1977- Red Rum
The winner
Red Rum`s third victory made history and earned him superstar status. He became the most famous racehorse of all time and he stayed in training for one final attempt at the National. Sadly it was not to be. On the eve of the race he was found to be slightly lame after his final work out on the Southport sands and his devoted trainer immediately announced his retirement. The news made headlines throughout the world and to a degree overshadowed the actual race itself. Red Rum spent his retirement opening supermarkets, betting shops and making personal appearances. In 1977 he officially switched on the Blackpool Illuminations (although how he managed to get his hoof to flick the switch is a bit of a mystery). He is the only animal to my knowledge to put in an appearance on the BBCs Sports Personality of the Year show. In 2002 his third National triumph came twenty first in a poll of the hundred greatest sporting moments of all time. He was never happier though then when he came to Aintree on Grand National day leading the parade for the first time in 1978 and continuing to do so until 1994. He made one final visit to Aintree in May 1995 when the racecourse put on a special race meeting to celebrate his thirtieth birthday. He died on 18th October 1995 and fittingly is buried by the winning post at Aintree. A legend. We have never seen his like since and to be honest we probably never will.
Leading fancies
For the first time since 1946 the current Cheltenham Gold Cup winner lined up at Aintree. The Irish trained DAVY LAD had been considered a very lucky winner in a race of tragedy and misfortune where all the market leaders had come to grief. Even if he was considered a below par Gold Cup winner he was still a very capable animal who had been campaigned in the highest quality over the past two seasons. RED RUM had returned to winning ways at Carlisle in October but had disappointed in his two prep races, the Grand National Trial and the Greenall Whitley Breweries Chase at Haydock. Favourite was the Fred Rimell trained ANDY PANDY, formerly trained in Ireland he had won the Charissma Gold Cup at Kempton and had beaten Red Rum by no less than forty lengths in the National Trial. In the absence through injury of 1976 hero Rag Trade the Rimell/Burke combination had a more than adequate replacement. Others to note included GAY VULGAN who had run up a sequence of five wins including the Bass Handicap Chase at Cheltenham over four miles in January and the National Hunt Handicap Chase at the Festival. One of my favourite horses in training at the time was the top class ZETA`S SON who had fallen at Bechers in the 1976 Topham and had then disappointed when fancied for the Irish National. However this year he had won the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup and the Mildmay Memorial Chase at Sandown. Aintree debutant SEBASTIAN V was the hope of Scotland having been running well in long distance chases. CHURCHTOWN BOY had run well to finish in 1976 and was looking to become the first horse to win the elusive Topham Trophy/Grand National double having won a competitive Topham two days earlier. Mention should also be made of one outsider, a hunter chaser called BARONY FORT from Essex. He was making history as he was to be partnered by Charlotte Brew who was the first lady rider to line up in the race. Their hopes were non-existent and despite the massive publicity the challenge generated their best hope was of completing quietly out of harms way.
The Anoraks selection : ANDY PANDY
Each-way Choice : ZETA`S SON
NEWS OF THE WORLD GRAND NATIONAL HANDICAP CHASE 4 1/2 miles (102 entries), £41,140 to the winner, £12,520 to the second, £6,160 to the third & £2,980 to the fourth
