Where Is The Grand National Held
Where Is The Grand National Held The Most
Sep 19, 2017 THE GRAND NATIONAL is horse racing’s best known event and a British sporting tradition. Held annually at Aintree, near Liverpool, the first race was run in 1839 and is contested over 4 miles. The Grand National is the worlds greatest steeplechase. It is held at Aintree in England and is run over a distance of about 4 miles (approximately 7¼ km), with thirty fences to be jumped. It is the most valuable National Hunt event in Great Britain.
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Contact: River Permits Office, 800-959-9164
Where Is The Grand National Held Open
Grand Canyon, Ariz. – On Monday, February 1, 2021 the National Park Service will begin accepting applications for noncommercial river trip permits to raft the Colorado River through Grand Canyon National Park. The permits are for specific launch dates within calendar year 2022. A total of 246 permits will be available for 12- to 25-day river trips. Eligible individuals may apply online at the weighted lottery website (https://grcariverpermits.nps.gov). Applications will be accepted online through noon Mountain Standard Time on Tuesday, February 23, 2021.
Each year in February, a main lottery is held to assign launch dates for river trips occurring the next year. Public notifications regarding main lotteries are made by both email and news release. In addition to the annual main lottery, follow-up lotteries are held as needed throughout the remainder of the year to reassign canceled and/or left-over river trips. Public notifications for these follow-up lotteries are made through email, an RSS feed, and Twitter (twitter.com/GCRiverPermits).
The weighted lottery website can be accessed for free year-round to create or modify an account and to sign-up to receive email notifications. Individuals who are interested in a future noncommercial river permit are encouraged to create an account. Lottery applications are accepted through the weighted lottery website only when lotteries are open.
Individuals must be 18 years or older to apply for a river trip permit. Noncommercial river trips must be self-guided, and technical whitewater experience is mandatory on each trip. Individuals may participate on a maximum of one recreational river trip per year (commercial or noncommercial).
Individuals interested in professionally-guided river trips should not apply through the lottery, but instead request space on a commercial trip. A list of commercial companies offering guided trips can be found by visiting: https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/river-concessioners.htm
For more information about the 2022 Main Lottery, please visit the Grand Canyon National Park web site (https://www.nps.gov/grca/planyourvisit/weightedlottery.htm), contact the River Permits Office at 1-800-959-9164 or 928-638-7843, or email us at grca_riv@nps.gov