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1260w, 675w, 360w, 300w, 450w, 690w, 945w, 518w, 630w" class="image--wh-ptn"/></div><div class="shared__Captn-sc-1931rw-0 gvYaFb">Foavon - won remarkable Natnal</div></div><div><h1 data-tt-id="-article-tle" class="Article__ArticleHeadle-wr9av4-2 fKQgEP">Randox Grand Natnal: Where history was ma on the urse</h1></div><hr class="Divirwidget__Divir-sc-2ep7qj-0 kxZZME"/><div><div><div><span class="ArticleAuthor__AuthorName-sc-1jypemg-0 bZtKej">By <!-- -->Timeform</span></div><div><div class="ArticleAuthor__LastUpdated-sc-1jypemg-1 jLlYsl">18:58 <!-- -->·<!-- --> THU April 08, 2021</div></div></div><div class="Article__FlashTalkgWrapper-wr9av4-3 eKhOTq"></div><div class="Article__ArticleBody-wr9av4-4 bGDLwD"><p class="Article__ArticleIntro-wr9av4-1 hCFlXS">Timeform’s chase handipper Phil Turner rovis a fence-by-fence gui to the Grand Natnal and tails where the drama has happened over the years.</p><div class="Article__ArticleMaContent-wr9av4-5 eGxQZp"><div class="TextAreawidget__ArticleText-sc-17e21x4-0 eidhMT"><p><strong>FIRST</strong> – The tradnal valry charge to the first has meant this fence claims more fallers than any other obstacle on the Grand Natnal urse, wh speed the ma ntributg factor several pile-up there down the years. Ined, even Grand Natnal wners Gay Trip, Aldani and Hallo Dandy got no further than the first fence 12 months on om their biggt succs. In 1951 a third of the field – 12 of the 36 nners – crashed out at the first. </p><p>The tape was released when half the field weren't ready, which rulted a mad dash to rever the lost ground. In 2013 the start was moved forward by around 90 yards to brg the nners further away om the grandstands a bid to create a more ntrolled environment.</p><p><strong>SECOND</strong> – Mick Fzgerald provid one of the great sportg one-lers after wng on Rough Qut 1996 – ‘better than sex’ – but the race also had a darker si for him, a fall at the send om L’Ami 2008 rulted a neck acture which end the jockey’s reer.</p></div><div class="YouTubeViowidget__VioWrapper-sc-3xme7l-0 jDxnj"><div><div class="YouTubeVio__YouTubeWrapper-sc-1hme9vm-0 iuMSQh"><div class=""><div></div></div></div><div class="shared__Captn-sc-1931rw-0 gvYaFb">Grand Natnal memori: Ed Chamberla and Phil Turner</div></div></div><div class="TextAreawidget__ArticleText-sc-17e21x4-0 eidhMT"><p><strong>THIRD</strong> – The first big dch regularly tch out a few, cludg 1977 Cheltenham Gold Cup wner Davy Lad, who was one of four to ex the race there that year.</p><p><strong>FOURTH</strong> – Corbiere was an Atree specialist durg the 1980s, wng the race 1983 (wh Jenny Pman beg the Natnal’s first succsful woman traer) before fishg a fe third the next two renewals. However, the popular chtnut got no further than the fourth 1986 due to an extremely rare jumpg lapse.</p><p><strong>FIFTH</strong> – Ted Walsh has provid memorable Natnal moments for both his son Ruby and dghter Katie, saddlg the Ruby-ridn Papillon to victory and Seabass to a fe third unr the latter 2012. His own experience of the Atree fenc was ls happy, however, wh Castledry refg at the fifth 1975 on Walsh Senr’s only Natnal ri. Walsh will be reprented this year’s race by Any Send Now, who is proment the market after warmg up wh a w the Webster Cup at Navan last month.