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The 2023 Grand National (officially known as the Randox 2023 Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 175th annual running of the Grand National horse race. It took place on Saturday 15 April 2023, at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England. [1] The event was sponsored by Randox Health with Natasha Jonas acting as ambassador. [2]
Fairyhouse Racecourse is a horse racing venue in Ireland.It is situated in the parish of Ratoath in County Meath, on the R155 regional road, 3 kilometres (2 mi) off the N3.It hosted its first race in 1848 and since 1870 has been the home of the Irish Grand National steeplechase.
It has had various sponsors since 1993, and the latest of these, Pertemps, began supporting the race in 2002. The Pertemps Network Final is served by a series of qualifier races which take place during the preceding five months. A horse has to be placed in the first four in a qualifier race to be eligible to run in the Final.
The most valuable flat race to be run there annually is the Ulster Derby. Racing has been taking place on the current course, at Maze near Lisburn, since the early 18th Century on land donated by Arthur Hill, 1st Marquess of Downshire, but the history of Down Royal goes further back to 1685 when King James II issued a Royal Charter and formed ...
The Pattern underwent further revisions in the 1980s and was subject to a major change in 1989 when the Jockey Club, the governing body of British horseracing at the time, overhauled the Pattern to create a mid-season and season-ending Grade 1 race in each of twelve categories, with lead-up Grade 2 races and a set of 14 major handicaps of Grade ...
A list of notable flat horse races which take place annually in Ireland, under the authority of Horse Racing Ireland, including all conditions races which currently hold Group 1, 2 or 3 status in the European Pattern. The distances of the races are expressed in miles, furlongs and yards.
In Ireland, they were in the hunt for some of it, even through Steve's struggles in the Riverdance Roadblock. But getting lost to the stadium was what did them in, making them the last team ...
After the race, Hanlon said: "This horse is a legend and is starting to get a huge following". [4] The eight-year-old's first race of 2023 was the Cheltenham Gold Cup at the Cheltenham Festival in March. He started at 40/1 in a field of thirteen, again ridden by Gainford, and fell at the second last fence when racing in second position.