Albans chase, which had clashed with the Liverpool, was not renewed after 1838, which left a major hole in the chasing calendar, The railway arrived in Liverpool, which made transportation to the course by rail a possibility for the first time and a committee was formed to better organise the Grand National Meeting event. These three factors led to a much more highly publicised race in 1839 which attracted a larger field of top quality horses and riders, greater press coverage and an increased attendance on the day. Over time the first three runnings of the event were quickly forgotten to secure the 1839 race its place in history as the first official running of the race. It was won by the aptly named horse, Lottery, ridden by Jem Mason. The race is run over two circuits of Aintree's The Grand National Meeting Course, which is triangular in shape and on which there are 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, although in recent years this severity has been much reduced due to pressure from various animal rights groups. The Grand National Meeting is the centrepiece of a three-day meeting, one of only four run at Aintree in the racing season. It is one of ten events reserved for live broadcast on UK terrestrial television under the ITC Code on Sports and Other Listed Events. It is estimated that the Grand National Meeting is watched worldwide by over 600 million viewers.
In 2006 the Grand National Meeting sponsors John Smith's Brewery launched the John Smith's People's Race which gives 10 members of the public the chance to ride in a flat race at Aintree on Grand National day. From a betting perspective, the Grand National Meeting forms the second leg of the Spring Double the first leg is the Lincoln Handicap.
A fictional account of a young girl training the winner of the Grand National Meeting by Enid Bagnold was made into a film, National Velvet, starring the young Elizabeth Taylor as the heroine, Velvet Brown. The events surrounding the 1981 National, and the winning jockey, Bob Champion, were also dramatised in the film Champions. Buy & Sell The Grand National Meeting Tickets through YourTicketMarket.com.One stop shop to catch your favourite event. Fast and Secure! For Further Contact call us on 0044(0)207494 3245
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