</p><p><strong>FIRST BECHER’S</strong> – Although not que the fearsome fence of old, particularly now the drop on landg is much ls severe, first Becher’s n still e s share of problems. One such example was 2004, when 2002 wner Bdaree was one of ne hors forced out of the race a melee there. The drop towards the si was signifintly larger than on the outer, but Fred Wter went up the ner when ridg his two wners and ed to stct his jockeys to do the same when he beme a traer. </p></div><div class="YouTubeViowidget__VioWrapper-sc-3xme7l-0 jDxnj"><div><div class="YouTubeVio__YouTubeWrapper-sc-1hme9vm-0 iuMSQh"><div class=""><div></div></div></div><div class="shared__Captn-sc-1931rw-0 gvYaFb">JOCKEY CAM: On board wh Bristol Mai and Daryl Jab as they prepare for the Grand Natnal</div></div></div><div class="TextAreawidget__ArticleText-sc-17e21x4-0 eidhMT"><p></p><p>Gog wi didn’t prevent Rhyme N’Reason om nearly fallg 1988. Had Betfair been around he probably would have trad at 1000 nng after slherg on landg and effectively g to a standstill, but he worked his way back to ntentn and registered a remarkable succs.</p><p><strong>SEVENTH</strong> – Big-spendg Amerin owner Raymond Gut enjoyed plenty of big-race succs (cludg Derby ws wh Larkspur and Sir Ivor), but took an agonisgly long time for him to achieve his lifetime ambn of wng the Grand Natnal - L’Esrgot fally end the wa 1975, though gave his owner a major sre when nearly unseatg Tommy Carberry at the seventh. </p><p><strong>FIRST CANAL TURN </strong>– Often a traffic hotspot and the scene of two of the biggt pile-ups Grand Natnal history, namely 1928 and 2001. Leadg chaser Easter Hero was the e of the former cint, g mayhem when gettg stuck the then-open dch ( has been a pla fence ever sce), whilst the rirls Paddy’s Return (who’d unseated at the third) was to blame 73 years later, wipg out half the field when veerg across the take-off si to their path. </p></div><div class="Imagewidget__ImageWrapper-sc-8hl9ut-0 jvtgSu"><div class="Imagewidget__ImageBody-sc-8hl9ut-1 heiIRu"><a href="/racg/news/grand-natnal-2021-trends-gui/190731"><img alt="Can the 10-year trends help unravel the Natnal?" src="/imag/news/945x532/" srcSet=" 675w, 945w, 289w, 345w, 360w, 1800w, 578w, 300w, 240w, 518w, 900w, 1350w, 337w, 450w, 630w, 675w, 1260w, 480w, 690w" class="image--wh-ptn"/></a></div><div class="shared__Captn-sc-1931rw-0 gvYaFb">Can the 10-year trends help unravel the Natnal?</div></div><div class="TextAreawidget__ArticleText-sc-17e21x4-0 eidhMT"><p><strong>FIRST VALENTINE’S</strong> – Cheltenham Gold Cup wner Long Run was one of three lears who crashed out here 2014, all of them possibly ught out by the fence upon straighteng up om the Canal Turn. </p><p><strong>TENTH</strong> – The 12-year-old Royal Athlete barely touched a twig when cisg to a surprise 40/1 succs 1995, but he’d crashed out at the tenth when among the favour for the famo void renewal two years earlier.</p><p><strong>ELEVENTH</strong> – Goln Miller is still the only horse to have pleted the Cheltenham Gold Cup-Grand Natnal double ( 1934) durg the same season. As a rult, he was sent off at jt 2/1 12 months later – the shortt-priced favoure Natnal history – but got no further than the eleventh, when he unseated a soft-lookg cint. Jockey Gerry Wilson was acced of jumpg off some circl and duly lost the ri but always protted his nocence, claimg somethg had spooked Goln Miller to makg such an awkward upright leap. Subsequent events rather vdited this view, as Goln Miller uncharacteristilly refed at the eleventh both 1936 and 1937! </p><p><strong>TWELFTH</strong> –The first Saturday Natnal 1947 took place thick fog, and the jockey of the nner-up claimed that the 100/1 wner Cghoo had been pulled up after the twelfth and had rejoed the field on the send circu. The matter even went to urt – was dismissed – and the wng rir, Eddie Dempsey, later sold his 'story' to the tabloids after nng to fancial difficulti, claimg to have hidn behd a haystack. </p><p>However, photographic evince showed that Cghoo had gone out onto the send circu and pleted the rrect urse. He was simply much fter than his rivals havg been traed on a beach Ireland durg one of the worst wters on rerd when most of his rivals wouldn't have done as much work. Rerd-breakg champn jockey Tony McCoy began his Grand Natnal adventure 1995 (aged jt 20) aboard the Mart Pipe-traed outsir Chatham, who crashed out at the twelfth when still towards the rear.