2017 Grand National first time in his terrestrial television commentary career. 2017 Grand National The 2017 Grand National (officially known as the 2017 Randox Health Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 170th official running of the Grand National horse race at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England. The showpiece steeplechase over a distance of took place on 8 April 2017, the final day of a three-day meeting. A maximum field of 40 runners competed for a share of a prize fund of £1 million. Randox Health is the new sponsor of the main race and the festival itself for the next five years.
1845 Grand National with the horse and after their victory they returned home the same way with the Healing church bells sounded in their honour upon their arrival. Loft was one of nine riders making their debut in the race while Tom Olliver was taking a record seventh ride in the race. Clansman's fatal fall at the Canal Turn was the second equine fatality in the history of the race and the first for six years. 1845 Grand National The 1845 Grand Liverpool Steeplechase was the seventh annual running of a Handicap Steeple-chase, later to become known as the Grand National Steeplechase, a