The BBC Grand National 1967 - Foinavon (Full Race)

.....100/1 outsider Foinavon(444/1 on the tote) wins a sensational 1967 Grand National after avoiding a pile-up at the 23rd fence...the winner was ridden by John Buckingham and trained by John Kempton.......44 ran....

[@katelewis320]

It was my dads funeral today and as part of my lovely Uncle’s speech, he told us the story of how my dad drew Foinavon in the works sweepstake in 1967 and was that bloody minded that he bet a weeks pay on the horse to win. Everyone told him he was mad. He bought a brand new car with his winnings! That was my dad!

[@janisrebecca6981]

I never tire of this legend.... the owner and trainer were not even present! R.I.P. John Buckingham

[@bigbadjohn61]

This is my first sporting memory, I was 5 years old. Foinavon was a brave horse to jump that fence with all that mayhem. There was another horse with jockey in light colours ahead of Foinavon who had a clear sight of the fence but refused. If you watch the British Pathe footage, you can see how close Foinavon came to being run out by loose horses at the Canal Turn. Honey End came from a long way back but did so much in closing the gap that he was being held by Foinavon at the end who just had the one pace. In fact, Red Alligator closed a lot on Honey End. Incredible story.

[@unionjakjakson]

Despite the massive stroke of luck, on watching this, i was very impressed with John Buckingham. He could have blown it after the elbow. But he put his stick down, gathered the horse, and the horse actually ran away again towards the finish. Top horsemanship, that should not be forgotten or underestimated. R.I.P. both man & beast.

[@keithbate9405]

Loved Michael O' Hehir 's Commentary !

[@davidkent8606]

Wonderful accent, and always good for a laugh. "Highland Weddings fallen, now Highland Wedding's second" 'Tree jumps to go" "He finished turd".

[@garethmurtagh]

At the second Beecher’s he remarked about how “the loose horse isn’t interfering” It must have heard him! 🤣

[@garethmurtagh]

My Granny’s neighbour had picked Foinavon as her horse, apparently she was the only person in Newry who had!

[@keithbate9405]

@@garethmurtagh The good old pin method. Gets load of high priced winners !

[@grahamnancledra7036]

My Mother had Foinavon in the usual sweepstakes. The only time she ever won. Boy was she happy that weekend. I won years later with West Tip.

[@PeterMc141]

I had West Tip also in the 86 swerpstake

[@LouiseMckee-c5t]

Foinavon had distinctive rather unflattering head gear blinkers. Always reminds me of a gas mask! John Buckingham also had unusual silks and helped the commentator name the horse so quickly when he emerged after the pile up he has said. It makes watching the race so interesting as you can pick him out . He is first mentioned straight after the off and then you can spot him as the race progresses WAY back when he just comes into shot a few times. It was probably those weird blinkers that stopped Foinavon getting distracted by the mayhem I always think ! And of course won him the race.

[@goodlife6145]

Deservedly one of the greatest sporting moments of all time.

[@philattlee1]

Got to credit Michael O'Hehir. He knew straight away the name of Foinavon, the only horse left standing, no checking through his notes to see who it was,great commentary. I watched this on the box in 1967 as it happened, so exciting.

[@waqarkhan25]

what are you saying you are 100-year-old man or woman if so then you have a great memory then

[@PhilipKerry]

@@waqarkhan25 I'm 64 and I was 11 years old in 1967 , either you are very poor at maths or you are simply a very rude ill mannered person .....

[@waqarkhan25]

so are you

[@PhilipKerry]

@@waqarkhan25 Idiot troll ......

[@waqarkhan25]

@@PhilipKerry no I am not and any I was talking the trainer & the owner of the national winner both of them thought Foinavon does not have a chance to win The Grand National

[@edmondscott7444]

RIP Michael O'hehir.

[@andycross9840]

Penny for John Buckingham's thoughts as he and Foinavon got over 'their' fence with it all going off around them. One of those thoughts must have been that his birthday and Christmas had both arrived at once!!!

[@stephenphillip5656]

The name of the loose horse which caused the mayhem- very appropriately named 'Popham Down'.

