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	Aintree race course (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Aintree suffered some lean times in the post-war years and in 1965 it was announced that the course would be sold to a property developer.
		Racing and the public in general finally realised that after so many years of "crying wolf" the threat was serious and a huge campaign was launched to rescue the race once and for all.
		Aintree racecourse is now enjoying its most successful period in modern times.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/aintree_race_course (824 words)

	Encyclopedia: Formula One
		Open-wheel racing refers to a type of motor racing in which the wheels of the cars are not housed inside fenders, as in stock car or touring car racing, but rather out in the open at the end of readily-visible axles and suspension systems.
		Races are a little over 300 kilometres (180 miles) long and are limited to two hours, though in practice they usually last about ninety minutes.
		Throughout the race, drivers may make one or more pit stops in order to refuel, although they are currently not allowed to change tires unless the change is essential (for instance, due to a puncture).
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Formula-One (10655 words)

	Aintree Racecourse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Aintree race course is a British horse racing venue in Aintree, near Liverpool, on Merseyside.
		During the 1950s and 60s, there was also a popular motor racing circuit on the same site, using some of the same grandstands as the horse race.
		The venue hosted the Formula One British Grand Prix in 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961, and 1962; a version of the course is still in occasional use as a club motor racing circuit.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Aintree_race_course (118 words)

	Steeplechase -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		It is a term now used to refer to a distance horse race with diverse fence and ditch obstacles; the most famous of these is the English (An annual steeplechase run in Liverpool, England) Grand National run at (additional info and facts about Aintree race course) Aintree race course.
		The steeplechase is also an obstacle race in (Participation in sports events as an extracurricular activity) athletics (track and field), which derives its name from the horse-racing equivalent.
		The length of the race is usually 3000 m, seven and one half laps of the track.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/s/st/steeplechase.htm (480 words)

	Guardian \| The Grand National
		The race, which marks the end of a three-day hoopla at Liverpool's Aintree race course, will be the subject of some serious betting with around £60 million changing hands.
		Among the most dangerous features of the course are the famous drop fences, where the landing side is lower than the take-off side.
		The first official races at Aintree were organised by the owner of Liverpool's Waterloo Hotel, William Lynn, who laid out a course, built a grandstand and staged the first flat fixture in 1829.
	www.guardian.co.uk /print/0,3858,3983526-103700,00.html (529 words)

	Horse Tracks > Performing Arts > Arts, Recreation, and Entertainment > Open Directory > 1800miti.Com
		Bay Meadows Race Track - One of the most traditional and innovative racetracks in the country, this Thoroughbred racetack also is the longest continually operating racetrack in California.
		Kelso Race Course - Since 1822 many of the sports legendary Thoroughbred racehorses have enthralled the crowds at this picturesque and historic course in Great Britain.
		Wellington Racing Club - Trentham is one of New Zealand's most recognised racing venues, with the Wellington Cup weekend being one of the country's premiere racing events.
	www.1800miti.com /league/arts/arts/horse-race.html (3169 words)

	ipedia.com: Steeplechase Article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The steeplechase is a form of horse-racing and derives its name from early races in which orientation of the course was by reference to a church steeple, jumping fences and ditches and generally trave...
		The steeplechase is a form of horse-racing (primarily conducted in the United Kingdom) and derives its name from early races in which orientation of the course was by reference to a church steeple, jumping fences and ditches and generally traversing the many intervening obstacles in the countryside.
		It is a term now used to refer to a distance horse race with diverse fence and ditch obstacles; the most famous of these is the English Grand National run at Aintree race course.
	www.ipedia.com /steeplechase.html (342 words)

	Perth Race Course: Racing
		Everyone at the course is welcome to join in the festivities after racing and join in a true Perth party.
		It is an interesting time for the dedicated follower of NH racing as very often good young horses come to this meeting for their final run before being turned away for the summer, a time for the notebooks to be out.
		In those days, the races were part of the entertainment laid on prior to the big Perth Ball, and up to quite recently that remained the case.
	www.perth-races.co.uk /fixtures.html (1382 words)

	List of horse racing venues - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		This is a list of horse racing venues, sorted by country.
		In the United States they are usually called horse racing tracks, and in most other English speaking countries they are usually called racecourses.
		In many non-English speaking countries is hippodrome, or a variant of it, which is derived from Latin.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_horse_racing_tracks (132 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Today's issues \| The Grand National
		The race, which marks the end of a three-day jamboree at Liverpool's Aintree race course, will be watched by a massive TV audience of over 600m.
		Indeed, the race has long been controversial, with the notorious fences causing the deaths of many horses down the years.
		The first official races at Aintree were in 1829, but, in 1839, Lottery became the winner of the first true Grand National, although it was hardly grand in those days.
	www.guardian.co.uk /netnotes/article/0,6729,469583,00.html (400 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Science/Nature \| Outsiders fare worst in National
		The University of Liverpool scientists also found horses that had never raced on the Aintree course were twice as likely not to complete the Grand National.
		The spokesman added that every horse entered in the race was judged on its form by a panel of experts and subjected to a full veterinary examination.
		Two other factors were also found to be associated with increased rates of non-completion of the race by horses: a large number of runners in the race and unusually hard or unusually soft ground.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/sci/tech/3564393.stm (526 words)

