The BBC Grand National 1964 - Team Spirit

....the veteran Team Spirit ridden by Willie Robinson finally gets his head in front to defeat Purple Silk ridden by John Kenneally ... 33 ran....

[@eugenekeher978]

Team Spirit won at his sixth attempt x he was so small and game x timed to perfection x so many had a chance at the last x great race. x.

[@maureenormston1687]

What a great race Peacetown ran, lovely to hear the names of so many National stalwarts ❤

[@bobbell4461]

Winning rider Willie Robinson passed away in the summer at the grand age of 86. Forever associated with Gold Cup winner and Arkle's great rival Mill House.

[@chatham43]

..sad to hear that....RIP....

[@sara-lorrainegannon8024]

Peacetown led all the way ! What a remarkable front runner,at a time when the fences were not cissified !!superb stamina!!!

[@normankennith7919]

i backed team spirit this year because he had won a race at aintree in october/november in 1963!!

[@EnglishLad]

R.I.P. to Paddy Farrell, who fractured his spine when Border Flight fell at The Chair in this race. That fall only paralysed him, however his plight did highlight the dearth of support for injured race jockeys, which led to the creation of what is now the Injured Jockey Fund. He sadly passed away aged 69 on the 22nd of October, 2011.

[@eddiehitler8257]

Never heard POS give a winner so many mentions mid-race. Almost like he had the housekeeping on it.

[@davidwilkinson8136]

I was eleven and put a shilling on Team Spirit i thought i had lost but everybody watching in my Mum and Dads flat said i had won. They were right , i bought a big red plastic fire engine and received one penny change as i had a price of 20 to 1 such happy simple times.

[@chatham43]

...same age but I had Purple Silk...no money involved however...my Uncle had the winner...well he said he did...

[@stevensilvester8221]

Same race and my dad put a shilling on team spirit when I picked it ...8 years old I will never forget it

[@davidwilkinson8136]

@@stevensilvester8221 Happy Days gone forever.

[@chatham43]

...never a dull moment when riding Out and About.....

[@jim5367]

I had the 1st and 2nd that day as an 11 year old lad. Don’t think I’ve backed the winner of the national since

[@chatham43]

....I just had the second...my Uncle had the winner...I was gutted....

[@bobbell4461]

The loose horse who led across the line was Lizawake who became a regular over the famous Hickstead show jumps and if you listen closely approaching the third and over the fourth you can just hear Michael o'Hehir doing the radio commentarh

[@annabellasarafaraone4147]

Attended this steeplechase i was 12years young, never forgot the names of those two frontrunners-Peacetown and Out and About, thrilling race.

[@chatham43]

.....2 trailblazers taking each other on...Peacetown also ran in '65...

[@chatham43]

.....I was so upset when Purple Silk got caught on the line...I was only 8 and had picked it out......

[@MikeMike-hx3gm]

My aunt Joan bet £10 on Team Spirit to win. She bought a car!

[@oldskertonion]

Great race

[@tullymurrytoff1497]

Bob Haynes must have thought he was more superior than Peter Montague Evans as on the second circuit he hands over to him simply by surname lol. Probably how it was in them days.

[@julzyboy1973]

I have lots of old VHS tapes from 80s & 90s of old NH races. Some of those races I know have already been uploaded by others but if anybody can make use of them, I will gladly post them to somebody so they can be uploaded on to youtube.

[@tullymurrytoff1497]

Try @espmadrid

[@justgrand3429]

You can download these old Grand National 's on KZbin and transfer them onto a flash drive.. that's what I do.

[@julzyboy1973]

they are on VHS cassettes but I don't have a VHS

[@waqarkhan25]

please I am not joke but please do you have the fox hunter chase & the Topham chase all from the sixty's by the way there where not named as I put it there different name back then before the where called the Fox Hunter Chase & the Topham Chase

[@chatham43]

...sorry Waqar...I really can't help...besides there is very little BBCTV racing footage from the sixties that still exists sadly...apart from these Grand Nationals...

[@johnshort5003]

@@chatham43 Waqar might be interested to watch the footage of Arkle and Millhouse. Can't remember now if that was BBC (I was about seven).