The first meeting at Aintree racecourse was on July 7, With the strong financial support and ardent backing from the Jockey Club racing committee, Lord Sefton and a few Aintree syndicate members, the racecourse prospered. Hurdle Racing at Aintree Racecourse In , Lynn experimented with hurdle racing, setting aside his October venue as an exclusive hurdling fixture.
The event was a complete success, especially when celebrated rider Captain Martin Becher arrived to take part and rode the impressive hurdler Vivian to two successes. It is rumoured that Becher engaged Lynn in a conversation about the Great St. Albans Steeplechase, a four-mile race from point-to-point, across country and back again. Lynn was fascinated by the event, and with the help of Becher, set about bringing a grand steeplechase event to Aintree.
Aintree - The Liverpool Grand Steeplechase. On Feb. The race attracted 10 runners with the following racing conditions: all horses carry 12 stone, gentlemen riders only and the winner sold for sovereigns, if demanded.
Mr Edward William Topham, a respected handicapper, was responsible for turning the Grand National into a handicap in after it had been a weight-for-age race for the first four years. The Topham family owned substantial tracts of land around Aintree and in they bought the course outright from Lord Sefton, from whom the land had previously been leased since the racecourse opening in The Grand National has produced a colourful array of stories throughout its illustrious past.
Mirabel Topham, the ex-Gaiety Girl, who shaped Aintree. One of the great character's of Aintree, Mirabel Topham who died 30 years ago, is still remembered as one of the Grand National legends. A former Gaiety Girl, she ran Aintree during some of the course's most difficult years. A former Gaiety Girl and well-known actress before her marriage, she joined the board in , and soon took charge after the Topham family bought the course in A forward thinker, Mrs Topham built a standard fence and hurdles track within the established Grand National course, which she named after Lord Mildmay, a renowned amateur jockey and great supporter of the Grand National.
The Mildmay Course opened in and still stages Grade 1 racing. At this time too, races from Aintree began to be shown on cinema newsreels, adding to its popularity. Following a visit to Goodwood, Mrs Topham also built a motor-racing circuit, which circles the Grand National track to this day.
The final motor race on the track was staged at Aintree in She was the stronger of the two. When he was appointed to head Tophams Ltd, the racing community were in dismay because they thought he could not cope.
It was she that pulled it through. Lord Sefton, a racing enthusiast himself, agreed to the lease. Lynn made plans to build a grandstand, and on February 7, , Lord Sefton laid the first foundation stone, also placing a container of sovereigns inside the footings. The first meeting at Aintree racecourse was on July 7, With the strong financial support and ardent backing from the Jockey Club racing committee, Lord Sefton and a few Aintree syndicate members, the racecourse prospered.
In , Lynn experimented with hurdle racing. The event was a complete success, especially when celebrated rider Captain Martin Becher arrived to take part and rode the impressive hurdler Vivian to two successes. You've accepted analytics cookies.
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