1965 - Jay Trump
The winner
Job done, JAY TRUMP had one final race for Winter when he was sent over to France to contest their most famous steeplechase, the Grand Steeplechase de Paris. Leading at the last he weakened in the closing stages finishing third behind the French superstar Hyeres III. Returning to the USA he won a third Maryland Hunt Cup in 1966 and was promptly retired at the relatively early age of nine. Tommy Smith ultimately gave up racing and went into a career in education. JAY TRUMP spent the rest of his days hunting with his owner in Ohio. Inducted into the American Steeplechasing Hall of Fame he died in 1988.
Leading Fancies
On 1st July 1964, staff at Aintree racecourse were surprised to be granted an impromtu afternoon off. The course cleared of her loyal servants, Mrs Topham assembled the nations press to deliver her shock news that she had reached agreement with property developers Capital and Counties for the sale of the racecourse. Like urban racecourses at Birmingham, Hurst Park and Manchester, Aintree would be consigned to turf history and be re-developed for housing purposes. The racing world reeled with shock at the prospect that the 1965 National would be the last to be held at Aintree. As a result, with the prospect of one last attempt to land the National over Aintrees unique fences there was a bumper entry and a massive forty seven horses went to post for the "last" National. It was a good line-up. Favourite was the Scottish trained FREDDIE, short head winner over VULTRIX in the Mildmay Memorial Chase at Sandown. A winner also this season at Kelso he had other rivals THE RIP and KAPENO behind him at Sandown. The Queen Mothers THE RIP was next best at 9-1. A top class chaser, he had won twice at Kempton including the Coventry Chase and had finished a very respectable third behind Arkle in the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup earlier in the season. RONDETTO, like all the leading six in the market was making his Aintree debut. He had won two valuable handicaps, the Stones Ginger Wine Chase at Sandown and had beaten a competitive field in the National Hunt Handicap Chase at he Cheltenham Festival. KAPENO had been an early faller in that race but had finished fifth in the Mildmay Memorial and had also won at Windsor in March. A very interesting runner was the American JAY TRUMP, the dual winner of Americas most prestigious timber race, the Maryland Hunt Cup. He had been sent over to the UK for an assault on the National and was in the hands of first season trainer Fred Winter. Winning at Windsor, Newbury and Sandown he had also finished a distant second in the King George VI Chase. VULTRIX, a faller at Cheltenham but a close second in the Mildmay and a winner at Nottingham in February also came in for support. It couldn`t really be the last National...could it ?
The Grand National Steeplechase (112 entries), £22,491 to the winner, 2nd : £2,508, 3rd : £1,254, 4th : £627
2 02-4211 FREDDIE 8, 11-10 (R.Tweedie) P.McCarron
4 1-01211 RONDETTO 9, 11-6 (R.Turnell) J.King
5 11210 JAY TRUMP 8, 11-5 (F T Winter) Mr T C Smith
6 -233311 THE RIP 10, 11-5 (P.Cazalet) W.Rees
7 31142-4 MR JONES 10, 11-5* (W A Stephenson) Mr C D Collins
8 -0p021f VULTRIX 7, 11-1 (F.Cundell) D.Nicholson
9 1/201-14 FORGOTTEN DREAMS 11, 11-0 (A.Thomas) R.Coonan
10 13-0432 LOVING RECORD 11, 11-0 (T.Taaffe - IRE) B.Hannon*
11 24f1f3 PEACETOWN 11, 11-0 (G R Owen) P.Pickford*
