The Grand National will undergo dramatic changes for 2024 amid safety concerns, the race's organisers have confirmed.
The track is run by The Jockey Club, who have now confirmed that the race will undergo some of the most significant changes in its 190-year history.
"However, we also must consider that reducing the field size by too great a number could create a faster race and have an adverse impact in terms of safety." And the race will begin earlier in the day to reduce the likelihood of the course drying out before the National gets underway.The other significant change involves the reviewing of horses, with a panel asked to 'apply a particular focus to those horses noted as having made jumping errors in four or more of their previous eight races'.was won by Corach Rambler, who was the 8/1 favourite heading into the race.
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