The 2019 Grand National will be held on Saturday at Aintree racecourse in Liverpool.
The Grand National is the most famous horse race in the world and the Aintree course is one of the biggest challenges a jockey can face.
Horses jump more than 30 fences during two laps of the course, which is over four miles long. The fences are much higher than those found in most other National Hunt races.
There are 16 fences, including the most famous of them all, Becher's Brook, which is the sixth and 22nd fence.
The fence takes its name from Captain Martin Becher, who fell there in the first official Grand National in 1839.
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Becher's Brook is also the most controversial fence due to its size and the 6ft 9in drop on the landing side. It has been modified over the years after Aintree officials came under pressure following the death of horses in 1987, 1989 and 2011.
There is actually a bit of debate around when the first Grand National was run, but historians now tend to accept 1836 was the first, which was won by The Duke.
Aintree has also been used as a venue for motor racing. The British Grand Prix was staged there on five occasions, in 1955, 1957, 1959, 1961 and 1962.
