GRAND NATIONAL 2012

Last Saturday the famous Grand National Horse Race took place in England.  The Grand National is a  race where horses run for more than seven kilometres jumping big walls.

The race is held in Aintree, a village near Liverpool. It is a very important event and many people watch it all over the world. People in Great Britain like it not only for the amazing view of the horses, but because they can bet for the winner and they can win a lot of money. Nowadays with Internet you can easily bet online.

The bad part of the race is that an average of two horses die every year. This time it was not different. Unfortunately, the race is very hard and two horses broke their legs. Afterwards, these horses were killed.

There have been many writings against the danger of this race and probably there will be changes in the future.

Here you have a video about the two dead horses. I hope you like it, though it is very sad. And there are two pictures. One of the winner of the race and other of the elegant people who go to the race.