The Grand National features some of the most memorable fences on the National Hunt calendar, with Beecher's Brook featuring on the 4 mile 514 yard course.
It is the longest race on the National Hunt calendar and takes in 30 fences in the two laps of the course, with 16 fences on the course, 14 of them to be jumped twice.
The going is good to soft, as confirmed by Aintree’s Clerk of the Course Sulekha Varma said: “Last night’s watering went smoothly. We are now back where we started yesterday morning, which is to say Good to Soft, Good in Places on the Mildmay & Hurdle courses, and Good to Soft on the Grand National Course.
“The weather on Randox Grand National Day is set to be very much like yesterday, with just a chance of an isolated shower.”
Here is a list of the fences on the Grand National course, how high they are and what they are called.
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Grand National Fences
- 1 & 17 4ft 6in high, 2ft 9in wide
- 2 & 18 4ft 7in high, 3ft 6in wide
- 3 & 19 – Open Ditch - 5ft high, 10ft 6” (total length with ditch and fence)
- 4 & 20 4ft 10in high, 3ft wide
- 5 & 21 5ft high, 3ft 6in wide
- 6 & 22 - Becher’s Brook 4ft 10” high, 7ft 6” wide
- 7 & 23 – Foinavon Fence 4ft 6in high, 3ft wide
- 8 & 24 – Canal Turn 5ft high, 7ft wide
- 9 & 25 – Valentine’s Brook 5ft high, 7ft wide
- 10 & 26 5ft high, 3ft wide
- 11 & 27 – Open Ditch fence 5ft high, 10ft spread
- 12 & 28 5ft high, with a 5ft 6in ditch on the landing side
- 13 & 29 4ft 7in high, 3ft wide
- 14 & 30 4ft 6in high
- 15 – The Chair 5ft 2in high
- 16 – Water Jump 2ft 6in high
