Horse Racing - National Hunt Courses - Stratford

The home of the most famous steeplechase in the world, the Grand National, it is seven miles from the centre of Liverpool and is located on the A59, just one mile from the M57 and M58. The course was opened in 1829, but steeplechasing did not start until 1839 and the National itself was first run 10 years later.

Characteristics

1m2f triangular course with moderate fences.
The short run in of 200yds finds out any jockey who has left it late.

Left handed
Tight
Flat

Aintree (Mildmay)
Bangor
Cartmel
Fontwell
Newton Abbott