Watering at Aintree for famous race started in mid-MarchConstitution Hill the star turn on meeting’s opening day
Jon Pullin, the acting clerk of the course at Aintree, said on Wednesday that he will do whatever it takes to ensure that the Grand National meeting opens on good-to-soft ground on Thursday, despite unusually low levels of rainfall in the weeks running up to one of jump racing’s showpiece events.
March 2025 was one of the sunniest on record across much of the UK and watering of the track, which started at Aintree in the middle of the month, is likely to continue overnight once racing is underway to ensure that the going is as safe as possible for horses that will be taking off and landing at least eight times in every race.
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