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The turf

The glorious return of the Grand National crowd

16 April 2022

9:00 AM

16 April 2022

9:00 AM

How wonderful after three years to have the crowds back to enjoy the glorious concoction of skill, bravery, razzmatazz and tear-jerking emotion Aintree’s Grand National meeting always provides. Having begun my working life on the Liverpool Daily Postin the days when developers’ greed nearly destroyed this national treasure, I relish my annual pilgrimage.

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