[@StFidjnr]

really did pop them down

[@davidmastin416]

The other loose horse involved with the melee at 23rd fence was April Rose.

[@chatham43]

@@davidmastin416 ..who fell at the third...

[@PeterMc141]

He fell at the first not the 3rd

[@annabelladebonnay8320]

​April Rose:Dorimont:Vulcano ( killed )​@@chatham43

[@LilithCharles]

I think it's great to see all those jockeys getting back on their horses to finish the race! Fantastic!👏🐎

[@enchanteddragonfly8335]

What a brave horse to jump that fence when he could see all that mayhem. And to carry on jumping well the rest of the way on his own. The time was good too ! Amazing

[@stevejones4235]

First GN I can remember. Johnny B was such a modest man and deserving of his luck.

[@MrGezz66]

Foinavon was like Arkle in two respects. Was originally owned by the Duchess of Westminster and was named after a Scottish mountain. Actually ran in the Gold Cup as his prep for this.

[@TheCSue]

Textbook example of the fact that once in a million years, impossible dreams can come true.

[@old65rocker]

My girl friend at the time ( now my wife ) got Foinavon in the draw where she worked, she never had a penny on it because I told her it had no chance. I had backed Red Alligator oh dear I never lived it down. But I got my revenge in 68 when Red Alligator won I also backed the 2nd Moidores Token. two of the great Northern trainers at the time Deny's Smith and Ken Oliver ( The Benign Bishop) great days the fences then needed to be jumped not like today. Ahh sweet memories

[@kisbie]

This is basically the short form version of when Leicester City won the Premier League. All the favourites fell on their collective arse. The plucky outsiders picked the gap and made for the winning post. Isn’t probability fun?

[@Isleofskye]

@@kisbie True kisbie though Leicester were 5,000/1 and Foinavon 100/1 though 444/1 on the racecourse tote...

[@keithbate9405]

@@old65rocker They Will never admit it publicly. But they have ruined the race

[@Tam10101999]

The wee horse deserved the win..he jumped the fences ! That's what fairytales are made of ! Good on you

[@CharlotteWeb100]

He absolutely ran his heart out and came through even though his legs had turned to cheese strings and he would have been forgiven for falling or being caught by the rest. I'd have given him so many fat treats and mints for that effort he'd have been laminitic the next day. What an absolute superstar

[@doreenclarke704]

I was 17 when this Grand National took place. I grew up in Melling and we would walk to the Anchor bridge to get a glimpse of the horses. I backed Popham Down who fell at the first but then without his rider raced on only to pop most of them down at the 17th fence. It’s the first time since then that I’ve seen this race since those early days. Now aged 74 the Grand National is still one of the highlights of my year. That said, I don’t like the new format they have brought in for 2024. A lot of the thrill of the race has been lost and it no longer appears to be the lottery it once was.

[@richardlittle6013]

I was 9 years old at the time and remember this. My mother put one shilling (5 pence in decimal money) on Foinavon because it was a local horse. She won £5 and was very pleased.

[@johnnychomsky2873]

"There's a right pile up!"...classic commentary from MOH

[@olivierkepo]

My mother had an aunt who I always hear stories about. She was a memorable, intimidating women by all accounts. She placed a bet of one pound at 100/1 on Foinavon as it sounded like one of her medications ! She couldn’t believe her luck. She died in 1984, the same year they renamed the famous fence.

[@keithf_]

At one stage, long after the melee at the 23rd fence I'm sure I caught sight of a riderless horse crashing through the fence on the inside of the course to rejoin the rest of the runners. Mayhem, utter mayhem in that race.

[@MsVanorak]

It's Popham Down again - the loose horse that caused the nayhem in the first place! I'm leaving the typo in. :D

[@Claggyt]

The same thing happened in the 1981 National where Aldaniti was neary taken out by a horse barging onto the course through the fence. Watched it on this channel earlier today.

[@seosamhofionnagain8841]

The Most Famous British Grand National of them all bar none ! Keep out of trouble and jump ! And have an easy romp on the run in !!

