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THE RANDOX HEALTH GRAND NATIONAL 2020 OWNERS’ & TRAINERS’ INFORMATION TIGER ROLL 2 - 4 APRIL 2020 ORDER OF RUNNING 1.45 The Manifesto Novices’ Steeple Chase (Grade 1) 2m 4f £100,000 2.20 The Doom Bar Anniversary 4YO Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 1) 2m 1f £100,000 2.50 The Betway Bowl Steeple Chase (Grade 1) 3m 1f £200,000 3.25 The Betway Aintree Hurdle (Grade 1) 2m 4f £250,000 4.05 The Randox Health Foxhunters’ Steeple Chase (Class 2) 2m 5f £45,000 4.40 The Close Brothers Red Rum Handicap Steeple Chase (Grade 3) 2m £100,000 5.15 The Goffs UK Nickel Coin Mares’ Standard Open NH Flat (Grade 2) 2m 1f £45,000 LIVERPOOL’S DAY 2) (Thursday TOTAL ON THE DAY £840,000 1.45 The Ladies Day Handicap Hurdle (Grade 3) 2m 4f £75,000 2.20 The Betway Top Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1) 2m ½f £100,000 2.50 The Betway Mildmay Novices’ Steeple Chase (Grade 1) 3m 1f £100,000 3.25 The Marsh Steeple Chase (Registered as the Melling) Grade 1 2m 4f £250,000 4.05 The Randox Health Topham Steeple Chase (Grade 3) 2m 5f £140,000 4.40 The Doom Bar Sefton Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1) 3m ½f £100,000 5.15 The Pinsent Masons Handicap Hurdle (cond’ and amat’) Class 2 2m ½f £50,000 LADIES DAY 3) (Friday TOTAL ON THE DAY £815,000 1.45 The Gaskells Handicap’ Hurdle (Grade 3) 3m ½f £75,000 2.25 The Betway Mersey Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1) 2m 4f £100,000 3.00 The Doom Bar Maghull Novices’ Steeple Chase (Grade 1) 2m £100,000 3.40 The Ryanair Stayers’ Hurdle (Registered as the Liverpool) Grade 1 3m ½f £200,000 4.15 The Betway Handicap Steeple Chase (Listed) 3m 1f £75,000 5.15 The Randox Health Grand National Steeple Chase (Grade 3) 4m 2½f £1,000,000 6.20 The Weatherbys Racing Bank Standard Open NH Flat (Grade 2) 2m 1f £45,000 GRAND DAY NATIONAL 4) (Saturday TOTAL ON THE DAY £1,595,000 GRAND TOTAL £3,250,000 GENERAL INFORMATION CAR PARKING AND TRAVEL DIRECTIONS This handbook is intended as a useful OWNERS’ AND TRAINERS’ For Trainers who do not have a source of information that will help you CAR PARK runner but would like a car park label, prior to, and during The 2020 Randox There is one car park for Owners, please contact Carly Sage on Health Grand National Festival. Trainers and Jockeys at The Railway 0151 522 2959 or email at Club on Melling Road. There is a short [email protected] Please ensure that you read all sections walk to the Owners’ and Trainers’ by Friday 27 March. Please ensure that of the booklet and bring it with you Reception, which is on the inside of you have a valid car park label. to Aintree. the Racecourse. Melling Road is ONLY accessible by one route off the M57, HORSEBOXES ONCE AGAIN IN 2020 Junction 6. Please follow the signs. Entry for horseboxes is via the Seeds • The PASS System will be in operation. Lane entrance off Melling Road, and is All Owners and Trainers will require a Sat Nav Postcode L9 0LD. signposted off Junction 6 of the M57. valid PASS card to gain badges. • There will be one car park for Owners, Two car park labels each, will be sent Please follow the signs. Horseboxes will Trainers and Jockeys located off out by Weatherbys to all Owners and park in their normal lorry park, which is Melling Road. Trainers with an entry, at the five/six close to the stabling area. It is important • There will be one Badge Collection day stage. that the driver knows the identity of the Point for Owners, Trainers horse(s) he or she is transporting. and Jockeys. Two car park labels will be sent to • Everyone will be subject to security Owners and Trainers after the second TAXIS scanning. forfeit stage, who have a horse entered If you plan to travel by taxi, a car park in the Randox Health Grand National. label will still be required so that you can access the Owners and Trainers drop off point.Without the correct label, you will not be given access. www.jockeyclub.co.uk/aintree CAR PARKING AND TRAVEL DIRECTIONS CONT. OWNERS’ BADGES DISABLED FACILITIES HELICOPTER FACILITIES OWNERS’ BADGES The badge, and associated wristband In an effort to cater for large syndicates, There are a limited number of car An area, adjacent to Steeplechase car The PASS System will be in operation (which must be worn) will admit to a restricted number of Owners’ and park spaces for disabled visitors in park, is provided for helicopter landing. with one badge collection point at the the Paddock and the (O&T) Pavilion Trainers’ badges will be available for the Owners and Trainers car park, if Owners’ and Trainers’ Reception in the (please note that for 2020 badge and sale on a strictly first come first served arrangements are made in advance. The site will be operated by Rotary horsebox