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A film exploring the mental health of jockeys and the “lonelier, darker side” of horse racing will air later this year.
The Fall, by British director and writer Nathan Horrocks, has been nominated for Best Short Drama at the London Short Film Festival. It will be screened during the LA Shorts International Film Festival, which ranks among the most prestigious and largest international short film festivals in the world, and has also received an honourable mention in the Independent Shorts Awards for Best Drama Short.
The 22-minute film is centred around the aftermath of a fall at the last fence of a race, where the horse, Habitare, would have passed the winning line in front had it not been for the fall.
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The 2021 Randox Grand National, the world s most famous jumps race, takes place at 5.15pm on Saturday with 40 horses vying for a place in racing legend. Here, we outline five methods you can employ to help you pick the winner . . .
Form
The easiest place to start is with the form of each runner, but that can be tricky as the Grand National is a handicap race designed, in theory, to allow all runners to set off with a level chance. A horse s form is usually reflected in the official ratings given to each, with that rating determining what weight they will be allocated for the race.
Cloth Cap will be going in as favourite
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The 2021 Grand National gets underway this afternoon. Here, 1990 winner Marcus Armytage gives his verdict, while you can find the view of our tipster Marlborough and the thoughts of the great and the good from sport below.
Good luck!
It may not be quite the message the Government has wanted to get across to the public in the last 12 months but, as a degree of normality begins to return, it is time we should all start Takingrisks.
A year after the Randox Health Grand National was cancelled by Covid, the 173
rd running will finally take place albeit in front of its smallest ever crowd which might just about amount to 1,000 people if you add up the owners, trainers, officials, racecourse staff and police.