13 -41302f KAPENO 8, 11-6* (P.Cazalet) D V Dick
15 /fof-0p AYALA 11, 10-13 (K.Piggott) S.Mellor *
16 -123003 BARLEYCROFT 10, 10-13 (S.Palmer) P.Harvey
17 031f-00 LIZAWAKE 12, 10-13 (B.Marshall) Mr G Hartigan
18 -102040 BROWN DIAMOND 10, 10-13 (P.Murphy - IRE) Mr W McLernon*
19 -200122 TANT PIS 10, 10-13 (J.Alder) Mr J Alder
21 f-03400 TIME 10, 10-13 (H.Nicholson) Mr B Scott
22 -241142 PHEBU 8, 10-13 (A W Jones) J.Morrissey
23 000-pp0 DARK VENETIAN 10, 10-13 (D.Barons) J.Renfree
24 -02214f RED TIDE 8, 10-13 (R.Turnell) J.Haine
25 322201 RUBY GLEN 10, 10-13 (G R Owen) S.Davenport
26 0-00000 COLEEN STAR 11, 10-13 (D.Charlesworth) J.Leech
27 3-044f0 RAINBOW BATTLE 9, 10-13 (C.Berwicke) G.Milburn*
29 442010 PONTIN-GO 13, 10-13 (W.Marshall) J.Lehane
30 -400003 L`EMPEREUR 11, 10-13 (J O`Donoghue) Mr J Ciechanowski
31 11-033u CULLEENHOUSE 11, 10-13 (T F Rimell) T W Biddlecombe
32 21-1012 LEEDSY 7, 10-13 (K.Piggott) G W Robinson*
34 10f100 RONALDS BOY 8, 11-1* (W A Stephenson) Mr G Kindersley*
35 -234403 APRIL ROSE 10, 10-13 (A.Kilpatrick) Maj P Bengough
36 0-02230 BALLYGOWAN 11, 10-13 (J.Brogan - IRE) A.Redmond*
37 103-000 BOLD BIRI 9, 10-13 (W.Stephenson) M.Scudamore*
38 f1-0004 REPRODUCTION 12, 10-13 (G R Owen) R.Langley
39 3-fppf0 SIZZLE-ON 9, 10-13 (I.Jordan) P.Hurley
40 20-1000 LESLIE 9, 10-13 (A.Kilpatrick) P.Jones
42 121332 SWORD FLASH 12, 10-13 (H T Smith) T.Ryan
43 1-31100 VULCANO 7, 10-13 (H R Price) T.Carberry*
45 -320004 GROOMSMAN 10, 10-13 (C.Chute - IRE) Duke of Alberquerqe
46 -3f0044 MOYRATH 12, 10-13 (T.Finch) B.Richmond
47 -f3f223 QUINTIN BAY 9, 10-13 (A.Brabazon - IRE) P.Taaffe
48 -4pf00u SOLONACE 14, 10-13 (W.) R W Jones
49 4-42p13 FEARLESS CAVALIER 14, 10-13 (J.Hooton) R.West
50 -200400 BLONDE WARRIOR 13, 10-13 (J.Dodd) Mr D Crossley-Cooke
51 -240123 CUTLETTE 8, 10-13 (P.Hannon) M.Roberts
52 p210-p0 NEDSMAR 11, 10-13 (R.Graham) J.Hudson
53 -42220p MR McTAFFY 13, 10-13 (A.Bacon) T.Jackson
54 -4r0303 BLACK SPOT 8, 10-13 (W.Marshall) J.Gamble
55 -000014 CROBEG 12, 10-13 (P R Stringer) Mr M C Gifford
56 20-0130 FRENCH COTTAGE 13, 10-13 W.Tellwright Mr W Tellwright
* B.Hannon down to ride Loving Record in the racecard
* R.Edwards down to ride Peacetown in the racecard
* T.Carberry down to ride Ayala in the racecard
* C.Finnegan down to ride Brown Diamond in the racecard
* Mr W Shand-Kydd down to ride Rainbow Battle in the racecard
* T,Norman down to ride Leedsy in the racecard
* P.Broderick down to ride Ronalds Boy in the racecard
* T.Hyde down to ride Ballygowan in the racecard
* T M Jones down to ride Vulcano in the racecard
SP : 7-2 Freddie, 9-1 The Rip, 100-8 Kapeno, Rondetto, 100-6 JAY TRUMP, Vultrix, 18-1 Leedsy, 22-1 Forgotten Dreams, 25-1 Culleenhouse, Peacetown, Quintin Bay, 33-1 Leslie, Loving Record, Phebu, Red Tide, Ruby Glen, 40-1 Reproduction, Tant Pis, Time, 50-1 Ayala, Brown Diamond, Cutlette, Mr Jones, Pontin-Go, Rainbow Battle, Vulcano, 66-1 Ballygowan, 100-1 April Rose, Barleycroft, Black Spot, Blonde Warrior, Bold Biri, Coleen Star, Crobeg, Dark Venetian, Fearless Cavalier, French Cottage, Groomsman, Leedsy, L`Empereur, Lizawake, Moyrath, Mr McTaffy, Nedsmar, Quintin Bay, Solonace, Sword Flash
Aintree Debutants
Ballygowan*, Bold Biri, Brown Diamond, Coleen Star*, Culleenhouse*, Cutlette*, Fearless Cavalier*, Forgotten Dreams*, French Cottage, Jay Trump*, Kapeno, Leedsy, Mr McTaffy*, Nedsmar*,Rainbow Battle*, Ronald`s Boy, Rondetto, Sword Flash*, Tant Pis*, The Rip*, Vultrix
