Grand National Steeplechase, Europe’s most famous jump race, held in UK

Apr 6, 2013

Grand National Steeplechase, Europe’s most famous jump race, held in UK

Michael Gold 0 Comment Sports, World England, equestrian, Grand National, horse race, horse racing, horses, steeplechase, United Kingdom

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The 166th running of the Grand National Steeplechase was held on Saturday in Liverpool, England. The world’s most famous jumping race, the Grand National features 40 horses and riders jumping 30 fences over a distance of almost four and a half miles. For spectators, the race is an excuse for some outlandish race day fashions and a chance to earn some major quid. Essentially, think of the Grand National as Britain’s Preakness or Kentucky Derby – with whatever that entails.

June 22 Photo Brief: Swimming breast cancer survivor, devastated slum dwellers, WikiLeaks asylum supporters

Jun 22, 2012

June 22 Photo Brief: Swimming breast cancer survivor, devastated slum dwellers, WikiLeaks asylum supporters

Nick Tann 1 Comment Daily Brief Afghanistan, Ascot, Australia, breast cancer, Cristiano Ronaldo, euro, India, Italy, Kenya, Latvia, Navy, Palestine, Philippines, poaching, Rio+20, solstice, Taliban, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Wikilieaks, World War I

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Double mastectomy survivor Jodi Jaecks wins the right to swim topless at Seattle’s public pools, 100 dwellings gutted in a fire at a New Delhi slum, “Free Assange” supporters demonstrate outside Ecuador’s embassy in London and more in today’s daily brief.
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May 29 Photo Brief: Olympic torch reaches summit of Mount Snowdon, earthquake in Italy, protests continue in Egypt

May 29, 2012

May 29 Photo Brief: Olympic torch reaches summit of Mount Snowdon, earthquake in Italy, protests continue in Egypt

Stokely Baksh 1 Comment Daily Brief Afghanistan, Ai Weiwei, Al-Shabaab, Aung San Suu Kyi, Chris Bonington, Colombia, cricket, Cusco, East Java, Egypt, India, Kankaria Lake, Lusi, monsoon season, Mount Snowdon, Nevado del Ruiz volcano, Peru, Somalia, The Kueka, Tiergarten park, Tintaya, United Kingdom, volcano, Yemen

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The Olympic torch reaches the summit of Wales’s highest mountain Mount Snowdon, protests continue in Egypt after first round of presidential elections, earthquake strikes northern Italy and more in today’s daily brief.