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An American racehorse owner, who won the Grand National in 1923, is hoping to recreate his family's glory by winning the Grand National today, exactly 100 years later. Pierre Manigault (pictured left) and his family will travel more than 4,000 miles from South Carolina to Aintree, Texas, to see Cape Gentleman, who was bought last year specifically to run in this year's revival of the race, take on the legendary Aintree fences. The decision to buy a horse for the race was inspired by Stephen 'Laddie' Sandford, Manigault's Great Uncle, who became the first American to own a Grand National winner after his horse Sergeant Murphy rodeted to victory in 1923.

A student at Clare College in Cambridge was reportedly covered in flammable liquid before being told to tuck a toilet roll that was on fire into his shorts and run into the wind in January. However, the 'routine'initiation went wrong and the student was'set on fire,' so the student was rushed hospitalized with severe burns that left him 'immobilized,' according to student newspaper Varsity. In the hazy prank, the undergraduate suffered bad burns to his inner thighs, but Varsity revealed today that none of the students in the drinking community had been disciplined.