Grand National 2011

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We mainly concentrate on the Grand National horse race but the Cheltenham Festival always grabs our interest. This year is set to be an epic meet with the Gold Cup battle between Denman and Kauto star looking like classic in the making.

The festival is four days and features many horse that will run in the 2010 Grand National. The festival is too big to cover here in detail, so I will point you in the direction of our sister website Cheltenham Race Festival, give it a visit for all the latest odds, runners and tips.

Race horse ‘Sea The Stars’ has been crowned as one of the greatest ever, after his fantastic run in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. The three year old has landed six Group One wins this season include the unique treble of the 2,000 Guineas, the Derby and now the Arc. Ex champion Jockey Willie Carson said: “He’s got so much ability. We’ve seen one of the best horses ever.”

Sea The Stars was given a TimeForm rating of 140 after a stunning win in the Irish Champion Stakes, the rating could even improve after a stunning performance in the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe. The rating puts him up there with legends like Shergar, Dancing Brave and Dubai Millennium.

I’m heading off to the stunning Bangor-On-Dee (National Hunt Course) today in the hope of grabbing a few quality photos of AP McCoy and last years Grand National winning jockey Liam Treadwell. Both will be in action over the hurdles, interestingly AP is also riding in a ‘Bumper’.

Any good photos will make it onto my flickr photo profile it’s a mash up of all my photos, including many horse racing ones. The photo in the post was taken during my last visit to Bangor, it’s a great course for photographers to get racing shots on, it’s always fairly quiet and the jumps are well placed to easily accessible parts of the course to the general public.