[@angelagranville-jolly6736]

My memory is that in that morning’s Daily Express, either Peter o Sullivan or Clive Graham reviewed the chances for each horse and for Foinaven they said something like ‘even for a race as unpredictable as the National this horse has no chance’ My other memory is that I had a little pocket money each way on Red Alligator!

[@chatham43]

.....hope you backed him the next year...

[@annabellasarafaraone4147]

The reason Popham Down Ran a cross the inside of the fence causing such chaos is that there are no exit spaces either end of those fences!! to avoid it!Congratulations Fionavon!!

[@crackerjack5210]

The noise of all those horses and jockeys piling up there must have been something else, the thumbnail picture of the winner is a beauty also, iv'e never seen blinkers that wide, they would have caught some mud.

[@johnturner1073]

Also very interesting to see how different the area adjacent to Aintree now is, 55 years on.

[@hayhay2electricboogaloo561]

There is a shop by mine and there is a wall that tells the story of this race with a photo of this beauty jumping a fence

[@CharlotteWeb100]

I bet he shit his pants taking that last fence “Don't clip it - don't fall pony, not now - we're nearly home” Foinaven "MY LEGS HAVE STOPPED WORKING AND I'M LITERALLY ABOUT TO DIE"

[@bernardthegwp71020]

The biography of Foinavon is a superb read if anyone gets the chance.

[@snooziebear3317]

I have the book and agree; very well written and wonderful account of the underdog coming out on top for once.

[@seamusbyrne5350]

is it called “straight from the horse’s mouth”

[@marksheridan4421]

Liverpool, and the great stories of the Grand National, with the voice of Peter O'Sullevan

[@kevinstephenson4674]

I loved it when one commentator said they were all still standing because we knew from 53 years on what was coming.

[@chatham43]

......"there's still an awful lot left standing"....very little grief before the 23rd....

[@mayaescott6250]

Wi der ful watching this Aug 2020 th e excitement still there 73 yrs0ld now but it seems like yesterday mems are made of stuff like this xxx

[@shaunspadah5790]

@@chatham43 until the pile up it was a rather average race nothing much to report the same can be said of the 56 race because of the events to come f23 and Devon loch there among the most famous races ever

[@silenusut]

“And over Beechers, and the loose horse is in front and doesn’t seem to interfere with anyone… “. And then to paraphrase a different commentator a few jumps later, “I’ve never seen a horse at this stage so far (ahead in the National)… “. I kid you not.

[@robertbrighton9797]

The fences were so much higher back then!

[@DIDCOTTWIST]

Love the jockeys running around looking for their horses some the horses over the other side 🤣🤣

[@TheGiantKillers]

Little known snippet. Foinavon wasn't the only horse to get a clear round. Packed Home also jumped the 23rd at the first attempt but in his case, he was so far behind that other horses were remounting or making their second attempt when he jumped.

[@shaunspadah5790]

Only foinavon got over at the 1st attempt PACKED home got over quickly at the 2nd attempt

[@LB1973]

@@shaunspadah5790 nope Packed Home was well behind Foinavon coming to Bechers. Foinavon is the last to jump Bechers that you can see in this video and there are actually five behind, you can see this much better in the colour Pathe version which shows all the horses at Bechers, Packed Home was actually last you can just see him approaching the Foinavon fence in this video, he was hampered but must have crawled over as Packed Home is called in third place at the Canal Turn and actually finished 5th

[@ILoveMusicfromthesonwards]

When jumping Bechers second time (fence before the melee) Foinavon was running 6th last....

[@brianconlan4215]

1:45 'They all seem to over Beeches alright' he says as a horse goes down.

[@shaunspadah5790]

Border fury

[@gazowenowen250]

My granddad always said till the day he died Greek scholar was cruising and he backed red alligator next year

[@TheGiantKillers]

If you listen really carefully you realise that Bob Haines was simultaneously commentating for BBC TV and radio. When the first hand over takes place, Haines has to wait because Peter Bromley takes a second or two longer to hand over from his radio commentary

[@BritishRaceCaller]

It was done that way I think until 1969. Certainly by 1970 Radio 2 had their own team for it.