</p></div><div class="Imagewidget__ImageWrapper-sc-8hl9ut-0 jvtgSu"><div class="Imagewidget__ImageBody-sc-8hl9ut-1 heiIRu"><a href="/racg/news/alex-hammond-natnal-shortlist/190728"><img alt="Alex Hammond looks ahead to the weekend's major rac" src="/imag/news/945x532/" srcSet=" 1800w, 630w, 300w, 337w, 578w, 675w, 240w, 675w, 518w, 360w, 345w, 480w, 900w, 690w, 1260w, 1350w, 945w" class="image--wh-ptn"/></a></div><div class="shared__Captn-sc-1931rw-0 gvYaFb">Alex Hammond Grand Natnal shortlist</div></div><div class="TextAreawidget__ArticleText-sc-17e21x4-0 eidhMT"><p><strong>THIRTEENTH</strong> – Eccentric Spanish nobleman Beltrán Alfonso Osor y Díez Rivera, better known on the shor as the 18th De of Alburquerque, beme obssed wh his ultimately futile attempts to w the Grand Natnal over three s. Alas, the gallant amatr beme far more acquated wh Walton General Hospal than Atree’s Wners’ Enclosure durg this perd and he end up there aga 1976, when a fall om Nereo at the thirteenth left him a a for two days - his actur om the cint clud multiple broken ribs and vertebrae, a snapped wrist and a broken thigh. The 57-year-old was prevented om ridg the race aga on medil grounds. </p><p><strong>FOURTEENTH</strong> – Be was one of the chief hard-luck stori of the bizarre 2001 renewal, lookg the likely wner when unseatg Carl Llewellyn due to tack issu. Alas, the pair endured another soft ex 12 months later, Llewellyn g out the si door after his sound-jumpg partner had pecked on landg at the fourteenth.</p><p><strong>THE CHAIR</strong> – Historilly the biggt fence on the urse, though the pile-up there 1979 owed more to loose hors than the mands of s massive dch. Ne hors exed the race total, most of them havg been brought down, a luckls group which clud US rair Ben Nevis (who returned 12 months later to w at nearly three tim his odds 1979!). The chary now known as the Injured Jockeys’ Fund lnched the wake of juri staed by Paddy Farrell after a fall at The Chair the 1964 Natnal.</p><p><strong>WATER JUMP</strong> – Foavon, of urse, is jt about the most fortunate horse Grand Natnal history, but he had his own Atree hard-luck story 12 months on om that fle 100/1 succs 1967. A 66/1 shot 1968, Foavon was much closer to the pace than might have been expected when he was brought down a melee at the Water Jump.</p><p><strong>17TH</strong> – Crisp wasn’t the only bold-jumpg ont nner to build up a huge early lead durg the 1970s. Ined, headstrong outsir Boom Docker was even further ahead at halfway 1977 than Crisp had been four years earlier, only to explibly refe at the seventeenth when still holdg an advantage of some 35 lengths!