	British Cycling
		The race is in honour of EDDIE SOENS, one of the greatest cycling coaches in recent years and is remembered with particular fondness and respect because of his association with Kirkby Cycling Club.
		The race in his hoour will cover 50 miles (30 laps) of the 'Club Circuit' at Aintree Racecourse, and is open to all categories run on a handicap basis.
		During this time, racing in the main group will be neutralised and the riders moved to the side to allow free passage of the leading group and associated race vehicles.
	www.bcf.uk.com /news/2005/03_March/02_EddieSoens.shtml (963 words)

	Aintree racecourse horseracing results, betting offers and horse racing calendar.
		Aintree is the home of the greatest horserace in the world, the Aintree Grand National.
		The first meeting to be staged at Aintree was in 1829 and has gone from strength to strength over the last two centuries.
		Aintree is a fabulous racetrack and is kept in prime condition for the National Hunt season and in particular for the Aintree Grand National festival which is staged over three days and is second only to the Cheltenham Festival.
	www.uk-racing-results.com /racecourse/aintree (591 words)

	BBC - Liverpool Local History - Stars - Red Rum
		His very first footsteps on a racecourse were at Aintree you know, a very humble and a very meagre two year old selling plate over five furlongs on the flat, and would you believe he actually won it.
		Tommy, at one time trained the horse when he became a jumper and the horse was written off as a cast off, he was of no further use, mainly because he’d perhaps become a bit ring rusty, all the races he had on the flat and over the sticks.
		That horse inspired the British public, and the racing press and the media of this country, this race has got to be saved.
	bbc.co.uk /liverpool/localhistory/journey/stars/red_rum/reg_green.shtml (482 words)

	Animal Rights in Britain (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Of course, it is hard to measure what effect the public's opinion has had on curtailing the vivisection industry, but it is nice to note that since the mid-seventies, the official yearly figure for the number of animal experiments in the United Kingdom has decreased by over 3 million ("Editor's note").
		They watched in the races before the Grand National the agony and stress of the horses jumping the steeples, the injury of the horses who crashed into the steeples and tripped over them, landing on their faces, and the indifference of the spectators to the horses' suffering.
		During demonstrations against hare coursing at the Waterloo Cup course in Lancashire, Eddie Coulson, a peaceful saboteur, was severely injured in a violent attack by a courser; Coulson's skull was cracked in the incident, inducing epilepsy in the victim.
	articles.animalconcerns.org /ar-voices/archive/ar_uk.html (23065 words)

	Course Haydock Race on Almondnet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Musselburgh Racecourse is the premiere racing venue in south east Scotland.
		We offer a great range of family and racing days throughout the year are are specialists in providing quality corporate entertainment.
		Warwick Racecourse is the Midlands premier racing attraction, offering hospitality and sponsorship opportunities at both jumping and flat fixtures throughout the year...
	www.hotelschepstow.co.uk /chepstow/course_haydock_race.html (537 words)

	MG XPOWER (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The MG XPowered cycle squad had a very good weekend at the 44th Eddie Soens Memorial Handicap Road Race at Aintree Race Course, Kirkby, the squad dominating proceedings.
		With four recycling.co.uk / MG XPower / Litespeed riders remaining at the head of the race, team director Phil Leigh had a smile on his face as the quartet continued to open a gap over the main field.
		Leigh Cowell took fourteenth position after riding superbly in the early stages of the race with large efforts on the front of the scratch group.
	www.mg-xpower.com /fun/page.asp?menu=5&news_id=106344 (235 words)

	Fair Hill Races (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Contact Us As a race sponsor, you will receive special acknowledgement as a sponsor in our program.
		The Sponsors area is one of our most popular attractions to the races, providing an amiable atmosphere in which to socialize throughout the day.
		Race entitlement and trophy presentation for sponsored race.
	www.fairhillraces.org /rsponsor.html (157 words)

	Aintree Golf Course
		It is an unusual golf course in that it is set within a race course.
		Furthermore, it is the longest 9-hole golf course in the country and offers the opportunity to drive (a golf ball) over Beechers Brook.
		Needles to say, the course is closed whenever there is a horse race meeting.
	www.balmorallodge.co.uk /aintree.htm (196 words)