1 033300 RED RUM 12, 11-8 (D.McCain) T.Stack
2 030200 WHAT A BUCK 10, 11-4 (D.Nicholson) J.King
3 113103 ZETA`S SON 8, 11-4 (P.Bailey) M F Morris
4 332321 DAVY LAD 7, 10-13 (M O`Toole - IRE) D T Hughes
5 100004 FOREST KING 8, 10-12 (K.Hogg) R.Crank
6 2144F2 ROMAN BAR 8, 10-10 (P.Taaffe in Ireland) P.Kiely
7 /0-1111 GAY VULGAN 9, 10-8 (F T Walwyn) W.Smith
8 42-0332 PENGRAIL 9, 10-8 (F T Winter) R.Atkins*
9 211041 ANDY PANDY 8, 10-7 (T F Rimell) J.Burke
10 412232 PRINCE ROCK 9, 10-6 (P.Bailey) G.Thorner
11 41F013 WAR BONNET 9, 10-6 (J.Dreaper - IRE) T.Carberry
12 14-P212 WINTER RAIN 9, 10-6 (A.Dickinson) M.Dickinson
13 011301 HIGH KEN 11, 11-3* (J A C Edwards) Mr J Edwards
14 02011-3 HIDDEN VALUE 9, 10-4 (S G Norton) J.Bourke
15 3P4022 THE PILGARLIC 9, 10-4 (T F Rimell) R R Evans
16 311124 SIR GARNET 8, 10-3 (G W Richards) J J O`Neill
17 21220F BROWN ADMIRAL 8, 10-1 (T F Rimell) S.Morshead
18 010303 COLLINGWOOD 11, 10-1 (Capt N F Crump) C.Hawkins
19 P0-004P DUFFLE COAT 9, 10-4* (D.Morley) B R Davies
20 P24033 EYECATCHER 11, 10-1 (J R Bosley) C.Read
21 40-F2P0 LORD OF THE HILLS 10, 10-1 (R.Bastiman) D.Goulding
22 130-F40 NEREO 11, 10-0 (F T Winter) R.Kington
23 1F0-U21 SAGE MERLIN 9, 10-5* (J D Bingham) I.Watkinson
24 034000 BOOM DOCKER 10, 10-0 (D.Marks) J.Williams
25 0F203F CARROLL STREET 10, 10-0 (G B Balding) R.Linley
26 030010 CASTLERUDDERY 11, 10-0 (P.McCreery - IRE) L.O`Donnell
27 111400 SAUCEY BELLE 11, 10-0 (R E Peacock) R F Davies
28 433P21 CHURCHTOWN BOY 10, 10-0 (M.Salaman) M.Blackshaw
29 010F44 HARBAN 8, 10-0 (F.Flood - IRE) F.Berry
30 443203 SEBASTIAN V 9, 10-1* (C H Bell) R.Lamb
31 001F20 ROYAL THRUST 8, 10-0 (T F Rimell) C.Tinkler
32 21-PPF0 HAPPY RANGER 10, 10-5* (J.Thorne) P.Blacker
33 F34042 BURRATOR 8, 10-0 (A P Jarvis) Mr J Docker
34 0-43000 SANDWILAN 9, 10-0 (J S Wright) R.Hyett
35 31P-U03 FORESAIL 10, 10-0 (M C Chapman) G.Holmes
37 P00000 INNYCARRA 10, 10-0 (C Fryer) S.Jobar
38 0-02304 SPITTIN IMAGE 11, 10-5* (M.Scudamore) R.Champion
39 4-20341 WILLY WHAT 8, 10-0 (S.Mellor) J.Glover
40 303002 FORT VULGAN 9, 10-0 (J K M Oliver) N.Tinkler
41 /044P-0 BARONY FORT 12, 10-1* (Charlotte Brew) Miss C Brew
42 U4P00P HUPERADE 13, 10-7* (J.Carden) Mr J Carden
44 00P-04F THE SONGWRITER 8, 10-0 (Mrs J Pitman) B.Smart
* J.Francome down to ride Pengrail in the racecard but he missed the ride due to an injury picked up in the Mildmay Chase
S.P : 15-2 Andy Pandy, 9-1 Gay Vulgan & RED RUM, 10-1 Davy Lad, 15-1 Pengrail, 16-1 War Bonnet & Winter Rain, 18-1 Eyecatcher, Prince Rock & Zetas Son, 20-1 Churchtown Boy, Sage Merlin, Sir Garnet & What A Buck, 22-1 Sebastian V, 25-1 Roman Bar, 28-1 Brown Admiral, 33-1 Forest King, 40-1 Castleruddery, Hidden Value & The Pilgarlic, 50-1 Burrator, Carroll Street, Collingwood, Fort Vulgan, High Ken, Sandwilan, Spittin Image & Willy What, 66-1 Boom Docker, Happy Ranger & Harban, 100-1 Duffle Coat, Foresail, Inycara, Lord of the Hills, Nereo & Royal Thrust, 200-1 Barony Fort, Huperade, Saucey Belle & The Songwriter
Aintree debutants
Andy Pandy, Brown Admiral, Burrator, Carroll Street*, Collingwood*, Davy Lad*, Duffle Coat*, Foresail*, Forest King*, Fort Vulgan*, Gay Vulgan*, Happy Ranger*, Harban, Hidden Value, Inycarra*, Lord of the Hills*, Pengrail*, Prince Rock, Royal Thrust*, Sage Merlin*, Saucey Belle*, Sebastian V, Sir Garnet*, The Songwriter, War Bonnet, What A Buck*, Willy What
Winners at Aintree
CHURCHTOWN BOY - Topham Trophy (1977)
RED RUM - Grand National (1973 & 1974)
Result
1st RED RUM - Tommy Stack
2nd CHURCHTOWN BOY -M Blackshaw
3rd EYECATCHER - Chris Read
4th THE PILGARLIC - Richard Evans
