THE first official races at Aintree were organised by a syndicate headed by the owner of Liverpool’s Waterloo Hotel, William Lynn.
He leased the land from Lord Sefton, set out a course and built a grandstand. Lord Molyneux laid the foundation stone on February 7th, 1829, and placed a bottle full of sovereigns in the footings.


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