We often take major sporting events for granted without ever realising how they came to be and the Grand National is no different. Our yearly fix of the world’s greatest steeple chase, the Aintree Grand National, is all down to a man called William Lynn, a Liverpool inn-keeper, who dreamed of having an event to [...]
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The Origins Of The Grand National
March 10th, 2010Paddy Brennan Champion Jockey
January 14th, 2010Born in County Galway in May 1981, Paddy Brennan wants more than anything to be a champion jockey. Even more than that he wants to win the Grand National, though, according to him, only after Richard Johnson ‘Who deserves it more than anyone else.’ Given that he is one of Ireland’s brightest jockey prospects for [...]
The Comply Or Die Story
November 8th, 2009Comply or Die, trained by David Pipe, the son Martin Pipe CBE; fifteen times champion National Hunt trainer, and the most successful racehorse trainer in the United Kingdom; made his racecourse debut in a novices hurdle at Taunton, in October 2003. He showed potential and was quickly moved up the gradings, and in March 2005 [...]