5th FOREST KING - Reg Crank
6th WHAT A BUCK - Jeff King
7th HAPPY RANGER - Philip Blacker
8th CARROLL STREET - Richard Linley
9th COLLINGWOOD - Colin Hawkins
10th HIDDEN VALUE (rem) - J.Bourke
11th SAUCEY BELLE (rem) - R F Davies
Time : 9 minutes, 30.3 secs
Distances : 25-6-8-4-4
Owned by Noel le Mare
Trained by Donald "Ginger" McCain at Southport, Lancashire
1978 - Lucius
The winner
For me Lucius is the forgotten National winner of the decade. At nine he still had more Nationals in him but like Well to Do before him he never returned to Aintree. That wasn`t the plan though as after a third place behind future Gold Cup winner Alverton in the Greenall Whitley Breweries Chase he was one of the favourites for the 1979 renewal but a last minute bout of coughing caused his withdrawal. Thereafter he disappeared from the limelight although he continued running in small events until May 1981 when he finished unplaced in an amateur riders chase at Uttoxeter. He spent his retirement being hunted in Scotland until his death aged twenty seven.
Leading Fancies
With the last minute withdrawal and the subsequent announcement of the retirement of RED RUM those that did make the final line up were given very much second billing. Yet even without the nations favourite racehorse it still looked a very decent renewal of the worlds greatest steeplechase. Heading the eight strong challenge from Ireland was TIED COTTAGE, winner of the 1976 Sun Alliance Chase and second in the 1977 Gold Cup. He had been aimed all season at the National and had run well behind Master H in the Leisure Caravans Chase at Sandown. MASTER H the winner of that race for the second year running was considered to be one of the most improved horses in training having won three other competitive chases. The 1976 winner RAG TRADE returned to the scene of his greatest triumph. Lightly raced since his victory and now with a different trainer he had missed most of the following season with injury but had won one of two prep races at the now defunct Teeside Park and started favourite. In the absence of Red Rum last years Topham Trophy winner and National runner up CHURCHTOWN BOY came in for considerable support despite the fact that he had shown no form whatsoever in his six races this season and he had even refused on his latest start. Of the newcomers SHIFTING GOLD had won twice at Sandown including the Mildmay Memorial, old favourite TAMALIN a winner three times this season and OTTER WAY a former top hunter chaser and surprise winner of the 1976 Whitbread Gold Cup all came in for support.
The Anoraks selection : CHURCHTOWN BOY
Each-way : MASTER UPHAM
SUN GRAND NATIONAL HANDICAP CHASE (68 entries) 4 1/2 miles, £29,148 to the winner, £10,076 to the second, £4,938 to the third & £2,369 to the fourth
2 40111F SHIFTING GOLD 9, 11-6 (K C Bailey) R.Champion*
3 402022 TIED COTTAGE 10, 11-4 (D L Moore - IRE) T.Carberry
4 110F31 RAG TRADE 12, 11-3 (G B Fairburn) J J ONeill
5 012211 MASTER H 9, 11-2 (M E Oliver) R.Crank
6 013331 TAMALIN 11, 11-12 (G W Richards) G.Thorner
7 404432 APRIL SEVENTH 12, 10-11 (R.Turnell) A.Turnell
8 100F31 OTTER WAY 10, 10-10 (O J Carter) J.King
9 F22122 LUCIUS 9, 10-9 (G W Richards) B R Davies*
10 403320 ROMAN BAR 9, 10-8 (P.Taaffe - IRE) P.Kiely
11 004300 WAR BONNET 10, 10-8 (A O`Connell - IRE) D T Hughes
13 232F11 SO 9, 10-4 (E J O`Grady - IRE) Mr N Madden
14 240403 MICKLEY SEABRIGHT 10, 10-3 (T F Rimell) Mr P Brookshaw
15 212400 GOLDEN WHIN 8, 10-4* (S F Holland) S.Holland
16 311434 HIDDEN VALUE 10, 10-0 (S G Norton) T.Stack*
17 401040 BROWN ADMIRAL 9, 10-0 (T F Rimell) J.Burke
18 41F211 COOLISHALL 9, 10-0 (P D Cundell) M.O`Halloran