Winners at Aintree
AYALA - 1963 Grand National
LESLIE - 1964 Molyneux Chase
LIZAWAKE - 1963 Becher Chase
MR JONES - 1962 Becher Chase
RED TIDE - 1964 Topham Trophy
Result
1st JAY TRUMP - Mr T C Smith
2nd FREDDIE - Pat McCarron
3rd MR JONES - Mr Chris Collins
4th RAINBOW BATTLE - G.Milburn
5th VULTRIX - David Nicholson
6th L`EMPEREUR - Mr Jon Ciechanowski
7th THE RIP - Bill Rees
8th LOVING RECORD - B.Hannon
9th TANT PIS - Mr John Alder
10th BROWN DIAMOND - Mr W McLernon
11th APRIL ROSE - Maj P.Bengough
13th PEACETOWN - Peter Pickford
14th MOYRATH - B.Richmond
Time : 9 minutes, 30 3/5 seconds.
Distances : Three quarters of a length & twenty lengths
Owned by Mrs M.Stephenson.
Trained by Fred Winter in Lambourn
Did You Know ?
The first three riders home were all making their National debuts.
1966 - Anglo
The winner
ANGLO was ridden by journeyman jockey Tim Norman who was having his first National ride and had survived Aintree after the horror of being involved in a car accident twenty four hours earlier. ANGLO could best be described as a fairly moderate National winner who somewhat disappeared into obscurity thereafter. The following season he won a small race at Worcester, his prep race for a second tilt at the National. Although he started joint fourth favourite in 1967 he seemed to hate the experience second time round and ran a stinker. Tailed off by the first Canal Turn he was over a fence behind when he was pulled up at the Chair. He only raced for one more season, failing to win in five starts including being pulled up in the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup. He last ran at Lingfield in Feburary 1968
Leading Fancies
Despite Mrs Topham insisting that 1965 would be the "last" National run at Aintree the Autumn and New Year fixtures were still staged. To the relief of the racing fraternity there was to be a second "last" Grand National although this was to be the absolute end according to Aintrees stubborn owner. Expecting the worse there was another bumper entry and another large field. Favourite for the second year running was FREDDIE a fifteen length second to the mighty Arkle in the Hennessy and a winner of the Great Yorkshire Chase. WHAT A MYTH was the form horse in the race, unbeaten in five starts including the Mildmay Memorial and the Gainsborough Chase, HIGHLAND WEDDING had been beaten into second place in the Gainsborough but had won the Eider Chase and beaten KAPENO in the Whitbread Trial at Ascot. FOREST PRINCE had won twice at Haydock and looked a potential National star when he made all the running to win the very last steeplechase at the old Autumn meeting, the Becher Chase, by twelve lengths. Other fancies included KAPENO who turned the tables on HIGHLAND WEDDING in the Coventry Chase at Kempton. He had unseated his rider at Bechers second time in two outings over the National fences and came a cropper at the same fence in the last Grand Sefton. VULTRIX winner of the SGB Chase at Ascot, and races at Warwick and Nottingham also came in for support. An interesting runner was the Japanese trained FUJINO O, a prolific winner in his native land. However he was burdened with automatic top weight of twelve stone and a poor performance in his one prep race, the Mildmay of Flete at the Festival made his odds of 100-1 seem an accurate reflection of his chances.
GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE (109 entries) £20,658 to the winner, 2nd : £2,504, 3rd : £1,252, 4th : £626
1 0 FUJINO-O 7, 12-0 (F T Walwyn) J.King
2 442212 FREDDIE 9, 11-7 (R.Tweedie) P.McCarron
3 -11111 WHAT A MYTH 9, 11-4 (R Price) P.Kellaway
4 -33031 FLYING WILD 10, 11-0 (D L Moore - IRE) P.Taaffe
5 11p232 STIRLING 10, 10-11 (M H Easterby) H R Beasley
6 121114 FOREST PRINCE 8, 10-8 (N.Crump) G.Scott
7 212p34 THE FOSSA 9 10-8 (T F Rimell) T W Biddlecombe
8 421011 VULTRIX 8, 10-7 (F.Cundell) S.Mellor
9 -10b22 ROUGH TWEED 12, 10-7 (N.Crump) P.Buckley
10 f41321 KAPENO 9, 10-6 (P.Cazalet) D.Mould
12 001114 PACKED HOME 11, 10-3 (D L Moore - IRE) T.Carberry
13 -21201 GREEK SCHOLAR 7, 10-4* (D.Smith) M.Scudamore
14 1f0f00 SOLIMYTH 10, 10-1* (A.Oughton) Mr J Lawrence
15 0-0014 BROWN DIAMOND 11, 10-0 (P.Murphy - IRE) F.Shortt
17 4440-0 DORIMONT 12, 10-0 (W Shand-Kydd) Mr W Shand-Kydd
18 311433 POPHAM DOWN 9, 10-0 (F T Walwyn) G W Robinson
19 03-300 PONTIN-GO 14, 10-0 (J E Sutcliffe) T M Jones
21 f20000 BOLD BIRI 10, 10-0 (W.Stephenson) J.Lehane
22 301224 ANGLO 8, 10-0 (F T Winter) T.Norman
23 103000 APRIL ROSE 11, 10-7* (A.Kilpatrick) Maj P.Bengough
24 pp4f40 GAME PURSTON 8, 10-0 (J.Yeomans) P.Cowley
25 -00031 LOVING RECORD 12, 10-0 (T.Taaffe - IRE) B.Hannon
26 -4p003 NORTHER 9, 10-0 (D.Jenkins) P.Jones
27 30-034 L`EMPEREUR 12, 10-2* (G.Balding) Duke of Alberquerque
284320p0 SUPERSWEET 9, 10-6* (W A Stephenson) Mr D Crossley-Cooke*
29 0-p001 WILLOW KING 11, 10-0 (J N Barratt) L.McLoughlin
30 1pf14f MONARCH`S THOUGHT 12, 10-0 (D.Ellison) G.Cramp
31 010310 VALOUIS 7, 10-0 (F.Prendergast - IRE) E.Prendergast
32 4p0121 MAJOR HITCH 8, 10-1* (W A Stephenson) P.Broderick
33 32-200 ROYAL RUSE 8, 10-0 (F T Walwyn) T.Hyde
34 003040 QUINTIN BAY 10, 10-0 (A.Brabazon - IRE) J.Cullen*
35 pf1441 BIG GEORGE 11, 10-0 (W D Francis) J.Morrissey
36 0101b4 JIM`S TAVERN 9, 10-0 (J.Hicks) Mr N Gaselee
37 0-3432 GALE FORCE X 9, 10-0 (D L Moore - IRE) R.Coonan
38 321300 GROOMSMAN 11, 11-0* (G.Wells - IRE) Mr S Roberts
39 102010 IRISH DAY 10, 10-0 (P.Rooney - IRE) J.Magee
40 p13022 VULCANO 8, 10-1* (H R Price) J.Gifford
41 3f1112 HIGHLAND WEDDING 9, 10-0 (G.Balding) O.McNally
42 f400f3 LESLIE 10, 10-5* (A.Kilpatrick) Mr J M Opperman
43 0003f0 SCOTTISH FINAL 9, 10-0 (F.Muggeridge) J.Gamble
44 04p000 MACS FLARE 10, 10-0 (D.Charlesworth) R.Langley
45 002ff0 FLAMECAP 9, 10-0 (C.Ronaldson - IRE) F.Carroll
46 f3000r BLACK SPOT 9, 10-0 (W.Marshall) J.Speid-Soote
49 400332 KING PIN 10, 10-11* (R.Armytage) Mr T Durant
50 42024f IN HASTE 8, 10-3* (C.Bewicke) J.Leech
51 -pp444 HARRY BLACK 9, 10-0 (H.Lane) R.Court
52 -00002 MY GIFT 10, 10-0 (P.Rooney - IRE) A.Redmond
* E.Fenwick down to ride Supersweet in the racecard
* Mr D Crossley-Cooke down to ride Quintin Bay in the racecard
SP : 11-4 Freddie, 11-2 What A Myth, 15-2 Highland Wedding, 100-7 Forest Prince, Kapeno, Vultrix, 20-1 Flying Wild, The Fossa, 22-1 Popham Down, Rough Tweed, 25-1 Vulcano, 28-1 Stirling, 33-1 Big George, Packed Home, 40-1 Irish Day, 50-1 ANGLO, Dorimont, Gale Force X, Greek Scholar, Loving Record, Major Hitch, Valouis, 100-1 April Rose, Black Spot, Bold Biri, Brown Diamond, Flamecap, Fujino-O, Game Purston, Groomsman, In Haste, Jim`s Tavern, King Pin, Leslie, L`Empereur, Mac`s Flare, Monarch`s Thought, My Gift, Norther, Pontin-Go, Quintin Bay, Royal Ruse, Scottish Final, Solimyth, Supersweet, Willow King
Aintree Debutants
Anglo, Big George*, Dorimont, Fujino-O*, Game Purston, In Haste*, Irish Day*, Jim`s Tavern*, Mac`s Flare*, Major Hitch*, Monarch`s Thought*, My Gift*, Norther, Packed Home, Popham Down, Rough Tweed*, Scottish Final, Solimyth*, Stirling*, What A Myth, Willow King*