[@kencurran8853]

I remember the race well although only wight years old. I picked out Basnet and my Dad put 50 pence ew on for me. Unfortunately he fell at the first fence. 😅

[@johnmanning5568]

He would have put 10 shillings ew on it!

[@PaulGibbons13]

Great Race :-)

[@chatham43]

...Foinavon up with the leaders at the start......JB wisely dropped him back so as to avoid the melee at the 23rd.....

[@greentombdive]

6:32 “The loose horse is over in front. He doesn’t seem to interfere with anyone…”. Commentator’s Curse par excellence ..!?

[@pietervanderzwaag6035]

Epic race

[@datldo]

Mt father backed this horse, he used to say he had a dream and the name Foinavon, he bought me my brother and sister tricycles from the winnings 😀😀

[@lencarter4072]

My dad picked the winner of this race, he had a shilling win on foinavon🥇🌈

[@LynneHarrison-jj9zg]

I backed kapeno and rondetto who were both in the first 4 when it all happened, I'm convinced I had the winner up to that fence

[@greentombdive]

The same commentator who said no pair had fallen at ? Beechers on the first circuit, while in front of us a horse sprawled on its side whilst the jockey tried to scramble away, was also the chap who, at the preceding fence to the fateful one, said “The riderless horse doesn’t seem to be interfering with anyone.” The luck of the Irish...

[@speakfreeley4473]

Jumping Beecher's second time round the majority of starters were still going, then...! Even with all that a significant number of runners still finished.

[@johnmanning5568]

Just for the record, the fence is known as Becher’s Brook. About 10 people have mentioned it on this thread and all misspelled it!

[@davidkent8606]

I didn't prophesy the winner, but in my works sweepstake much to my disgust I picked Popham Down. I was never fond of him as a chaser, and at the time said "that's probably what he'll do, pop them down". On the other hand my uncle Clem got Foinavon in his works sweepstake, so not really being a horseracing fan, he also put a fiver on it at the bookies. My actual bet in the race was Red Alligator, but then I didn't back him the next year when he won, so 67/68 were two bad Nationals for me personally.

[@gary1961]

Wow. Your uncle Clem took a bit of a gamble there. Five quid back in 1967 was pretty much an average weeks wages for an unskilled worker. He must have had a good job. With his £500 winnings and a few quid more, he could have bought a two-up-two-down house in most towns in England.

[@davidkent8606]

@@gary1961 Back in 67 I was an apprentice printer, with OT I was getting just over 20 pounds a week, my uncle Clem worked with my father at HMSO and they also got Saturday night work on the newspapers in Fleet St., I don't how much a week he got at HMSO, but I know Saturday night on the papers payed about 11 pounds per night. One of my other uncles Albert Gunter was the Bus Driver of the 78 Bus that jumped the gap on Tower Bridge, after TV appearences on Tell the Truth and some other TV shows he did indeed get enough to buy his four storey house in Theberton St. Islington, just off Upper St, I think he paid about 400 pounds for it in the fifties. It's worth millions now.

[@katewild2194]

I was in hospital watching the race having smashed up my mini the night before I was thinking thats one winner I would not have backed.

[@CharlotteWeb100]

I'm crying at the excited Irishman's commentary when they pile up "Ah Jaysus! Sure the horses are all over the feckin place they're not even going the right way ah Jaysus Mary n Joseph this is a bollocks of a job"

[@thomasfisher5742]

now that's reality Charlotte lol

[@ThreezeNiNja]

8:22 I noticed a horse decide to rejoin the race :)

[@chatham43]

....Popham Down.....looking to cause more trouble....

[@DavidWilliams-dq1cz]

There looks like 2 sets of Aintree fences in the home straight. How come?

[@chatham43]

.....that would be the old mildmay course...sort of miniature GN fences....long gone....

[@adrianhammond3988]

@@chatham43 Mildmay course still there I believe

[@staceygrove5976]

1:00 Vulcano, a 66/1 shot falls at the third fence and has to be put down. I remember that my father backed this horse on the day!