19 110220 MASTER UPHAM 10, 10-0 (D R Gandolfo) P.Barton
20 22U320 IRISH TONY 10, 10-0 (N.Crump) D.Atkins
22 042344 DOUBLE NEGATIVE 8, 10-0 (T F Rimell) C.Tinkler
23 03F130 SEBASTIAN V 10, 10-1* (C H Bell) R.Lamb
24 142430 DRUMROAN 10, 10-0 (Mrs G Nolan - IRE) G.Newman
25 F20201 NEVER ROCK 9, 10-0 (F.Walwyn) - K.Mooney
26 30000R CHURCHTOWN BOY 11, 10-0 (M.Salaman) M.Blackshaw
27 101240 CORNISH PRINCESS 10, 10-1* (W G Turner) R.Hoare
28 423210 LEAN FORWARD 12, 10-0 (R C Armytage) H J Evans
29 334003 LORD BROWNDODD 10, 10-7* (F T Winter) J.Francome
30 034402 NEREO 12, 10-0 (F T Winter) M.Floyd
31 023300 THE PILGARLIC 10, 10-1* (T F Rimell) R R Evans
32 00F003 HARBAN 9, 10-0 (F.Flood - IRE) J P Byrne
34 F20F0P HENRY HALL 9, 10-0 (F.Flood - IRE) F.Berry
36 103300 BURRATOR 9, 10-0 (O O`Neill) J.Suthern
37 U214P3 DOUBLE BRIDLE 7, 10-1 (F T Walwyn) W.Smith
38 111010 TEDDY BEAR II 11, 10-4* (J A C Edwards) P.Blacker
39 1300U0 SILKSTONE 10, 10-0 (S G Norton) G.Graham
40 400202 THE SONGWRITER 9, 10-0 (Mrs J Pitman) B.Smart
41 000001 GLEAMING RAIN 10, 10-0 (M.Neville - IRE) S.Tracey
42 2443U1 SADALE VI 11, 10-1* (Capt J George) C.Candy
Non Runners : 1 RED RUM (T.Stack), 12 FOREST KING (R.Barry)
* M.Dickinson down to ride Shifting Gold in the racecard
* D.Goulding down to ride Lucius in the racecard
* R.Linley down to ride Hidden Value in the racecard
S.P : 8-1 Rag Trade, 9-1 Tied Cottage, 10-1 Master H, 14-1 Churchtown Boy, LUCIUS & So, 16-1 Coolishall, Lord Browndodd, Otter Way & Shifting Gold, 20-1 April Seventh, 25-1 Gleaming Rain, Hidden Value, Master Upham, Sebastian V & Tamalin, 33-1 Brown Admiral, Double Negative, Irish Tony, Lean Forward, MIckley Seabright, Roman Bar & The Pilgarlic, 40-1 Nereo, 50-1 Double Bridle, Drumroan, Golden Whin, Never Rock, Teddy Bear II & The Songwriter, 66-1 Burrator, Cornish Princess, Harban, Henry Hall, Sadale VI & Silkstone
Aintree debutants
Coolishall, Cornish Princess*, Double Bridle*, Double Negative, Drumroan, Gleaming Rain*, Golden Whin*, Henry Hall*, Irish Tony*, Lean Forward, Lucius*, Master H* ,Master Upham*, MIckley Seabright*, Never Rock, Otter Way*, Sadale VI*, Shifting Gold*, Silkstone*, So, Tamalin*, Tied Cottage*
Winners at Aintree
CHURCHTOWN BOY - Topham Trophy 1977
RAG TRADE - Grand National 1976
Result
1st LUCIUS - Bob Davies
2nd SEBASTIAN V - Ridley Lamb
3rd DRUMROAN - Gerry Newman
4th COOLISHALL - Martin O`Halloran
5th THE PILGARLIC - Richard Evans
6th MICKLEY SEABRIGHT - Mr P Brookshaw
7th LORD BROWNDODD - John Francome
8th THE SONGWRITER - Brian Smart
9th ROMAN BAR - P.Kiely
10th BROWN ADMIRAL - John Burke
11th GOLDEN WHIN - S.Holland
12th TAMALIN - Graham Thorner
13th LEAN FORWARD - H J Evans
14th NEREO - Mark Floyd
15th NEVER ROCK - Kevin Mooney
Time : 9 minutes 33.9 secs
Distances : 1/2-nk-2-hd-15-nk
Owned by Mrs D A Whitaker
Trained by Gordon W Richards at Greystoke in Cumbria
1979 - Rubstic
The winner
After a spell over hurdles to freshen him up Rubstic continued to be campaigned in staying chases in the north finishing third in the Great Yorkshire Chase and winning at Kelso and picking up his third Durham National. All looked set for a second attempt at the National and he started the 8-1 favourite. All was going well and he was up with the leaders on the approach to the Chair where he appeared to slip slightly on take-off hitting the top of the fence and unseating his rider for the first time in his career. In 1980-81 he only managed to win a small race at Doncaster from ten starts but he did run another solid race at Aintree finishing seventh behind Aldaniti. He stayed in training for one further year but concentrated on hunter chases. He last ran at Ayr in May 1982.