Winners at Aintree
FOREST KING - 1965 Becher Chase
LESLIE - 1964 Molyneux Chase
THE FOSSA - 1965 Grand Sefton
VALOUIS - 1965 Molyneux Chase
Result
1st ANGLO - Tim Norman
2nd FREDDIE - Pat McCarron
3rd FOREST PRINCE - Gerry Scott
4th THE FOSSA - Terry Biddlecombe
5th JIMS TAVERN - Mr NIck Gaselee
6th QUINTIN BAY - J.Cullen
7th NORTHER - P.Jones
8th HIGHLAND WEDDING - O.McNally
9th VULCANO - Josh Gifford
10th GALE FORCE X - Bobby Coonan
11th BIG GEORGE - Jimmy Morrisey
12th LOVING RECORD - B.Hannon
Distances : Twenty lengths & five lengths.
Time : 9 minutes, 52 2/5 seconds.
Owned by Stuart Levy.
Trained by Fred Winter in Lambourn
1967 - Foinavon
The winner
FOINAVON was handed a golden opportunity, stayed in front, jumped well and kept on going to the line to become a National legend. In the nineties the twenty third fence became officially known as the "Foinavon fence". The following season FOINAVON reverted to type, he only beat one horse home in his four starts before his second tilt at the National. Running in different colours and ridden this time by Phil Harvey, he was far more prominent when he was brought down at the water. He did not return to Aintree but was kept in training. Winning a small race at Devon & Exeter in September there was to be one final surprise in store for him. On 12th October 1968 he ran in a five runner race at Uttoxeter. Tailed off last of the three survivors at the second last fence the leader fell and the second, distracted, refused. As at Aintree FOINAVON plodded on to record another unlikely victory, Who says lightning doesn`t strike twice?
Leading Fancies
Thanks to Lord Seftons legal proceedings against Mrs Topham in an attempt to stop the sale of Aintree (this eventually got as far as the House of Lords) the racecourse remained open. Ominously though there was no Autumn or New Year fixtures staged and the National meeting for the next twenty five years (with a couple of brief exceptions) would remain Aintree`s sole fixture. Another large field of forty four runners assembled for the third "last" National. Aintree debutant HONEY END from the powerful Ryan Price stable headed the market. Kept busy since the beginning of the season he had won six races and finished second in two. Next best was the class horse of the race BASSNET, winner at Ascot, Cheltenham and the Haydock Park Grand National Trial. He could be forgiven his last race, the National Hunt Handicap Chase at the Festival as he pulled up having twisted a plate. Third favourite and now Arkle was on the sidelines, probably the most popular horse in training was FREDDIE. In excellent form he had beaten HONEY END in the Joan Mackay Chase at Ayr in the Autumn and had then won the valuable Gallagher Gold Cup at Sandown. Last of six in the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup two more wins had followed at Wetherby and Ayr. Hollywood star Gregory Peck was back at Aintree following Owens Sedge attempt in 1963. He had a real star in the making with the National Hunt Handicap Chase winner DIFFERENT CLASS. THE FOSSA who had finished just behind FREDDIE in 1966 had only been once out of the first four in ten starts with a win last time at Uttoxeter. There was also support for KILBURN, a winner this season at Chepstow, Sandown and Warwick. There was one previous winner in the field, the 1966 hero ANGLO and he was quietly fancied for a repeat win on the back of his one victory this season in a competitive, minor race at Worcester.
