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The Aintree Grand National is a notoriously difficult race and one of the toughest held anywhere in the world which is, ironically, one the things that makes it most exciting
What starts out as a list of about 150 horses slowly gets whittled down over a period of about three months so that only 40 worthy contenders remain It is these wonderful horses that slog it out over more than four miles of Aintree racetrack in a bid to earn one of the most coveted sporting titles – The Grand National Winner...
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