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Aintree Festival Day Three (Grand National Day)

Race 6 – The Grand National (Grade 3)

Additional photos

Saturday 14 April 2018

               

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Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

Ahead of the feature race;

the runners canter to the start

 

14 April 2018

 

Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

Ahead of the feature race;

the runners head across the Melling Road

to take a look at the first fence

 

14 April 2018

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Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

Ahead of the feature race;

Virgilio (left) and Milansbar (right)

 

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Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

Ahead of the feature race;

Final Nudge (centre frame)

 

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Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

Ahead of the feature race;

Milarsbar (centre frame) and

Ucello Conti (second right)

 

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Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

Ahead of the feature race;

Blaklion (centre frame)

 

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Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

Ahead of the feature race;

the runners head away from the starting gate

 

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Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

Ahead of the feature race;

the runners continue to head away

from the starting gate

 

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Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

Ahead of the feature race;

having taken a turn, the horses now

trot towards the starting gate

 

14 April 2018

 

 

Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

Ahead of the feature race;

the horses continue to trot towards the starting gate

 

14 April 2018

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Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

And they were off, at the first time of asking

 

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Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

Heading away from the water-jump;

Ucello Conti (right) and Pleasant Company lead the way

 

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Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

Excitement as a number of loose horses

arrive within the corral;

number 34 is Captain Redbeard

and 26 is I Just Know

 

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Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

Loose horses within the corral

 

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Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

The loose horses have been caught

 

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Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

Commotion over ...  

 

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Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

The run-in;

Pleasant Company (left) is closing swiftly

upon Tiger Roll as the winning post approaches

 

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Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

Pleasant company and Tiger Roll flash

past the winning post together; it’s a photograph

 

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Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

The winner Tiger Roll

(T: Gordon Elliott; J: Davy Russell)

 

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Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

The winner Tiger Roll

(T: Gordon Elliott; J: Davy Russell)

 

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Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

Runner-up Pleasant Company is led back

to the stables via the horse walkway

 

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Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

Trainers Tom George (Saint Are) and

Colin Tizzard (The Dutchman)

chat whilst waiting for their horses to be

caught and led back

 

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Race 6:

The Grand National (Grade 3)

 

Colin Tizzard and grandson are reunited with The Dutchman;

the horse had unseated jockey Harry Cobden at the

Fionavon fence on the second circuit

 

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