Leading fancies
For the second time in three years the current Cheltenham Gold Cup winner took his place at Aintree and carrying only ten stone thirteen the Peter Easterby trained ALVERTON looked to have an outstanding chance. A top class performer over both flat and hurdles he had progressed to the top of the steeplechasing tree after a career threatening injury at Newcastle that had kept him off the track for a season. He had won the 1978 Arkle Trophy at the Festival and this season after a series of narrow defeats he had won the Greenall Whitley Breweries Chase at Haydock and then won the Gold Cup by twenty five lengths. Admittedly it could be said to have been a slightly substandard renewal and his nearest rival had fallen at the last fence when upsides him but he had done all that had been asked of him and he started a worthy favourite. With Lucius a last minute absentee through coughing and Sebastian V injured the 1978 form was represented by the horses who had finished third fourth and fifth. Third placed DRUMROAN had shown no form at all whilst COOLISHALL had run just three times, his best performance being second in the Mandarin Chase at Newbury whilst fifth placed THE PILGARLIC had won his first race in more than two years when winning a hunter chase at Stratford. Of the newcomers the lightly raced MR SNOWMAN a winner at Wincanton in January and the 1978 Greenalls winner RAMBLING ARTIST a winner this season of the Rowland Meyrick Chase at Wetherby came in for support. The Scottish trained RUBSTIC had never fallen in his career and had twice won the Durham National and finished runner up twice in the Scottish Grand National. Finally there was not just one but two Gold Cup winners in the field as the 1976 Gold Cup winner ROYAL FROLIC also lined up. He had pulled up in this years renewal and had only won one race since his Gold Cup win when landing a small race at Hereford. The field was given an international flavour this year with the inclusion in the field of BEN NEVIS and THE CHAMP. BEN NEVIS had won two Maryland Hunt Cups over timber in the United States and THE CHAMP was a former Australian chaser who had won Italys premier steeplechase the Gran Premio di Merano and a race at Switzerland. Both were now trained in the UK and to be fair their English form gave them no more than each way prospects at best.
