Comments on: Favourite Grand National Horses

By: Neil S

Neil S — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 10:34:12 +0000

Kevlarfish with all due respect, and I was on the winner in 1977, but Andy Pandy looked special to me that year. The way he went 10 lengths clear as soon as boomdocker refused at the start of the second circuit.

He would have taken some pegging back.

By: Kevlarfish

Kevlarfish — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 17:17:22 +0000

1977 and ’78 nationals my favourites,because Sebastian V would have won in ’77 had he not tipped the late Ridley Lamb off at beechers.The ’78 National was fab,because he ran and jumped so well.I can remember the final run in when Lucius pipped him to win.I went to find Seb back in 1996 on a Monday in Marsh.I found him,stroked him and he died on the Friday.What a great horse he was.he beat rummy in 1977 Scottish National.Another one is nearly upon us.More thrills and spills.Regards.

By: Nafsasp

Nafsasp — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:42:50 +0000

Oh….. and I wish I’d been able to see Manifesto run, his record is on a par with Red Rum bearing in mind the severity of the course in those days

By: Nafsasp

Nafsasp — Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:37:47 +0000

Favourite race was 73, possibly highest quality first four ever, Red Rum, Crisp, L’Escargot, Spanish Steps.

Favourite Horse, Go-Pontinental, highly fancied in 68, disappeared without trace, ran again in 73/74 by which time he was utterly useless, remember commentator on tv in 74 saying there was more chance of Foinavon coming out of retirement and winning than Go-Pontinental. Just loved the name. Does anyone know what happened to him?

By: Mark o

Mark o — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 22:44:53 +0000

My 1st winner was 25p on l’escargot.I backed ben nevis and mon mome in the years before they won But my favourites are little polvier(should have been called little bulldozer the way it ran through the fences) mr frisk who trounced the field in record time and rhyme and reason 1 of the classiest horses to win

By: nichemarket

nichemarket — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:17:58 +0000

my favourites are rough quest, lord gyllene, montys pass, hedgehunter was brilliant round aintree, will miss seeing him run around now he is retired

my main favourite has to be the legendary red rum

By: nichemarker

nichemarker — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 18:10:31 +0000

why do my posts kep getting deleted?

again my favourites are redr rum, rough quest, lord gyllene, monty pass and hedgehunter

By: nichemarket

nichemarket — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 21:19:57 +0000

my favourites have to be well number one red rum
, aldaniti, rough quest, lord gyllene, montys pass, hedgehunter

By: Neil S

Neil S — Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:36:10 +0000

Party Politics.

I disagree with the horse of your namesake that you said you want to cheer on. I think Aldaniti in 81 was one whom I didn’t mind winning specially after I learnt Bob Champion’s story in champions. Even though I backed Spartan Missile in the race itself.

By: crisp 73

crisp 73 — Sat, 06 Feb 2010 11:47:38 +0000

Party Politics- looking again at 1993. He had gone up from OR153 to OR166 but only carried 11-2 in the 93 GN. Pulled up twice in 92-92 season but then won 29f Blue Square Gold Cup at Haydock off 162 giving 21lbs to Fiddlers Pike,finished 5th in 94 GN, and Willsford, went to win Eider and Scots National, and 17lbs to Riverside Boy who won the next seasons Welsh National. The two non finishes in GN winning season is unusual, the only one I can find in last 40 years or so is Rough Quest so perhaps very unusual but not impossible. He also had his favoured quick ground in 93(Esha Ness, at the time I think, actually recorded the second quickest ever GN).