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Grand National 2011

April 2012

  • Interview by Emine Saner

    The conversation
    Is horse racing too dangerous?

    Interview by Emine Saner
    Is horse racing, and especially the Grand National, in which two horses died last year, too risky? Former jockey Richard Pitman and activist Dene Stansall talk it out

November 2011

  • Grand National

    New minimum age set for Grand National runners in safety review

    Horses who run in the Grand National will have to be a minimum of seven years old as part of safety changes

October 2011

  • Horse racing stewards watch through binoculars

    Stewards are failing to punish non-triers, according to Timeform

    Timeform, the respected ratings organisation, says that non-triers are as widespread in jump racing now as they have been for a long time
  • Jason Maguire

    Sportblog
    British Horseracing Authority must take the lead in whip ban debate

    Cornelius Lysaght
    Cornelius Lysaght: Racing's rulers need to make changes in response to the public furore over use of the whip by jockeys
  • Safety measures at the Grand National

    Letters: All who love racing and horses will have been very saddened by the accidents which led to the death of Ornais and Dooney's Gate during the Grand National this year
  • Grand National

    Grand National deaths prompt RSPCA involvement in Aintree review

    The RSPCA is to take part in a review of the Grand National course in the wake of Saturday's race in which two horses were killed
  • Jason Maguire Grand National Ballabriggs

    Sportblog
    Grand National deaths press the case for horse age-limits

    Chris Cook
    Chris Cook: The appropriate reaction to events at Aintree is to see whether more can be done to protect the welfare of the participants
  • The high stakes involved in the Grand National

    Letters: Saying that safety is of paramount importance at Aintree is little consolation to the horses who died

  • Grand National: Ballabriggs

    Grand National gallops to biggest TV audience for three years

    BBC 1 race coverage pulls in 8.8 million viewers, or two thirds of the viewing public, between 4.15pm and 4.30pm. By John Plunkett
  • Peter Toole to remain in an induced coma until at least Monday

  • Becher's Brook at the 2011 Grand National

    Donald McCain hits back at Grand National critics after horse deaths

  • Horses fall at Bechers Brook

    Grand National 'on a par with bullfighting' after deaths

  • Ballabriggs Grand National Donald McCain Ginger McCain

    Donald McCain defends Aintree following deaths in the Grand National

  • Donald McCain and Ballabriggs set sights on next year's Grand National

  • Raucous Grand National celebration misses only the winner Ballabriggs

  • Tattenham Corner
    Melling Road

  • Jason Maguire celebrates victory on Ballabriggs as they cross the finish line

    Grand National 2011 – in pictures

  • Donald McCain the trainer of the Grand National winner Ballabriggs, embraces his father, Ginger

    Sportblog
    McCains make Grand National a family heirloom with Ballabriggs

    Paul Hayward at Aintree
  • The Chair

    Two horses die as gruelling Grand National takes its toll at Aintree

  • Ballabriggs

    Ballabriggs wins fifth Grand National for McCain family but deaths mar race

About 48 results for Grand National 2011
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