New Posts For Thread: Liverpool 1913https://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29827965/liverpool-1913A follow up to the similar thread I started on the Cheltenham forum, looking back at the big meeting as it was one hundred years ago for those with an interest in racing history. The majority of the information below comes from a 1913 McCalls Racingriveting read though, ty :)https://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29827965/liverpool-1913?post_id=530257265#530257265riveting read though, ty :)Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:28:00 -0500You can't say coq? fffs...https://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29827965/liverpool-1913?post_id=530257243#530257243You can't say coq? fffs...Fri, 29 Mar 2013 10:27:15 -0500Indeed, I can now see that the name China C**k doesn't meet with the approval of the BF censors either!https://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29827965/liverpool-1913?post_id=530254383#530254383Indeed, I can now see that the name China C**k doesn't meet with the approval of the BF censors either!Fri, 29 Mar 2013 08:26:44 -0500To complete the details on the jump races at the meeting, the third race on day three was the '33rd Champion Chase', run over 2m 7f and 110yds. Based on the modern layout of the track, that would involve a start close to the Melling Road crossing andhttps://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29827965/liverpool-1913?post_id=530254299#530254299To complete the details on the jump races at the meeting, the third race on day three was the '33rd Champion Chase', run over 2m 7f and 110yds. Based on the modern layout of the track, that would involve a start close to the Melling Road crossing andFri, 29 Mar 2013 08:23:15 -0500That last post related to :Craganour was owned by C Bower Ismay and you could say that his was not a lucky family, as his brother Bruce Ismay was the managing director of the company that owned the Titanic!https://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29827965/liverpool-1913?post_id=530251819#530251819That last post related to :Craganour was owned by C Bower Ismay and you could say that his was not a lucky family, as his brother Bruce Ismay was the managing director of the company that owned the Titanic!Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:50:41 -0500More than this the Ismay family were frowned upon in Society because Bruce had taken to the lifeboats rather than staying with the ship. There was some thought that the Epsom stewards took this fully into account when disqualifing Craganour!https://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29827965/liverpool-1913?post_id=530251801#530251801More than this the Ismay family were frowned upon in Society because Bruce had taken to the lifeboats rather than staying with the ship. There was some thought that the Epsom stewards took this fully into account when disqualifing Craganour!Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:49:03 -0500Great read.https://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29827965/liverpool-1913?post_id=530251757#530251757Great read.Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:45:47 -0500The final day of meeting, Saturday April 5th, began with the Liverpool Hurdle, a handicap over two miles, with the hurdles set up presumably on the flat track.Eighteen runners went to post for a prize of £825, with the Cheltenham County Hurdle winnehttps://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29827965/liverpool-1913?post_id=530251711#530251711The final day of meeting, Saturday April 5th, began with the Liverpool Hurdle, a handicap over two miles, with the hurdles set up presumably on the flat track.Eighteen runners went to post for a prize of £825, with the Cheltenham County Hurdle winneFri, 29 Mar 2013 04:41:14 -0500Day two of the 1913 meeting featured the Grand National, then the most important and by far the most valuable race on the jumping calendar, despite being the centre piece of an otherwise all flat card!The official distance is recorded in the form boohttps://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29827965/liverpool-1913?post_id=530197455#530197455Day two of the 1913 meeting featured the Grand National, then the most important and by far the most valuable race on the jumping calendar, despite being the centre piece of an otherwise all flat card!The official distance is recorded in the form booWed, 27 Mar 2013 06:14:01 -0500great stuff TA, keep'um coming!https://community.betfair.com/aintree2011/go/thread/view/121613/29827965/liverpool-1913?post_id=530172939#530172939great stuff TA, keep'um coming!Tue, 26 Mar 2013 10:39:54 -0500