Aia ma Aintree, Merseyside, ʻEnelani ʻo Aintree racecourse, kahi no ka hanohano makahiki Grand National steeplechase. Ma waho aʻe o kēia hanana hōʻailona, ʻo Aintree ka home no ka Mildmay steeplechase, a me ka papa Hurdles.
Moolelo o Aintree Racecourse
ʻElua mau mile a ʻelua ʻelua ʻehā ka lōʻihi o ka papa National National a ua manaʻo nui ʻia ʻo ia ka papa paʻakikī loa e hoʻopau pono ai. Loaʻa iā ia he 16 mau pā, ʻekolu mau auwai hāmama, a me ka lele wai kaulana. ʻOkoʻa ke kiʻekiʻe o nā pā mai 4'6 ″ a i 5'2 ″ (ʻo ka pā kiʻekiʻe loa kekahi o nā auwai hāmama i kapa ʻia ʻo 'The Chair') ʻO ka mea weliweli loa ʻo Becher's Brook, ka pā 6 a me 22 o ka Grand National, nona ka he ʻaoʻao pae haʻahaʻa weliweli. ʻOiai ka emi ʻana o ka hāʻule ʻana i kēia manawa, e mau ana ia i mea e hopohopo ai.
Eha mau heihei hou ma na pa Lahui.
– ʻO John Hughes Trophy Chase
– Holoi 'o Fox Hunters
– Ke alualu lima lima o Grand Sefton
– ʻO Becher Chase
Ua kapa ʻia ka papa Mildmay ma muli o ka mea hoʻokūkū hoʻokūkū mua loa ʻo Lord Anthony Mildmay. Ua koi ʻo ia i ke koʻikoʻi o kahi papa "nursery" me nā mana i hoʻohaʻahaʻa ʻia o nā pā "National" e hoʻolauna i nā kukini Grand National e hiki mai ana i nā pilikia koʻikoʻi o Aintree. Akā naʻe, nui ka poʻe hoʻomaʻamaʻa ʻaʻole makemake i ka papa, a ʻo nā heihei ma ka papa Mildmay i makemake e huki i nā kula liʻiliʻi. Ma hope o ka manawa, a ma hope o nā hoʻololi ʻana i ka makahiki 1990, ua hoʻomaka ka papa e loaʻa nā accolades.
ʻO ka Hurdles' Course ka mea kahiko loa o nā papa ʻekolu o Aintree a me ka pae mua o nā heihei palahalaha – ʻo ka mea hope loa i ka makahiki 1976. He oval lima hema hoʻokahi mile ka lōʻihi me ka huli ʻana. He ʻeono mau huakaʻi pākaʻi, ʻekolu ma ke kua pololei a ʻekolu ma ka home pololei.
Ma kēia papa ma ʻApelila 7, 1967, i ka lā ma mua o ka Foinavon Grand National, a laila ʻelua makahiki ʻelua ʻo Red Rum, i hoʻokele ʻia e Paul Cook, i hoʻomehana ʻia i loko o kahi pā kūʻai ʻelima ʻelima me Curlicue.
Mālama ʻia ka National National i ʻApelila ma ʻekolu lā. Ma Mei a me Iune, hoʻomaka ʻo Aintree i kāna hui kaulana i ke ahiahi Pōʻalima. I ʻOkakopa, aia nā hālāwai Sābati a ʻo nā hālāwai Pōʻaono i Nowemapa a me Kekemapa.
He kahua heihei maikaʻi ʻo Aintree e hoʻomaka i ka pili ʻana ma… inā loaʻa iā ʻoe nā pili manuahi a i ʻole nā makana nui e like me kēia:
