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Originally Posted by Kizzy

30 fences though? the horse that died had already jumped 27 fences.
And of 39 only 13 finished, it just seems like it's still too extreme a course even following recent modifications.

Seedling died in a different race, not the national itself. The race he was running in, 14 horses were entered and 13 finished.

No fatalities in the Grand National, 19 horses finished but all horses and jockies were unscathed.