</p></div><div class="Imagewidget__ImageWrapper-sc-8hl9ut-0 jvtgSu"><div class="Imagewidget__ImageBody-sc-8hl9ut-1 heiIRu"><a href="/racg/news/crisp-v-red-m-si-story/190696"><img alt="Atree Greats - Richard Pman on Crisp" src="/imag/news/945x532/" srcSet=" 289w, 1800w, 240w, 578w, 300w, 900w, 1350w, 1260w, 675w, 690w, 360w, 337w, 345w, 675w, 480w, 945w, 630w, 450w, 518w" class="image--wh-ptn"/></a></div><div class="shared__Captn-sc-1931rw-0 gvYaFb">Atree Greats - Richard Pman on Crisp</div></div><div class="TextAreawidget__ArticleText-sc-17e21x4-0 eidhMT"><p><strong>18TH</strong> – Multiple champn traer Pl Nicholls has saddled many a fancied Natnal nner durg his prent reer, but 150/1 and 200/1 were the SPs for his two ris the race – Roman Bistro lasted longt of the pair, refg at the eighteenth 1985. Nicholls sent out Neptune Collong to register a narrow victory 2012 and uld be reprented this year by Yala Enki and Give Me A Copper</p><p><strong>19TH</strong> – Loose hors ed havoc at the neteenth 2001, g Blowg Wd, 2000 wner Papillon and Atree regular Brave Highlanr to refe through no flt of their own. The first two-named were remounted to fish third and fourth rpectively.</p><p><strong>20TH</strong> – An unwanted piece of Grand Natnal history occurred here 2011, as the 20th beme the first fence ever to be omted due to a stricken horse (send Becher’s was also missed out this year). </p><p><strong>21ST</strong> – 1976 Grand Natnal hero Rag Tra was pulled up at the twenty-first when favoure for the race two years later, sadly breakg down so badly proved to be his fal race. </p><p><strong>SECOND BECHER’S</strong> – The biggt turng pot Grand Natnals habually occur at Send Becher’s, wh nam such as Be Bob (1971), Goln Rapper (1976), Andy Pandy (1977), Wt Tip (1985), Strands of Gold (1988), Uncle Merl (1990), Clan Royal (2005), Bewleys Berry (2007) and Black Apalachi (2009) jt some of those who’ve parted at this stage when travellg strongly at the head of affairs. </p></div><div class="Imagewidget__ImageWrapper-sc-8hl9ut-0 jvtgSu"><div class="Imagewidget__ImageBody-sc-8hl9ut-1 heiIRu"><a href="/racg/news/grand-natnal-pstickers-gui/190681"><img alt="Don't miss Ben Lot's exhstive preview" src="/imag/news/945x532/" srcSet=" 289w, 1800w, 675w, 345w, 630w, 1350w, 300w, 1260w, 240w, 675w, 480w, 337w, 900w, 690w, 945w, 518w, 578w, 360w, 450w" class="image--wh-ptn"/></a></div><div class="shared__Captn-sc-1931rw-0 gvYaFb">Don't miss Ben Lot's exhstive preview</div></div><div class="TextAreawidget__ArticleText-sc-17e21x4-0 eidhMT"><p><strong>23RD</strong> – The most famo pile-up horseracg history occurred here 1967, when one of the backmarkers Foavon took advantage of the mayhem happeng ont of him and hered a massive lead by clearg the fence at the first attempt, holdg on thereafter to claim a shock 100/1 succs. The fence is now named his honour. Foavon was named after a Sttish mounta which is sandwiched by Ben Stack and Arkle. Anne Duchs of Wtmster owned a holiday home the shadow of them and named her three new hors after them (two were Cheltenham Ftival wners, but Foavon proved to be a dud – albe a lucky one!) </p><p><strong>SECOND CANAL TURN</strong> – The Grand Natnal was not a lucky race for Jonjo O’Neill durg his ridg days, failg to plete eight attempts spe twice partnerg the favoure. The send Canal Turn was the furtht he got thanks to Sir Gar 1977, only for O’Neill to be “knocked clean out of the saddle by another horse!” O’Neill has managed a w as a traer wh Don’t Ph It 2010, and he is rponsible for this year’s favoure, Cloth Cap.