	Mark Holder - The Winning Service, Horse Racing Tipster
		Welcome to the Website of Mark Holder Racing.Mark Holder Racing is renowned for the profitability and professionalism that it has provided for its private clients since 1992.
		This information comes in the form of quality contacts throughout the racing industry, and using the data extracted from our sectional times, all of which are compiled and analysed in–house.
		Mark Holder Racing gives you a team of proven racing winners, who act solely to create a profit for each of our clients.
	www.markholder.com (222 words)

	BBC - Liverpool Local History - Stars - Red Rum
		Red Rum began his association with Aintree on April 7th 1967 - his debut race in the Thursby Plate where he finished in a dead heat with 'Curlicue'.
		Red Rum, a local lad at heart, trained on Southport sands, first won the race in 1973 coming from behind to beat Australian horse Crisp with whom he had been joint favourite.
		He died on October 18th 1995 at the age of 30 and is buried at the finishing line with his head facing the winning post.
	www.bbc.co.uk /liverpool/localhistory/journey/stars/red_rum/profile.shtml (317 words)

	Dingle Granby Toxteth Education Action Zone, Liverpool (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Several of the Zone schools have been fortunate enough to be taken to Aintree Racecourse to take part in a range of interesting and exciting activities.
		In conjunction with the British Horse Racing Training Board, Aintree Race Course provided pupils with numeracy workbooks and a number of problem solving tasks.
		A visit to Aintree Race Course best demonstrates the effectiveness of business links, delivering the curriculum through real life experiences and providing pupils with a stimulating and interesting working environment.
	www.dgteaz.org.uk /news/aintree.htm (207 words)

	Ascot Race Course evacuated
		LONDON, OCTOBER 7: Ascot Race Course was evacuated on Saturday amid a security alert.
		In scenes reminiscent of Aintree three years ago when an Irish terrorist alert led to the abandonment of the Grand National, police led punters away from the main stands at the Berkshire course after reports that a suspect package was found.
		Racegoers were still moving out on to the course 15 minutes after the race was due off and were also being moved near the paddock.
	www.expressindia.com /ie/daily/20001008/isp08051.html (232 words)

	Aintree Racecourse, Home of the JOHN SMITH'S Grand National
		John Smith's Grand National witnessed a fairytale story for the connections of Hedgehunter, winning the John Smith's Grand National in sensational style, some 12 months after falling at the last fence in the 2004 race.
		Carrie Ford's ride on Forest Gunner also captured the hearts of the Nation, completing the course to finish an eventual 5th in her first Grand National.
		The Tattersalls Enclosure sold out again on Grand National day in 2005, with thousands keen to experience this great British sporting event, a race watched by over 10 million people within the UK and a further 600 million worldwide.
	www.aintree.co.uk (296 words)

	BBC - Liverpool Local History - Stars - Red Rum
		An Aintree legend, Red Rum is the only horse to win the race three times.
		His trainer, Ginger McCain, prepared him especially for the race planning the whole season to give him the best opportunity of being in perfect form for the race.
		After his retirement Red Rum returned to Aintree many times to lead the parade of horses before the race.
	bbc.co.uk /liverpool/localhistory/journey/stars/red_rum/profile.shtml (317 words)

	BBC SPORT \| Other Sport \| Horse Racing \| Grand National 2003 \| Your National memories
		We happened to be near Aintree racecourse and being a very keen Grand National fan since the age of twelve and never having been to Aintree, I couldn't resist the opportunity to see the course that gave me so many happy memories (albeit via the BBC coverage).
		He had a fantastic race, but the one thing I'll never forget is the joy and exhilaration on the face of every single jockey to cross the line - most of them punching the air as they went.
		of course I stuck by the horse every year after that and remember being devastated to hear on the news the night before the 1978 race that he had injured a foot and was being retired.
	news.bbc.co.uk /sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/grand_national_2003/2889717.stm (7779 words)

	CNN - British race run after 2-day bomb threat delay - Apr. 7, 1997
		Queen Elizabeth's daughter was among 70,000 horse race fans who left the sprawling Aintree course in Liverpool on Saturday after police received two coded warnings just 30 minutes before the race was due to start.
		Earlier, police with bomb-sniffing dogs combed all corners of the Aintree course before letting the public onto the grounds.
		The grueling, 30-fence, 4 1/2-mile (7.2 km) race is watched by 400 million people worldwide, and 15 million adults in Britain, or about one third of the adult population, place a bet every year.
	www.cnn.com /WORLD/9704/07/britain.national (366 words)

	BBC - Liverpool Virtual Tours - Ride in the Grand National
		Set off around the course, jumping the first twelve fences, including the infamous Bechers Brook before crossing the Melling Road.
		Race from the position where the Melling Road dissects the course on a second circuit up to the fence before Bechers.
		Head off on the final stretch of the famous course, jumping Bechers Brook passing the Elbow to cross the finishing post to the roars of the crowd.
	www.bbc.co.uk /liverpool/virtual_tours/national.shtml (184 words)

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