[@mikelewis1436]

We were supporting our old favourite Freddie who was going well until all hell broke loose at the 23rd - Pat McCarron got him over at the third attempt but by then...in his own words..."we were in the next parish..."

[@keithknight1686]

The ironic aspect of this legendary race is that 44 started the race and the majority were still on their feet when the melee occurred, even the loose horses were jumping straight. Foinavon gets no credit for being the only horse brave enough to jump through the chaos and though he was being steadily reeled in, he won going away again at the finishing post. I remember backing Honey End, so at the time I was rather miffed and failed to see the funny side.

[@adrianpilcher703]

Such an insignificant fence became one of the most famous.

[@teenoso4069]

The original course builders foresaw this in their design

[@StFidjnr]

6:28 this is where the fantastic full stop end to the grand national

[@levisjeans1901]

What a fantastic full stop too!

[@eugenekeher978]

I always felt Foinavon never got the credit he deserved x he had the agility and knowhow to avoid the melee x he kept up the gallop x he came home first x that s what racing s all about x Michael O Hehir s on the mic for the pileup the stars aligned. x.

[@AmoralTom]

6:40 is where it all begins

[@dlamiss]

Looking at this again i would guess coming round the final turn with 2 to jump Foinavon wasnt as far clear as Crisp 6 years later but Foinavon looked fresher

[@shaunspadah5790]

Buckingham kept a steady head didnt use the whip foinavon rallied postman used the whip and crisp lost his rhythm

[@danpalmer7676]

I disagree.Crisp was still cruising rounding the bend between 3 out and 2 out. The red light only came on between 2 out and the last and then the tank was empty.

[@dlamiss]

@@danpalmer7676 Fred Winter always claimed he knew Crisp was beaten at the second last...

[@thetinnedtomato8339]

What happened to the horse we see walking the wrong way before the Canal Turn the second time?

[@Silver_Owl]

Don't know, but the only one I've found who had issues with the Canal Turn the second time was Kirtle-Lad, who refused to jump it. Kirtle-Lad was bay or light brown I think, but it's hard to tell the colour in monochrome, and I can't make out the silks. So it might be Kirtle-Lad, who had just had enough! If so, he ran again in 1970, when he fell, but survived.

[@chatham43]

@@Silver_Owl ....quite sure it was Kirtle Lad..

[@Silver_Owl]

@@chatham43 Thanks!

[@carlmarks8170]

LOL!! What a farcical race!! I suppose that's all part of the unpredictability & luck of the Grand National

[@shaunspadah5790]

Packed home who's last at the 23rd gets stuck on the fence then struggles over and continues has now in the leading pack chasing foinavon only foinavon cleared the fence without mishap

[@aislingdalton4819]

Michael o hehir rip

[@jhdgdyhi8]

The name was Lucky Bastard Horse, not Foinavon

[@jimelements7472]

Such a shame that the national has now turned into nothing more than a long distance hurdle race. I understand it is for the safety of the horses and that is to be applauded in many ways, but what a spectacle it used to be.

[@sophielorber4571]

Jim Elements What a spectacle is worth dead animals and people?!

[@jimelements7472]

@@sophielorber4571 What's this, a Christmas joke? Go on, I give up...

[@sophielorber4571]

Jim Elements Why should the truth be a joke? I’m glad we live in a time were deaths mostly are not categorized as spectacles anymore.

[@jimelements7472]

@@sophielorber4571 Yawn

[@sophielorber4571]

Jim Elements Just wondering: why are you answering if you can‘t even form sentences stating your opinion? Have a nice day nethertheless

[@MarmaladeStex]

Hello World!, This is Horse Racing English/GB/UK Style!.

[@dianeatkinson2015]

i could watch this again and again - its amazing

[@Gazowen-qz5xy]

Yes when it was a horse race

[@michaelmuldowney8]

444/1 on the tote - I wonder how many people had him on course that day :-)

[@kisbie]

Just read that Wisden book about this race. On the Tote there was only about 20 winning bets. The first National ever where they could take an early night.

