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Grand National Meeting, Grand National Day Tickets
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Sat 4th
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Aintree, Liverpool, UK
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To buy tickets online (select number of tickets, click add to order, then complete checkout details) or call 0870 600 2526.
Aintree Grand National 2009 Tickets and hospitality are now on sale and can be purchased securely online. It is watched by 600 million people worldwide and you can sample it live in a once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Tattersalls Enclosure: The Tattersalls Enclosure facility is one of the largest and most atmospheric enclosures on a racecourse with greatly improved facilities for racegoers of all ages.
Queen Mother Stand: Situated just after the winning post offering spectacular views of the racecourse.
Princess Royal Stand: Situated just before the winning post offering racegoers a first-class facility for racing at the Grand National meeting.
Hospitality Packages (Golden Miller Restaurant, Earl of Derby Stand): Prime location the Golden Miller is located on the first floor of the Earl of Derby Stand. Offering views from its own private balconies overlooking the racecourse and Parade Ring, fully inclusive hospitality, Admission ticket/badge, Complimentary bar, Four-course Lunch, Live Entertainment, Private Tote Betting.
Private tables of 10, Smaller numbers shared tables (multiples of 2 only)
Buy Tickets Online or call 0870 600 2526.
Three Chings is the best place to buy tickets for The Grand National meeting at Aintree.
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Grand National History:
In 1839, 17 horses and their supposedly gentlemen riders lined up at Aintree for a race of "four miles across country" - the Grand Liverpool Steeplechase. The distance was actually more than that and most of the jockeys were professionals. The fences were generally small country banks with or without ditches, plus a couple of brooks and even a stone wall.
The winner was called Lottery. Some might view this as fitting, given the race's reputation in later years for shock results, though the horse was in fact the 5/1 favourite.
It was in this first running of the Grand National that one of the streams became known as Becher's Brook after Captain Martin Becher, rider of Conrad. When the horse ploughed into the sixth fence he catapaulted Becher over the top and into the brook where he sought refuge.
Captain Becher, with true Victorian panache, is reputed to have said after his experience that he had not known how "dreadful water tastes without whisky in it".
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