</p><p><strong>SECOND VALENTINE’S</strong> – Leighton Aspell claimed back-to-back ws wh Pe Re and Many Clouds, but he might have already been on the Natnal srheet by then had Ballyssidy stood up 2006 – the outsir was still some seven lengths clear when takg an X-rated fall at Send Valente’s. </p></div><div class="Imagewidget__ImageWrapper-sc-8hl9ut-0 jvtgSu"><div class="Imagewidget__ImageBody-sc-8hl9ut-1 heiIRu"><a href="/racg/news/rneli-lysaght-great-natnals/190716"><img alt="Red Rum mak Grand Natnal history 1977" src="/imag/news/1260x709/" srcSet=" 360w, 289w, 300w, 337w, 1350w, 1800w, 675w, 578w, 690w, 1260w, 900w, 345w, 240w, 450w, 518w, 675w, 630w, 480w" class="image--wh-ptn"/></a></div><div class="shared__Captn-sc-1931rw-0 gvYaFb">Corneli Lysaght on the great Grand Natnals</div></div><div class="TextAreawidget__ArticleText-sc-17e21x4-0 eidhMT"><p><strong>FIVE OUT</strong> – One of the smallt fenc on the urse, but produced jt about the only mistake by Red Rum (en route to victory 1974) durg his five attempts at the race, whilst the clost Tiger Roll me to fallg was at this fence 2019. Rontto (1965), Ltle Polveir (1988) and The Dids Nephew (2015) all parted at the same fence when gog strongly the lead.</p><p><strong>FOUR OUT</strong> – The 1977 Grand Natnal will forever be associated wh Red Rum’s rerd-breakg third w, but the other major news story of that renewal centred around Charlotte Brew, who was the first woman to pete the race. Her mount Barony Fort eventually refed at the fourth last havg trailed om an early stage (Geralde Re beme the first woman to plete five years later). Rachael Blackmore, who was the leadg jockey at the Cheltenham Ftival last month and is ntentn for the Irish jockeys’ champnship, is likely to ri Mella Tim, who has solid claims and is proment the market. </p><p><strong>THREE OUT</strong> – Portra Kg outperformed unflatterg odds several tim over the big Atree fenc, notably when third at 66/1 the 2017 Topham, and was still ntentn when fallg three out the 2015 Natnal – sadly, jockey Davy Condon suffered spal ncsn the cint and retired om the saddle subsequently. Condon later took up the role of assistant traer to Gordon Elltt, who sent out Tiger Roll to w back-to-back Natnals 2018 and 2019. </p><p><strong>TWO OUT</strong> – John Buckgham entered Grand Natnal folklore when steerg Foavon to his unlikely w 1967 and the jockey still held claims of another 100/1 Natnal succs four years later when Limeburner crashed out at the send last – he was alongsi nner-up Black Secret at the time and several lengths up on eventual wner Specify.</p></div><div class="YouTubeViowidget__VioWrapper-sc-3xme7l-0 jDxnj"><div><div class="YouTubeVio__YouTubeWrapper-sc-1hme9vm-0 iuMSQh"><div class=""><div></div></div></div><div class="shared__Captn-sc-1931rw-0 gvYaFb">Grand Natnal | Atree Course Walk wh Daryl Jab</div></div></div><div class="TextAreawidget__ArticleText-sc-17e21x4-0 eidhMT"><p><strong>LAST</strong> – Champn US steeplechaser Billy Barton ma a bold bid 1928 to bee the first Amerin wner of the Grand Natnal and, an attrnal renewal, still held every chance alongsi sole remag nner Tipperary Tim (a 100/1 shot) when fallg at the last. He was remounted for send. Another 100/1 shot Davy Jon was still wh a live chance of victory 1936 only for the res to break upon landg two out. </p><p>Dpe the bt efforts of his popular amatr Anthony Mildmay, the out-of-ntrol Davy Jon ran out at the last (stterg spectators along the way) and hand victory to reigng champn Reynoldstown. The 1948 Natnal produced a send hard-luck story for Anthony Mildmay – by then Lord Mildmay – who was a virtual passenger for the fal e (disabled by severe cramp his neck) on eventual third Cromwell. Sadly, a siar attack of cramp was believed to have ntributed to Lord Mildmay’s drowng, aged jt 41, whilst swimmg off the Devon ast jt over two years later. Atree’s Mildmay Course, opened 1953, is named after him. </p><p>Hedgehunter was a last-fence faller 2004 (when held) but he returned 12 months later to give Trevor Hemmgs a first Grand Natnal succs. 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