What about the jockeys?
Human rights activists normally worry about the horses in such a tremendous and powerful and scary event as the Grand National. But what about the jockeys? It’s a very dangerous sport for these small fellows as well. Just one example of this is at the 1862 grand national when the jockey James Wynn was killed right before the water jump. Most horses rode up to this jump with great speed and this was probably what endangered James’ life here. So organisers actually turned the jump into an open ditch instead and is now called a very interesting name called ‘The Chair’.