Transcription and The Race to The Finish
The Race to The Finish – The Grand National horse race is happening this Saturday at Aintree Racecourse. [1]
A National Hunt race, the Grand National is held on an annual basis at the racecourse in Liverpool, England, and was first run in 1839. This year, 40 horses are due to race over the 4 miles and 3 1/2 furlong course, with 30 jumps. Often a contentious race, the most famous jumps include Becher’s Brook, The Chair and Canal Turn.
- This will be the 169th edition of the race
- Britain will bet £500m on race day
- 600m worldwide TV viewers
- £1 million prize money on offer
- 150,000 spectators who visit Aintree over the three-day Festival
- Just five horses have won at odds of 100/1 – Mon Mome (2009), Foinavon (1967), Caughoo (1947), Gregalach (1929) and Tipperary Tim (1928) [2]
Boat Race
On Easter Sunday, the annual Boat Race took place along four-and-a-quarter mile course, on the Thames, from Putney to Mortlake. [3] The race between the men’s rowing crews of Oxford and Cambridge have raced one another for bragging rights since 1829. It then became an annual contest in 1845.
All the rowers and coxes must be full-time students at the two universities, as well as serious athletes. Although the rowers must be male or female for their respective Boat Races, the coxes can be either gender. [3] The men’s race doesn’t last very long; the record, set by Cambridge in 1998, is 16min 19sec. [4]
F1 Motor Racing
Formula One cars are the fastest road course racing cars in the world, owing to very high cornering speeds achieved through the generation of large amounts of aerodynamic downforce. Formula One cars race at speeds of up to 360 km/h (220 mph). [5]
The Formula One series originated with the European Grand Prix Motor Racing of the Twenties and Thirties. The formula is a set of rules which all participants’ cars must meet. Formula One was a new formula agreed upon after World War II during 1946, with the first non-championship races being held that year.
Currently, Formula One has 11 teams, each with two cars that can qualify for each race. Each team has two drivers under contract, and at least one test/reserve/third driver, sometimes two. There are 21 races from March to November. Because the drivers are paid by their team, there is no direct prize money to the winning driver, but the F1 Driver Champion and F1 Constructor’s Champion titles are extremely prestigious, none the less.
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Written by: Debbie Rowe, Transcriber for Fingertips Typing Services.
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[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_National
[2] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/racing/2016/04/07/grand-national-2016-full-horses-list-and-runners-guide/
[3] http://www.telegraph.co.uk/rowing/2016/03/24/boat-race-2016-all-you-need-to-know-about-the-oxford-and-cambrid/
[4] http://www.timeout.com/london/things-to-do/the-boat-race-everything-you-need-to-know
[5] https://www.formula1.com/