Alterations made to avoid another Aintree pile up Action has been taken after the controversial pile-up at the Canal Turn during this year`s Martell Grand National at Aintree, it has merged.The running of this year`s marathon was marred by heavy criticism after only four horses of the 40 starters finished and the race was run on very heavy ground which some claimed was unsafe.Paddy`s Return unseated Adrian Maguire and cut across the main body of the field - putting 10 horses out of the race which was won by 33-1 chance Red Marauder Modifications have been made ahead of the Tote Becher Chase at Aintree on Sunday in which the Mark Pitman-trained Smarty is expected to start favourite.Clerk of the course Charles Barnett said: 'Normally, for the Becher Chase, we only use the outside half of the track because we don`t get enough runners to justify it.'We have actually set up a rail at the run to the Foinavon Fence and the run to the Canal Turn fence, as it would be for the National. There is masses of room there.'Jockey Carl Llewellyn and trainers including Murphy and Len Lungo were involved in giving advice on the matter.'It`s a slight realignment from how it has been in the past at the Foinavon Fence where we noticed the jockeys tracked across and were quite squeezed on the corner.The results of an investigation into the National meeting are revealed in a Jockey Club report into the race made public today.
