I have a quick question...Can a horse win the GN if they drop their rider and finish ahead.

No, the rider still has to be on the horse.

Oh damn, now how fair is that LOL

:lmao

:lol

If you go on you tube you can watch it from last year and there was a horse that was KICKIN butt and he lost his rider half way through LOL

Yeah, it sucks when that happens. That's why they say it's anyone's race - noone ever knows whether the favourite will win or the horse at 100-1.

Does that ever get protested over there?

It has been targeted in the past but not so much by protesters against horseracing. There was one famous incident at the Newmarket Derby in 1913 when a suffragette threw herself in front of the King's horse in protest for womens' rights. The Grand National has been targeted by terrorists (for eg. the IRA) previously as it's such a huge event. Protests against horseracing have always been discrete and peaceful at Aintree (from what I remember!)

Wow thats incredible! I thought that people would protest it, I am sure if we had a huge race like that here there would be some!