Have you heard of The Grand National?

April 13, 2007 11:25am CST
It is Grand National weekend here in England. It tends to be big here and many people place a bet when they don't for anything else the rest of the year. So I was wondering if people in other parts of the world had heard of it at all.
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Tir_Na_nOg
@Tir_Na_nOg (508)
• Ireland
13 Apr 07
Well, it has a worldwide audience so I guess just about everybody has heard of it. I don't usually bet on hores but I always make a point of betting on a horse in the Grand National. I think almost every firm in Ireland holds a sweepstake among it's staff for the race. I have won a few euros quite a few times and fingers crossed, I will win again this weekend. I would love to go to Aintree and see the race live.
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magicalmerlin
@magicalmerlin (1623)
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13 Apr 07
Would you, there would be too big a crowd for me to enjoy it. It must be very exciting though. I watch it on TV but they usually only show the front runners and the horse I am supporting is not usually one of those!!
Tir_Na_nOg
@Tir_Na_nOg (508)
• Ireland
13 Apr 07
Mine is usually the horse that falls at the first hurdle or the one that finishes the race without the jockey...lol.
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magicalmerlin
@magicalmerlin (1623)
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14 Apr 07
Silver Birch won today. Did you bet on that one?
CatNPK
@CatNPK (461)
• United States
23 Apr 07
Growing up in Finland and being horse crazy I had heard of it - also one of my long-time favorite movie is National Velvet (of which the Grand National is a large part of the basic storyline).
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