Just a heads up.
79 horses are listed on the Racing Post card for the race.
Surely all of them can’t possibly start, can they? Isn’t the field limited to 40? So how do they decide on who makes the field? Drvm?
Thanks for the heads up! I will put this on my calendar.
You’re right, 40-horse field; declarations will be made 48 hours before the race. The 40 will be “selected,” but by whom, and how, I haven’t been able to find out.
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/racing/0/…s-latest-odds/
According to Wikipedia (yeah, yeah, I know ;)), “An estimated 500 to 600 million people watch the Grand National in over 140 countries.”
We must be #141. 
They did show it one year here, IIRC. Why not now?
The top 40 weighted horses in the handicap get to run. Here are the 40 runners with 4 AEs.
Bottom weight is currently 10-6 (146lbs).
https://www.racingpost.com/racecards/32/aintree/2017-04-08/667345
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According to Wikipedia (yeah, yeah, I know ;)), “An estimated 500 to 600 million people watch the Grand National in over 140 countries.”
We must be #141. They did show it one year here, IIRC. Why not now? [/QUOTE]
Many years ago I remember watching the Grand National on T.V. The broadcast profiled a horse named Dark Ivy. A lovely grey horse… They showed his owners who loved him, him in his stall, being groomed, being prepared for the big day etc…etc… Then he promptly went out and broke his neck in the race. It wasn’t the feel good story they were hoping for.
I think that it’s such a tough race to watch that television networks here won’t touch it with a ten foot pole. That and jump racing has never really caught on in the U.S.
A replay can usually be found on you tube, though the video quality varies.
Go to www.jockeyclub.co.uk/video for all the Aintree races uploaded 20 minutes after they are run. I discovered this last year and love it.
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Nice! Thank you.
It was won by One For Arthur, a grandson on top of Sadler’s Wells; second was a US bred horse, Cause of Causes by Dynaformer. For chasers, they are both relatively young; One For Arthur is 8, and Cause of Causes is 9.
Lucinda Russell becomes the third woman to train a National winner.
Thank you for the race replay! I never watch it live anymore. Some of the riderless horses hang on forever, isn’t there some way to have outriders to pull them up?
