*British, c197o’s, Framed Photograph of the treacherous Becher’s Brook, Grand National*
Approximate Measurements:
Framed & Mounted – 68.5cm x 59.3cm
Photograph: 48.8cm x 38.7cm
Spectacular photograph of the treacherous Becher’s Brooke at the Grand National. Mounted and framed, unsigned.
Horses assigned no 30 at the Grand National in the 1960-70s:
1966: Anglo
1968: Red Alligator
1969: Highland Wedding
1973: Yahya
1976: Rag Trade
1977: Bonnies Isle
1978: Lucius.
About the Grand National
The Grand National is an annual steeplechase horse racing event held at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool. The Grand National is a National Hunt handicap race that is held over a distance of 4 miles and 3½ furlongs, with a field of 34 horses jumping 30 fences. Becher’s Brook is the sixth and 22nd fence on the course. After the 1989 Grand National, in which two horses died in incidents at Becher’s Brook, Aintree began making significant changes to the fences that are jumped during the National. The brook on the landing-side of Becher’s was filled in to prevent horses rolling back into it, and the incline on the landing-side has been mostly levelled out, whilst retaining a drop to slow the runners.
Some within the horseracing community, including some with notable achievements in the Grand National, such as Ginger McCain and Bob Champion, have argued that the lowering of fences and the narrowing of ditches, primarily designed to increase horse safety, has had the adverse effect by encouraging the runners to race faster. During the 1970s and 1980s, the Grand National saw a total of 12 horses die (half of which were at Becher’s Brook); in the next 20-year period from 1990 to 2010, when modifications to the course were most significant, there were 17 equine fatalities.
*Condition*
Good used condition. The frame has some bumps and scrapes. Please see photographs as part of the condition report.
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