GRAND NATIONAL STEEPLECHASE (102 entries) £15,879 to the winner, £4,886 to the second, £2,443 to the third & £1,221 to the fourth
1 1-13123 WHAT A MYTH 10, 12-0 (H R Price) P.Kellaway
2 110101 FREDDIE 10, 11-13 (R.Tweedie) P.McCarron
3 f-p0300 RONDETTO 11, 11-7 (R.Turnell) J.Haine
4 -4p2141 DIFFERENT CLASS 7, 11-2 (P.Cazalet) D.Mould
5 1221p3 SOLBINA 10, 11-2 (F T Winter) E P Harty
6 -134013 KAPENO 10, 11-1 (P.Cazalet) Mr N.Gaselee
7 -300421 ANGLO 9, 11-1 (F T Winter) H R Beasley
8 110221 KILBURN 9, 11-0 (S.Nesfield) T.Norman
9 -u01p44 LIMEKING 10, 10-13 (N.Crump) P.Buckley
10 4u101p BASSNET 8, 10-11 (A.Kilpatrick) D.Nicholson
11 230121 RUTHERFORDS 7, 10-11 (T.Molony) J.Leech
12 1-21234 FORECASTLE 9, 10-10 (N.Crump) N.Wilkinson
13 f1-42p4 GREEK SCHOLAR 8, 10-9* (D.Smith) T W Biddlecombe
14 -0pp320 MEON VALLEY 12, 10-7 (R.Turnell) A.Turnell
15 112121 HONEY END 10, 10-4 (H R Price) J.Gifford
16 0-00020 ROSS SEA 11, 10-3 (F.Cundell) J.Cook
17 140013 CASTLE FALLS 10, 10-3 (W.Hall) S.Hayhurst
18 404002 LUCKY DOMINO 10, 10-5* (G.Waring) J.Kenneally
19 302421 THE FOSSA 10, 10-2 (T F Rimell) S.Mellor
20 00204p NORTHER 10, 10-0 (R E Jenkins) Mr J Lawrence
21 320000 PACKED HOME 12, 10-0 (D L Moore - IRE) T.Carberry
22/0u-p034 DORIMONT 13, 10-0 (W Shand-Kydd) R.Pitman
24 112132 KIRTLE-LAD 8, 10-1* (W A Stephenson) P.Broderick
25 f-33up3 POPHAM DOWN 10, 10-0 (F.Walwyn) M C Gifford
26 p-030u3 APRIL ROSE 12, 10-8* (A.Kilpatrick) Maj P Bengough
27 -300112 VULCANO 9, 10-0 (H R Price) J.Speide-Soote
28 004-23p DUN WIDDY 11, 10-10* (J N Barratt) Mr J Edwards
29 130033 AUSSIE 10, 10-0 (P.Murphy) F.Shortt
30 343033 PENVULGO 8, 10-0 (W D Francis) J.Lehane
31 /p-00441 LEEDSY 9, 10-5* (P.Norris - IRE) T S Murphy
32 22203f PRINCEFUL 9, 10-2* (T F Rimell) R.Edwards
33 031200 GAME PURSTON 9, 10-0 (J.Yeomans) K B White
34 13d311 RED ALLIGATOR 8, 10-0 (D.Smith) B.Fletcher
35 340000 RONALDS BOY 10, 10-13* (C B Harty - IRE) Mr P Irby
36 0p3023 BORDER FURY 8, 10-2* (H.Nicholson) Mr D Crossley-Cooke
37 pp44f4 HARRY BLACK 10, 10-0 (H.Lane) R.Reid
38 0f0040 FOINAVON 9, 10-0 (J H Kempton) J.Buckingham
39 1-p000f AERIAL III 11, 10-9* (R.Armytage) Mr T Durant
40 f03002 SCOTTISH FINAL 10, 10-0 (G B Balding) Mr B Howard
41 334f11 QUINTIN BAY 11, 10-0 (A.Brabazon - IRE) J.Cullen
42 314241 TOWER ROAD 9, 10-0 (D.Dallimore) R.Williams
43 003030 BARBERYN 12, 10-1* (G P Milner) N.Mullins*
44 p-01004 BOB-A-JOB 13, 10-0 (T D Hudson) C.Young
45 02p413 STEEL BRIDGE 9, 10-0 (D.Auld - IRE) E.Prendergast
Non Runner : 23 Highlandie (R,Coonan)
* J.Morrissey down to ride Barberyn in the racecard
