Grand National Previews

Moifaa

Moifaa

One of the most fascinating Stories is the story of Moifaa, who won the race in 1904. This was a New Zealand horse and was shipped here by the trainer...

Manifesto

Manifesto

Who is the Greatest Grand National Horse of all time? The bay with a white star on his forehead by Man of War (by Ben Battle by Rataplan) out of Vae...

Jenny Pitman

Jenny Pitman

In 1983 a horse called Corbiere won the Grand National and in doing so set a record first for his trainer because the trainer was Jenny Pitman and she...

Gatwick

Gatwick

Since 1839 the world's greatest steeplechase has been held away from Aintree racecourse on three occasions and that was during the First World War.&nb...

Garrison Savannah

Garrison Savannah

The year was 1991 but if you closed your eyes it could almost have been 1973 . The Reason for this ? well, The horse in question was Garrison Savann...

Foinavon

Foinavon

One of the fences in the Grand National is called The Foinavon Fence. This fence is named after the 1967 Winner. The remarkable thing about this winne...

Devon Loch

Devon Loch

The year was 1956, The owner was HM Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother, The Jockey was Dick Francis and the horse was Devon Loch. All this added up to w...

Cloister

Cloister

Cloister was to come second in two Nationals before he was to win in 1893, a lot of intrigue followed this horse on his running and even more on the y...