Tag Archives: Aintree
From the Pub to the Grand National: Across The Bay and the Scotch Piper Syndicate
In 2014, three mates from Merseyside watched their syndicate horse lead the Grand National.
Across The Bay had jumped The Chair in f...
Shared Ownership Days Are a Great Idea for British Racing
For many racing fans, owning a share in a racehorse is something they would love to try. The problem is that knowing where to begin is ...
Final Orders Delivers Another Big-Race Thrill with Grand National Run
For most racehorse owners, a Cheltenham Festival winner would be enough to define a lifetime in racing. For the CMD Syndicate, however,...
How Corach Rambler’s Grand National Win Transformed A Small Racing Syndicate
Most syndicates exist on a small scale. Owners share costs, follow results, and operate largely out of public view. Even successful sea...
What a King George VI Chase Move to Aintree Would Mean for Owners
For most owners, there are certain races that sit above the rest, not just on paper but in the imagination. For nearly eighty years, th...
Dream Alliance – The Welsh Grand National Winner Owned by a Syndicate
When Dream Alliance charged up the Chepstow run-in to win the 2009 Welsh Grand National, it felt like the whole of South Wales was roar...
Becher Chase – History, Famous Winners, and What Makes This Race Unique
Let’s take a stroll—figuratively, unless you’re the sort who likes to jog while reading—through one of British horse racing’s most char...
Guide to the Grand National Fences
Each spring, around 40 horses line up for the most famous steeplechase in the world — the Grand National at Aintree. Run over a lung-bu...
30 Years of Irish Dominance in National Hunt Racing
For much of the 20th century, British-trained runners were the force to beat in National Hunt racing. Ireland had its stars — Arkle, Da...
Share In A Grand National Runner?
I was doing some research on the potential Grand National runner Beshabar when I realised that shares in this horse are still available...
