1993 Grand National that the exceptional circumstances of the 1993 National would never be repeated: "You start 7,000 races a year with flagmen and it went wrong just three times last year, but one of them was the Grand National. It won't happen again." 1993 Grand National The 1993 Grand National (officially the Martell Grand National Chase Handicap Grade 3) was scheduled on 3 April 1993 to be the 147th running of the Grand National horse race, held annually at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England. It was the first and so far only time that the steeplechase was declared void, after 30 of
Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 4000 metres steeplechase Robinson as Robinson was behind Rimmer. Orton, the gold medallist of the first steeplechase, finished fifth. The American pair both dropped out of the race. Athletics at the 1900 Summer Olympics – Men's 4000 metres steeplechase The men's 4000 metres steeplechase was a track & field athletics event at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris. It was the first time, that a steeplechase race was held at the Olympics, except for the race held one day earlier. It was held on July 16, 1900. The race was held on a track of 500 metres in circumference. Eight athletes from five