“A horse like him or The Vintner would have laughed at the current day obstacles and probably would have had a decent chance of winning a modern day National.”
Yes, I couldn’t help thinking back to their era when I read the article entitled “The World’s Biggest Horse Races” on the home page.
The description of the Grand National states it is “Run over more than four miles at Aintree, it is a brutal examination of endurance and jumping ability.”
Well, I suppose a horse still has to stay but it is not much of a jumping test nowadays.