Pantomime Horse Grand National
10IT was a horse race with a difference – there wasn’t a real horse in sight.
But it didn’t stop a huge and festive-spirited crowd horsing at Birmingham’s annual pantomime horse Grand National.
A parody of the traditional Grand National race at Aintree, the charity event sees competitors slip into pantomime horse and jockey outfits for the race in the city centre.
The turf was replaced by the tarmac of Broad Street as competitors jostled for the inside line at the charity chase.
The 600-yard dash was made more gruelling by towering fences of straw as novices lined up next to champion hurdlers for the seventh annual race.
After the bets have been placed, the competitors then charge around the gruelling 12 jump course in the hope of scooping the (obviously prestigious) title.
Second-time runner Nicki Mills cantered home 40 lengths clear in the “fillies” race.
The men’s race was more even with James Bamber, from Devon, edging out the competition by a nose.
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