[@thomasfisher5742]

@makadeni123 lol ...did you collect for grandad

[@shaunspadah5790]

Bob Haines does well to name the 3 fallers at the 1st in such a large field but then he misses the 3 fallers at the 3rd

[@chatham43]

"National Colours" has uploaded every Pathe /BBC National including colour footage of the 1959 national which I've never seen before and the entire 1979 National....

[@richardrundle3638]

According to Wiki, the three fallers were April Rose, Dorimont & Vulcano.

[@share555]

تقطعت كبدي من الحزن والخوف حزني على نفسي وخوفي عليها بكيت حتى خفت لا يطلع الشوف مع الدموع اللي غدا الشوف فيها أنا ضحية حب و ذنوب وظروف يكفي لتدمير أي طيب حديها اشعر بنارٍ تلتهب داخل الجوف ما يقدر الماء لو شربته يجيها

[@staceygrove5976]

9:16 No way was Foinavon 150 yards ahead of the next horse, Mr O'Sullivan!

[@josephparkinson5503]

Tragedy it has been made so easy recently

[@PeterMc141]

Surely this must be the most famous National ever?

[@eclectica1]

1977 (Red Rum's third triumph), 1981 (Aldaniti and Bob Champion) and 1993 (the race that never was) also immediately spring to mind in the past National stakes in terms of fame.

[@johnshort5003]

At Becher's there were three behind Foinavon. Strange they didn't come through as well.

[@stevejones4235]

Perhaps they were on the inside. JB was quite a long way to the right of centre after Becher's and found the perfect line.

[@johnshort5003]

@@stevejones4235 Good point. He managed to avoid the mess. Lucky!

[@shaunspadah5790]

foinavon got lucky and riggled through you see a horse with his jockey on with the white cap at 6 49 turns back to the right then another horse with his jockey on dark colours pass each other and foinavon goes straight through the gap just as they have passed

[@glynnevans1851]

@@johnshort5003 in those days John any horse that got round the national course was a class horse . From that year so many jockey s who came down said they would of won which is arrogance in my view and not relevant n that's racing, I admit the winner had a bit of luck but John Buckingham was very underrated jockey n RIP now as you know .my kind regards sir n Greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands..Glynn

[@johnshort5003]

@@glynnevans1851 I remember watching this on my grandparents' TV when I was nine. There has never been a National quite like this one. What a drama! Those jockeys who said they would have won? Not arrogance, more like wishful thinking. Of course, these days they can't remount so such an entertaining drama can't happen any more. Keep well!

[@geoffm9944]

Honey End, who was the favourite, ran on gamely to secure second place. In normal circumstances, Honey End, would have won the race.

[@seanbonella]

Michael o heir an Irish institution

[@steve_k3801]

Michael oHehir _a legeng

[@share555]

خلوني أقطع فجوج الحزم خلوني في خاطري ضيقةٍ ما أحدٍ بعارفها الديرة اللي هواها اغلى من عيوني القى وناسة ضميري في طوارفها ملجاي عقب الولي لي خابت ظنوني أما على سهولها وألا مشارفها بأساير الوقت والدنيا على هوني والدمعة الغالية ماني بذارفها أنا لي ثقل حملي كبرت متوني تقوى عزومي لو إن الوقت كارفها الله لا يقطع رجا الأصحاب من دوني ويش الرجاجيل لي ضاعت معارفها

[@LamBosco]

why everybody fell in 6:49 ?

[@tonyparkes9541]

because there was a pile up

[@Isleofskye]

The fence was blocked with loose horses so only one small gap to get through bayonetta..

[@chatham43]

...'66 winner Anglo tailed off before Becher's 1st time....

[@shaunspadah5790]

he was sulking because tony preston wasnt commentating

[@shaunspadah5790]

Similar to minehoma in 95 theres a few winners who have run stinkers the following year caughoo Oxo last suspect to name a few

[@shaunspadah5790]

Think Anglo and the grey horse were hampered at f3 might explain why there so far behind

[@monicafranklin7811]

Craziest national ever.

[@jamesleslie6830]

would have been 999 to 1 on betfair and in running for a long period of the race .

