I have to give Jon Hamner a lot of praise for his commentary. They lost the feed to Tony on the far end of the course so he had to commentate the majority of the race despite barely being able to see the action. Given the circumstance I think he did a great job.
I remember Thinking this was Like one of the old pathe News Reel Nationals, but with Heavy Ground the Horses Slowed down and there were no Serious injuries . Richard Guest and Red Marauder were Like Two Battle worn Heroes, and the Late John Hamner was masterful in describing the Action
Red Marauder was so brave this day. After this win, he only raced again 1 more time and it was almost 2 years later over hurdles. I guess this race really took its toll on him but him and the race will be remembered forever.
I was practically obsessed with this race as a kid (the National in general, but especially the 2001 running (for obvious reasons)). It was literally just a few days ago (almost exactly 20 years after the race) that I realised Khaki Krazy fell at the third. I always thought he was the 180-flipping horse at the 4th. Turns out that was plunge-favourite Inis Cara! I know this probably won't seem like much of a big deal to most people, but it blew my mind. I thought I knew this race inside-out (I literally must have watched it 100+ times in the space of a few years, sometimes more than once a day) , but all these years later this caught me out! I only realised my two-decade mistake after watching the Racing UK stream of the race. On the BBC footage Khaki's fall at the third is completely hidden by their camera angles. That's why I always assumed he was the one going at the fourth when John Hamner calls it! I doubt anyone will really appreciate how mind-blowing this was for me, but if anyone out there is going to care it's people watching this video! haha. You think you know every little intricate detail of a race for 20 years and then find out you had something totally wrong. Crazy. And for the record I "had" the legendary Addington Boy in this one (I was 9 so I couldn't exactly bet). He didn't get very far, even by the standards of this race's carnage.
This will always be my favourite Grand National. I watched it with my Dad as a kid. I had Red Marauder and my Dad had Smarty, so this was an exciting end to the race for me.
My god, watching this race was horrendous, dreadful conditions, total carnage, and to see the horses struggling to get home..... I'm not an 'anti national' person, but having been a horse rider for years myself, this was hard to watch. Brave, brave horses, God bless them all !
I agree. Also as a rider myself and one who has worked full time with horses, I know how tired horses can get. Red Marauder was exhausted, and Smarty looked as if he would keel over. I have followed the GN since I was a young girl Red won because he was lucky to keep out of trouble and he handles the mud. Blowing Wind was finishing the strongest (albeit having been remounted ). Some comments here beggar belief, especially the one by a chap who reckons it is the best GN ever! I suggest he watches 1974: sunny warm day, horses hooves rattling on the fast ground and a horse carrying top weight presenting a masterclass in how to tackle Aintree fences. That horse was Red Rum winning his second GN. That year no fatalities and lots of finishers.
This is a perfect example of how the conditions can affect this race. It had rained virtually non-stop for a week before the race creating bottomless going. There were rumours flying round the course less than an hour before the off that the race wouldn't go ahead due to the very heavy going. Me and my mates had all backed Edmond and were in line with the Chair and saw his spectacular fall. We were well gutted and piss-wet through.
Red Marauder made a shocking mistake on the first circuit, fair play to him for surviving that error and going on to win for Richard Guest, LUCK was clearly on his side that day.
DARREN BURKE yeah, I backed him 33/1, had smarty as well, was sitting watching with my dad who had backed beau, the air turned blue when beau fell, the horse was a bit unlucky with the reins stuck over his face. My lucky day though, fivers each way on both.
I backed Edmund, Beau, Blowing Wind & Smarty! Was all going so well until...it all started going horribly wrong 😂 It rained so hard that day my race card fell to pieces too!
I was at a football match this day and the announcer gave the winners out just before the second half started and said only four horses finished the race... and everyone gasped.
I will never respect anyone who calls this race a 'farce' (Alistair Down I'm looking at you). This is exactly the kind of drama, unpredictability and intrigue that people expect from the Grand National, and what all modern 'Nationals' (if you can call them that) sadly lack.
Your bang on pal, the race is an absolute disgrace now, its been ruined by the do-gooders, its totally lost its sense of jeopardy, we might as well just replace the fences with hurdles because they aint grand national fences anymore.
