Jockey Club nominates Betty Batt, now four, who spent first year of her life in Alder Hey, to raise funds for the hospital
A four-year-old girl who spent the first year of her life in hospital after being born four months premature has been named the honorary 41st runner in this year’s Grand National.
Betty Batt spent 13 months undergoing emergency surgery, blood transfusions and critical care after being born weighing only 650g (1.5lb).