As a racing enthusiast I welcome the new changes made in the review. The levelling on the landing side of several of the fences is very positive. Bechers "undergo further levelling of the wider landing zone, correcting the settlement which occurred following work carried out in 2011". In my view, any changes to Bechers Brook is a good thing seeing as out of all the deaths in the National from horses falling at fences, out of 46 fatalities since the race started in 1839, 14 of those have been at Bechers, compared to the next highest of 6 at fence 4 (or 20 on 2 nd time round). These changes to the fences come, even though this year’s National, none of the fences were directly to blame for the 2 fatalities of Synchronized and According To Pete. They had been looked at and changed the previous year after Ornais and Dooney’s Gate were both fatally killed in falls, directly attributed to the fences. Those changes have so far have been proven to be effective.