It was a farce and he may well have been right. A quarter of the field taken out by loose horses and it's debatable whether the race should have been ran. The Racing Post analysis in the paper the next day pretty much said it should have been abandoned.
@@LAKELAND3330I think they’ve made it more dangerous because it’s easier and quicker so if the going is GF there could be carnage, it’s no longer the true test of stamina and jumping that it was.
@@richardsmith5931 He thought to be an equal or even better than either Spanish Steps and Royal Relief by the Edgecote team,but as time went by it was realised that Lictor was a bit tripless,put him over 2 1/2+miles he would just stop and over 2miles he would be placed,(although he was 3 times winner).He also would break blood vessels,on the advice of a vet he was given saccharin, when asked how much,the vet replied as many as you want,he was given a handful before the Topham Trophy, and the rest is history,I would like to add Fred Winter said he had never seen a better round of jumping around Aintree before.
Carl Llewellyn knew he had a wonderful chance, he was gutted at coming off on Beau but amusing watching him run after the horse to attempt to remount. If this was nowadays, re-mounting is not permitted.
In 1980 Tim Forster's instructions to Charlie Fenwick was "keep remounting". Remounting was banned as a direct result of this race. It was the right thing as I never did like it and is open to abuse with a remounted horse not carrying the full weight for the full distance. They should outlaw refusing and reattempts.
hmmm considering remounting did not get outlawed for nearly nine years after this race suggests you are incorrect. It is far more likely to have been outlawed due to the risk of injury to a horse.
If Beau had refused at the next fence and the jockey had caught him, he could have remounted in those days and tried to carry on for third place prize money.
I vaguely remember one of them saying after that they were holding on to their horses after being hampered they could see on a tv screen that there was barely anyone left so they said lets jump back on and finish this, they weren't racing so chatting away round. I think they may have said lets get to the last and see and when Blowing wind still had some fuel, Walsh would probably have said away you go and they hacked to the end. Smarty was walking over the line in 2nd he was so shattered. Blowing Wind would probably have won without the loose horse but thats the national
I think Richard Guest and Timmy Murphy also agreed with each other after the 2nd Canal Turn not to race each other and just try and help each other round
I bet Red Marauder , Even on the Run in I would not have been surprised if a Loose horse had appeared from somewhere and knocked Richard off ,Extraordinary race and performance
There is rain forecast for every day this week including Saturday. There's a good chance we could have heavy ground for the 2022 race. I'm going to look at the field and back some soft ground specialists.
You could watch it over and over.It was chaotic.More loose horses than runners at Bechers second time around.The sight of Carl Llewellyn running after Beau was very amusing.
It was more like a destruction Derby than a grand national last man standing. But John hamner did a great job but then Tony Oheir had no power for him to commenting from bechers Brook to valentine's Brook
What a brave horse if you look as soon as they cross the line and he stops he barely can stand up I thought he was going to collapse . Just shows how tough these animals are
if a horse had any sense, he would. get rid of the jockey and not allow himself to be abused like this.AS much as I love them, horses are not that clever.
Backed Red Marauder the year before and it fell at Bechers Brook while a mile behind others. Told my late Mam not to back this horse but as usual she did not listen to me and won £33 Still have not picked winner of the race since Highland Wedding in 1969 Backed the 3rd this year Gallard Du Mensil but just cannot get the winner
To anyone on this thread or anyone full stop finish, who backed Red Marauder and Smarty that day, you probably need to do the lottery numbers and tell everyone else what they are!!!!! To back 1st and 2nd in the GN in a 'normal' race is an achievement and half, but when they are the only two horses to finish the course without mishap out of 40 starters.....well! Guys if you fell into a vipers pit you'd come out wearing snake skin shoes!!!!
I had backed both 5ew on both of them and funny because my dad had backed beau so he was boasting that he was cruising round to win and then, 💥 reins were stuck over beaus head and he fell, the air turned blue especially when he knew I had the two left standing, then it was even better when red marauder won because he was the biggest price of the two 33/1. That still wasn’t my best day in race betting though, I had a royal ascot lucky 15 (20pew ) cost £6 and my first three had won 12/1, 10/1, 7/2 and my last horse was in a 28 runner handicap called Louis the pious, it won at 33/1. I don’t do the lottery by the way because the odds are just so not in your favour.
