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The British Pathe website and bank of film clips provide excellent coverage of the Grand National. The link below is a 10 minute 0 seconds clip of the Grand National. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPTPt2LHAzQ&feature=related
For a scan of the Monday re-scheduled racecard, and the full line-up, choose Monday Grand National.
Pos. |
Horse |
Jockey |
Owner |
1 |
LORD GYLLENE |
Tony Dobbin |
Stanley Clarke |
2 |
SUNNY BAY |
Jamie Osborne |
Uplands Bloostock |
3 |
CAMELOT KNIGHT |
Carl Llewellyn |
Mr Michael Gates |
4 |
BUCKBOARD BOUNCE |
Paul Carberry |
Mr Robert Ogden |
5 |
MASTER OATS |
Norman Williamson |
Mr P A Matthews |
6 |
AVRO ANSON |
Peter Niven |
The Mirror Punters Club |
Also |
GO BALLISTIC |
Mick Fitzgerald |
Mr B J Lockhart |
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and 29 others |
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7/1 fav |
GO BALLISTIC |
8/1 |
SUNNY BAY |
12/1 |
AVRO ANSON |
14/1 |
LORD GYLLENE |
25/1 |
MASTER OATS |
40/1 |
BUCKBOARD BOUNCE |
100/1 |
CAMELOT KNIGHT |
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Sean Curran securing a mattress at the Adelphi before the 1997 Grand National. These are the titles of chapters from Chris Pitt’s book ‘Go Down to the Beaten’, which looks at personal stories by connections of horses which failed to win the Grand National, a copy of which can be purchased by clicking the link below:-
http://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwgreyhoundd-21?_encoding=UTF8&node=341 |
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