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While the cancellation of races is an extremely rare occurrence, some have been known to be postponed since the Grand National first began in 1839.
The First World War:
During the First World War period, Aintree Racecourse was utilised by the War Office - meaning that the races did not go ahead as usual. Instead, the event was moved to Gatwick Racecourse - now known as Gatwick Airport - during the years 1916,1917 and 1918. These races were known by different names, the first one was the Racecourse Association Steeplechase, whilst the latter two were given the title of the War National Steeplechase.
The Second World War:
Again, Aintree was commandeered during the Second World War.
However, this time the races were not hosted anywhere else like during the First World War and they were cancelled between 1941 and 1945.
The IRA bomb scare:
While thousands travelled to Aintree for the big event in 1997, Merseyside Police received a phone call at 2.52pm from the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) informing them that a bomb had been planted at the Racecourse. The call came three minutes after a call had been made informing police of another bomb in place at Aintree University Hospital in the Fazakerley district of the city.
More than 60,000 people were made to leave as police evacuated the area.
The event eventually took place two days later on April 7.
The 1993 Race That Never Was:
This is another example of a Grand National that was not technically cancelled but also did not take place on its scheduled date.
It took place on the 3rd of April in 1993 and was intended to be the 147th running of the race.
However, it was not able to count as an official running because a false start was declared, only for 30 of the 39 horses taking part to not realise and continued racing. The reason it makes the list here is that the Jockey Club decided not to re-run the race at a later date, meaning that no race result is noted for the year 1993.
Source: Grand National Betting
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A press release from Animal Rising said that just 100 supporters gathered outside the racecourse, though they expect more to arrive later. Miss Penna Rojas said: 'This summer Animal Rising will be taking action to protect animals from harm 333 rescuing them from factory farms and putting ourselves between these beautiful creatures and harm.' 313
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