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    The Grand National

    Mar 11, 2021 3 minutes

    10 APRIL 2021

    IF there is one race on the calendar for which everybody wants a tip, it’s the Grand National. If there’s also one race on the calendar where there’s no such thing as a tip, it’s the Grand National. It is therefore appropriate that the first-ever winner of the race in 1839 was called Lottery. Talk about nominative determinism.

    One race, two laps, 30 fences, 40 horses, 50-1 winners. This race is a numbers game and the odds are more stacked against you than the branches and leaves that

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