• 1985 Grand National For Sale
• Who Won The Grand National
• Grand National Cross Country

The history of the Randox Grand National Festival can be traced back to the early 1800's.

In February 1839, Lottery became the first winner of the Grand Liverpool Steeplechase, the race that would become known as the Grand National. Horses had to jump a stone wall, cross a stretch of ploughed land and finish over two hurdles.

1. The 1967 Grand National was the scene of one the most notorious pile ups in Grand National history. Foinavon had odds of 100/1 to win the race.
2. He still remains the only horse to have won the Grand National three times. Click to play video: Grand National - Red Rum. The current course, which stages races over conventional fences and hurdles, opened in 1839. A difficult period for Aintree in the post-war years led to a sale to a property developer and concerns about the future of the.

1985 Grand National For Sale

The Aintree Grand National. On Tuesday February 26, 1839, Lottery became the first winner of The Grand National. In those days the field had to jump a stone wall (now the water jump), cross a stretch of plough land and finish over two hurdles.

Who Won The Grand National

Mr Edward William Topham, a respected handicapper, was responsible for turning the Grand National into a handicap in 1843 after it had been a weight-for-age race for the first four years. The Topham family owned substantial tracts of land around Aintree and in 1949 they bought the course outright from Lord Sefton, from whom the land had previously been leased since the racecourse’s opening in 1829.

Grand National Cross Country

Back to back winners includes Abd-El-Kader, The Colonel, and the Irish horse Reynoldstown.