[spireitematt]

Red Rum won it on a course with fences that were very different to todays.  Those fences back they were seriously higher and had much bigger drop offs on the landing side tha we see today.  The fact Red Rum ran the race 5 times in a row and even managed to make it around each time is testament to his ability!!!

That's a good point. Problem is they've lowered the fences quite low now and it means the horses will run even faster before the jump. I think certain fences at Aintree need to be got rid of though and the field of 40 horses needs to be cut down to maybe 28-30. Every year people go on about banning it but racing happens for the majority of the year whether that's steeple chasing or flat racing. If you banned racing then you would have to ban showjumping and cross country events as well.