S P : 15-2 Honey End, 10-1 Bassnet, 100-9 Freddie, 100-8 Anglo, Different Class, Kilburn, The Fossa, 20-1 Greek Scholar, What A Myth, 25-1 Kapeno, Solbina, 28-1 Kirtle-Lad, Rutherfords, 30-1 Red Alligator, 33-1 Limeking, Rondetto, 40-1 Tower Road, Vulcano, 50-1 Aussie, Castle Falls, Forecastle, Leedsy, Norther, Penvulgo, Quintin Bay, 66-1 April Rose, Game Purston, Lucky Domino, Meon Valley, Popham Down, Ross Sea, 100-1 Aerial III, Barberyn, Dorimont, Dun Widdy, FOINAVON, Harry Black, Packed Home, Princeful, Ronalds Boy, Scottish Final
Aintree debutants
Aussie*, Bob-a-Job*, Border Fury, Different Class, Foinavon, Forecastle, Honey End*, Kilburn, Kirtle-Lad, Limeking*, Lucky Domino*, Princeful, Red Alligator, Ross Sea, Rutherfords, Solbina*, Tower Road*
Winners at Aintree
AERIEL III - 1964 Foxhunters
ANGLO - 1966 Grand National
BARBERYN - 1963 Topham Trophy
THE FOSSA - 1965 Grand Sefton
Result
1st FOINAVON - John Buckingham
2nd HONEY END - Josh Gifford
3rd RED ALLIGATOR - Brian Fletcher
4th GREEK SCHOLAR - Terry Biddlecombe
5th PACKED HOME - Tommy Carberry
6th SOLBINA - Eddie Harty
7th AUSSIE - F.Shortt
8th SCOTTISH FINAL - Mr B Howard
9th WHAT A MYTH - Paul Kellaway
10th KAPENO - Mr Nick Gaselee
11th QUINTIN BAY - J.Cullen
12th BOB-A-JOB - C.Young
13th STEEL BRIDGE - E.Prendergast
14th CASTLE FALLS - Stan Hayhurst
15th ROSS SEA - Johnny Cook
16th RUTHERFORDS - J.Leech
17th FREDDIE - Pat McCarron
18th GAME PURSTON - Ken White
Distances :
Time : 9 minutes, 49 1/5 seconds
Owned by Cyril Watkins
Trained by John Buckingham at Compton
Did You Know
Everyone knows that POPHAM DOWN was the main villain but there were two riderless horses who cause the mayhem at the twenty third. The other horse was APRIL ROSE who had unseated at the third fence.
After the twenty third fence POPHAM DOWN ran off the course and re-joined the field by crashing through the barrier after the twenty eighth fence. The other loose horse to complete the course was LEEDSY.
A myth went around a couple of years ago that suggested that FOINAVON was not the only horse to jump the fence at the first attempt. Not true. Irish outsider PACKED HOME was last at Bechers and like FOINAVON benefited from the chaos as he went on to finish fifth. However, whilst you cannot see him in any of the BBC & Pathe footage in photographs you can clearly see he has stopped at the fence.
Everyone is familiar with Michael O`Heihrs magnificent commentary of the mayhem of the twenty third but there is another wonderful piece of National commentary from Bob Haines at the first. Here for the first time is this gem commemorated...."and they jump the first...and they`re not all over because MEON VALLEY is down, BASSNET is down and POPHAM DOWN......has fallen". ...........Priceless.