The Anoracks selection : ALVERTON
Each-way : DRUMROAN
COLT CAR GRAND NATIONAL HANDICAP CHASE (92 entries) 4 1/2 miles £30,204 to the winner, £10,446 to the second, £5,123 to the third & £2,461 to the fourth
1 P20F1P ROYAL FROLIC 10, 11-10 (T F Rimell) J.Burke
2 U0432 BEN NEVIS 11, 11-2 (T A Forster) Mr C Fenwick
3 2F2211 ALVERTON 9, 10-13 (M H Easterby) J J O`Neill
4 102010 THE CHAMP 11, 10-12 (D.Kent) W.Smith
5 4100F2 PURDO 8, 10-11 (N A Gaselee) R.Champion
6 1211-13 MR SNOWMAN 10, 10-9 (T A Forster) G.Thorner
8 2004F0 SAND PIT 9, 10-7 (E P Harty - IRE) T.Carmody
10 1030-P0 WAYWARD SCOT 10, 10-7 (D.McCain) R F Davies
11 21P-312 RAMBLING ARTIST 9, 10-6 (T A Gillam) D.Goulding
12 34-0000 DRUMROAN 11, 10-4 (Mrs G St John Nolan - IRE) G.Newman
13 1111-43 GODFREY SECUNDAS 9, 10-3 (T F Rimell) C.Tinkler
14 0P-2203 ZONGALERO 9, 10-5* (N J Henderson) B R Davies*
15 14B-320 COOLISHALL 10, 10-2 (P.Cundell) A.Webber*
16 D-20113 ROUGH AND TUMBLE 9, 10-7* (F T Winter) J.Francome
17 200200 DOUBLE NEGATIVE 9, 10-1 (T F Rimell) Mr E Woods
18 03104F ARTISTIC PRINCE 8, 10-3* (Mrs J.Pitman) P.Blacker
19 3000-P1 THE PILGARLIC 11, 10-1* (T F Rimell) R R Evans
20 00-4033 LORD BROWNDODD 9, 10-0 (F T Winter) A.Turnell
21 131000 RED EARL 10, 10-0 (S.Nesbitt) H J Evans
22 002021 RUBSTIC 10, 10-0 (S J Leadbetter) M.Barnes
23 0-0000P KINTAI 10, 10-0 (S N Cole) B.Smart
24 42-0040 NO GYPSY 10, 10-1 (D.Nicholson) J.Suthern
25 PP-PPPP CHURCHTOWN BOY 12, 10-0 (M.Salaman) M.Salaman
28 033010 DROMORE 11, 10-10* (P.McCreery - IRE) Mr P Duggan
30 024202 KICK ON 12, 10-0 (K.Lewis) R.Hyett
31 010200 FLITGROVE 8, 10-1* (D.Nicholson) R.Linley
32 1111P0 OSKARD 10, 10-0 (H F Blackshaw) M.Blackshaw
33 112-000 WAGNER 9, 10-0 (W A Stephenson) R.Lamb
34 2-30000 ALPENSTOCK 12, 10-0 (S.Mellor) Mr D Gray
35 0P4-30P BROWN ADMIRAL 10, 10-0 (D.McCain) S.Morshead
36 321023 SANDWILAN 11, 10-0 (G A Ham) Mrs J.Hembrow
37 3/11-P0P VINDICATE 12, 10-0 (D O`Connell - IRE) Mr A O`Connell
38 432232 CARTWRIGHT 8, 10-0 (R F Fisher) A.Phillips
39 010-40P PRIME JUSTICE 9, 10-0 (W D Francis) A K Taylor
Non Runners : 7 TAMALIN (B R Davies), 26 THREE GEMS (R.Crank)
* T.Carberry down to ride Zongalero in the racecard
* M O'Halloran down to ride Coolishall in the racecard
S.P : 13-2 Alverton, 10-1 Mr Snowman, 12-1 Coolishall, 14-1 Ben Nevis & Rough and Tumble, 16-1 Rambling Artist & The Pilgarlic, 20-1 Drumroan & Zongalero, 22-1 Rubstic, 25-1 Artistic Prince, Churchtown Boy, Lord Browndodd, Godfrey Secundus, Purdo, Royal Frolic, RUBSTIC & The Champ, 50-1 Dromore, Flitgrove, Kick On, Red Earl & Wagner, 66-1 Double Negative & No Gypsy, 100-1 Alpenstock, Brown Admiral, Kintai, Oskard, Sandwilan & Wayward Scot, 200-1 Cartwright, Prime Justice & Vindicate
Aintree debutants
Alpenstock*, Alverton*, Artistic Prince, Ben Nevis, Cartwright*, Dromore, Flitgrove, Godfrey Secundus*, Kintai*, Mr Snowman*, No Gypsy, Oskard*, Prime Justice*, Purdo*, Rambling Artist*, Rough and Tumble, Royal Frolic, Rubstic, Sand Pit*, The Champ*, Vindicate*, Wagner, Wayward Scot*, Zongalero
Winner at Aintree
Churchtown Boy - Topham Trophy (1977)
Result
1st RUBSTIC - Maurice Barnes
2nd ZONGALERO - Bob Davies
3rd ROUGH AND TUMBLE - J Francome
4th THE PILGARLIC - Richard Evans
5th WAGNER - Ridley Lamb
6th ROYAL FROLIC - John Burke
7th PRIME JUSTICE - A K Taylor
Time : 9 minutes 52.9 secs
Distances : 1 1/2-5-1-6-12
Owned by J Douglas
Trained by John Leadbetter at Denholm, Roxburghshire in Scotland - The first Scottish trained winner.