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Aintree Festival Day Three (Grand National Day)

Race 6 – The Grand National (Grade 3)

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Saturday 08 April 2017

               

a Looking towards water jump.jpg

b the GN start.jpg

 

Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

Ahead of the feature race,

the runners congregate close to the water-jump

 

08 April 2017

 

Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

The runners prepare to line up ahead of the race

 

08 April 2017

c GN start.jpg

d the chair.jpg

 

Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

Following one of the two false starts ...

 

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Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

The runners jump The Chair ... I need a better zoom!

 

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e over the water jump.jpg

f over the water again.jpg

 

Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

The leaders clear the water-jump

 

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Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

Heading away from the water-jump

 

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g one for arthur.jpg

h  the finish.jpg

 

Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

And the winner of the 2017 Grand National is ...

One For Arthur, trained by Lucinda Russell

and ridden by Derek Fox

 

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Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

One For Arthur is followed home by

Cause Of Causes, Saint Are and Blaklion

 

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i Lucinda russell.jpg

 

Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

With the runners’ welfare paramount on this warm spring day,

 the winning jockey returns without One For Arthur;

Derek Fox debriefs trainer Lucinda Russell as they walk back.

The horses are taken directly to the wash-down area.

 

08 April 2017

 

 

 

 

 

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