Horse Racing

Safety Changes For Grand National Hurdle

The Grand National Hurdle faces a few key changes with tweaks to be made to the structure in a bid to improve safety.

The event has an unwelcome history of producing too regular fatalities with many horses failing to finish the event.

Some say the gruelling nature of the circuit is what makes it such a popular annual event while others claim that improvements can make the race even more popular among the wider public.