The famous fences of the grand national race course
The grand national is ran every year at Aintree, England. The fences there are renouned for their deathly height. All fences bar the water jump are covered with spruce unlike any other course in British national hunt racing. Four other races take place over the grand national fences. These are the Topham Chase (formerly known as the John Hughes Trophy Chase) and the Fox Hunters’ Chase at the Grand National meeting and the Grand Sefton Handicap Chase and Becher Handicap Chase in the November meeting. Most jockeys regard the national as one of the most gruelling races in the UK today.