park within the Racecourse. wristlets will be checked). basis. Thursday £55, Friday £90 and Wing Limited, 109 Gilda Road, Worsley, No badges will be sent or issued in Grand National Day £120. Festival Please supply your details; name, Manchester, M28 4BP. Contact Philip or advance and will only be available for Please note: Due to restrictions on Zone (formerly Tattersalls enclosure) vehicle registration number and horse Karen Pickford on 0161 799 6967, via collection from Owners’ and Trainers’ space, badges will only be issued to badges will also be on sale (subject to name to Carly Sage by email at email on [email protected] or by Reception on the day of running. Owners with declared runners. availability): Thursday £30, Friday £47 [email protected] mobile on 07968 758 915. and Grand National Day £70. or on 0151 522 2959, before Friday ALLOCATION The Owners’ and Trainers’ badges for 27 March. These will be available on Prior notice is required in advance Single ownership & partnerships The Randox Health Foxhunters’ Chase METAL BADGES (ROA, NTF, PJA, a first come, first served basis. for landing facilities and insurance Six badges and six wristbands (Thursday), Randox Health Topham RCA, BHA, JCO AND JOCKEY Please ensure you bring your Blue indemnity. Please contact Karen Chase (Friday) and Randox Health CLUB BADGES) Badge with you. Pickford on the above number. Particular The Randox Health Grand National, Grand National Chase (Saturday) will These badges are NOT applicable at attention is to be paid to the rules of the Topham and Foxhunters’ Steeple Chase be a commemorative badge. The Randox Health Grand National TRAIN air which govern the overflying of built- Eight badges and eight wristbands Festival and will not allow access to For those arriving by train at Aintree up areas. No landings will be permitted Please note that for the above races the racecourse. The ONLY badge that Station, there is a courtesy car shuttle 30 minutes before the first race and Owners’ and Trainers’ badges will also no other Owners’ and Trainers’ badge will admit to the Racecourse is the which will transfer you to the Owners’ no take-offs will be permitted until 30 enable you to walk the course. will permit access to the Parade Ring badge issued from the Owners’ and and Trainers’ Reception. Please go to minutes after the last race. and the Winners’ Enclosure, following Trainers’ Reception. the Owners’ Information Point, located the race. at the top of Grand National Avenue in If you are arriving by helicopter, ACCOMMODATION the Toby Carvery car park opposite the please notify the Owners’ and Trainers’ A list of hotels located near Aintree can public entrance to the racecourse. Reception in advance, so that your be found at www.visitliverpool.com badges are available upon landing. www.jockeyclub.co.uk/aintree TRAINERS’ BADGES TRAINERS IRISH TRAINERS WITH RUNNERS STABLING & STABLE STAFF Two Trainers’ badges and wristbands As with British trainers, no admission ACCOMMODATION will be issued to Trainers upon badges will be sent out in advance All stabling and accommodation must production of a current PASS card. of the Randox Health Grand National be booked, in advance, for The Randox Please note: badges will only be Festival. On production of a current Health Grand National Festival. issued to the authorised, named PASS Irish Trainers’ licence, each Irish Trainer Card holder. with a runner will be issued with two ANY QUERIES? badges for that day. Badges may only If you have any queries regarding We appreciate how frustrating it can be be collected from the Owners’ and badges, please call the Owners’ for Trainers to be stopped by security Trainers’ Reception. Information Line which will be open at stewards and asked to show their the following times: badges, especially when trying to access IRISH TRAINERS the Parade Ring or Weighing Room. WITHOUT RUNNERS Owners’ Information Line 0151 522 2959 We very much hope you will understand Arrangements have been made with Email [email protected] that security arrangements mean that the Irish Trainers Federation for Irish this procedure will be politely, but firmly Trainers, who do not have runners, to Monday 30 March enforced throughout the Festival. apply to the IRTA in advance of the to Wednesday 1 April Festival to ensure a badge for entry is 9:00am - 5:30pm METAL BADGES (ROA, NTF, PJA, available upon arrival. Thursday 2 and Friday 3 April RCA, BHA, JCO AND JOCKEY 7:00am - 3:00pm CLUB BADGES) Please note: no badges will be Saturday 4 April These are NOT applicable at the issued to Irish Trainers who do not 6:00am - 3:00pm Randox Health Grand National Festival have runners, unless they have applied and will NOT allow access to the in this way and are for the named racecourse.