[@share555]

الليل ممسي والمخاليق ممسين وأنا سهير العين ما امسيت مرة واللي خلق ياسين وآيات ياسين إن القدر قاسي والأيام مرة ياسين من دورات الأيام ياسين ما تقبل إلا بالشقا والمضرة من عصر ابوي آدم وحواء لذلحين والوقت خيره في محاذيف شره إن قالها الله لأرد المنهل الزين عد الروى ماهو ملزام حرة للخيل سرج وللمعارك ميادين وفي كل ريعٍ للرجاجيل جرة الله لا يكشف لنا غرة.. آمين ولا يبينا على كل غرة

[@bertcert991]

Under the rules today only one horse would have finished

[@tetragon2137]

6:39

[@chatham43]

...yep....theres the eventual winner on the left....wonder what the jockey was thinking at this stage of the race...

[@pimmagrimm]

The grand national performs 'the hare and the tortoise'

[@alanross1117]

Frankie detori got into a lot of trouble here

[@johnmanning5568]

He wasn’t born then!

[@GeoffreyLindfield]

They named the fence after him

[@teenoso4069]

Indeed. That fence was once 5ft. Today its nothing of significant as they dumb dumb dumb down all the fences

[@rumourhats]

I wonder what the tricast paid... :)

[@waqarkhan25]

in the first circuit there where no lose horses next them yet in the second circuit there plenty of loses horses with them that I find it strange how did those lose horses catch up with horses who still have jockey on them so quick

[@kevinstephenson4674]

Because they don't have anything weighing them down. And it"s loose, not lose.

[@waqarkhan25]

@@kevinstephenson4674 thanks for that notice

[@share555]

هود التالي وأنا عيني سهيرة كن بارود الثميدي في طرفها بين هم وبين حزن وبين حيرة وا هني الداله اللي ما عرفها سالمٍ هم التناهتة الأخيرة ما بعد دق النحر في منتصفها ما يحس العاقل ويجرح ضميره غير لي شاف المواجيب وحرفها ردته شهب السنين المستطيرة والظروف اللي يمشيها سلفها لي طرى له طاري جاء في كسيرة يتدارك قلها وألا صلفها أشهد إنها خيبة آمال كبيرة لتهقواها و عوّد ما وقفها الزمن الأشقر غدا شره بخيرة والنوايا البيض ملعون جدفها

[@rogueclix5930]

My step grandpa one this race!

[@chrisbaldwin3609]

what your step granpa was a horse

[@gazowenowen250]

Rondetto and the fossa best chance although rondetto did finish second in 69

[@daviddawber1111]

Rondetto was third in 1969 behind Highland Wedding and Steel Bridge, and they held those positions for most of the race.

[@maryd4726]

I was 16 and my mother put my bet on a 100-1 runner...............ARIEL!!!!!!!! the other 100-1 runner :(

[@chatham43]

....ridden by the Galloping American Grandfather Tim Durant...

[@maryd4726]

@@chatham43 Really? As I remember, my other horse. Bassnet, fell early on - maybe even the 1st fence.......Mind you, when I was about 7 I did put my sixpence on OXO and it won!!!!! Never bet since Foinaven though :)

[@chatham43]

@@maryd4726 ....yes....he did fall at the first...along with Popham Down the horse which caused all the trouble....

[@applejuice5272]

A clue on Only Connect!

[@richardtaylor5606]

the best horse won 😉

[@larrybrown6068]

The slowest won, this horse was so slow he couldn't catch a cold, but he would go all day.

[@dianeatkinson2015]

@@larrybrown6068 He's way more famous than the favorite on the day.

[@glynnevans1851]

@@larrybrown6068 That's racing Larry, John Buckingham needed to stoke him up thou but my late Dad said going across the Melling road they would not catch him. Did you know Fornavion was 445/1on the old tote and one on course book maker had him at 750/1. Sadly the National as been gradually diluted since 1990 to 0. For me a long distance N.H race and no test of skill or credibility to say a rider gets round just simple hedges. Best Aintree jockey with out doubt Brian Fletcher a very acumlished horse man and modest too. Sadly now RIP and I don't think he ever got over been taken off Red Rum by Mr McCain in October 1975.Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK 🤝