Becher's Brook

Becher's Brook ( /ˈbiːtʃərz/ BEECH-ərz) is a fence jumped during the Grand National, a National Hunt horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England. It is jumped twice during the race, as the sixth and 22nd fence, as well as on four other occasions during the year. It has always been a notorious and controversial obstacle, because of the size and angle of the 6ft 9in drop on the landing side. Some jockeys have compared it to "jumping off the edge of the world."

Following the fall of six horses at the fence during the 1989 Grand National—including the deaths of two, Brown Trix and Seeandem—the course executive bowed to pressure from animal rights groups and modified the fence for the 1990 Grand National. Two horses, Ornais and Dooneys Gate, died during the 2011 Grand National, the latter at Becher's Brook. Dooneys Gate's death resulted in the fence being jumped only once for the first time in the race's history; it was bypassed on the outside on the second circuit while veterinary staff attended to him.