I had Edmund, Beau, Smarty and Blowing Wind and was there on the day! Was all going swimmingly (literally in that God awful weather)...1/2/3/4th position until Edmund fell and Carl Llewelyn ended up doing a comedy chase trying to catch Beau 😆
@@meganraynes1766 I was 20 when I backed him. Only bet on the grand national. Only ever had 5 winners. He is my favourite. ( The 5 are (Seagram, red marauder, Monty's pass and Tiger roll X 2)
Before I retired from gambling in 2006 I always backed two in the national. In 2001 it was £10 ew on Red marauder and £5 ew on smarty. for £30 ended up £470 up. Backed Red marauder a few times that season. The gods smiled on him on national day
I was only 6 when my dad told me to pick my runner. I asked him to put a fiver on Red Marauder for me. His win paid for my ponies medication 🥲 oddly emotional watching this 20 years later!
On the flip side my cousin likes to moan how her pick Smarty finished second that year. I do think if you happen to get terrible conditions like in 01. A spread bet on the long shots is the wisest since the front runners have an increased chance of falling over fences.
Look at how Llewellyn/Beau cuts off Queally/Merry People at the Foinavon fence...2:00-2:03. That is brutal. Makes me feel better when Llewellyn gets tossed later on.
They made changes to the National course a few years later by changing the width of the fences to allow loose horses to run around them plus a designated area to catch them. Furthermore runners were able to bypass a fence in case of an injury to horse or jockey.
Remember it well i backed it by pure chance, bit of a long story, 33 /1, last time I had the winner and that was because everything else fell or pulled up, apart from smarty that ran a great race, had fuck all since, hard race to get the winner
Best grandnational ever, could do with digital inhancing, maybe the bbc could put a master recording on youtube, never seen it so wet at Aintree as it was that day, really heavy going, actually prefer it wet get more fallers, and the loose hoarses caused mayhem.
I must say that I agree with you. Whilst I am always pleased to see horses and jockeys walk away unscathed, much of the spectacle of this race is centred around fallers and unseated jockeys. In fact, you rarely hear the term 'brought down' these days.
David Ellis, if there is a way we can make contact, you'd be welcome to watch my dvds of Grand Nationals dating back to 1960. Thrills and spills galore
Stood piss wet through by the mound with my then girlfriend and now wife. We still laugh about how bad the weather was that day!! Wasn't an enjoyable experience that day.
Bloody hell, yes! The rain was biblical that day 😆 My race card fell to bits and ended up buying a shooting hat to stop the rain constantly splatting in my face!!
....not known for it....but slowed to a canter he would have come to a standstill...same with the other finishers..remember it was in exceptionally heavy ground..probably the heaviest in the races history..
Mark Perryman red marauder had been very sloppy at some of his fences before the field was depleted, he did need a bit of stoking along in that ground even though he was known to like it, it was exceptionally bad that day.
I bet 2 horses that day red marauder and smarty a fiver each way on both lol smarty was 20/1 and red marauder 33/1 couldn't believe my luck, I did start to get greedy calling home red marauder cos he was a bigger price haha
Snap i had £10 EW on the winner at 33s and a £5 ew on Smarty. one of my few real successes gambling over the years so much so i "retired" from gambling in October 2006 and havent had a bet since...
michael brown yep, I was doing exactly the same screaming RM because of the price over smarty, after I’d backed both, my father backed beau, the air turned blue when the reins went over one side of its head lol.
The most dramatic Grand National I've ever seen, I was 17 when this happened.
What a warrior Red Marauder was ❤🐴
The 1993 void one was pretty dramatic and the one that was run on Monday in 1997 after the IRA bomb threat.
I have to give Jon Hamner a lot of praise for his commentary. They lost the feed to Tony on the far end of the course so he had to commentate the majority of the race despite barely being able to see the action. Given the circumstance I think he did a great job.
jon hamner very underated superb commentary
@@ianandrews7559 agree totally. He always did a great job but on that day it must have been well, challenging.
The WHOLE POINT of the Grand National is listening to Tony O'Hare!
Absolutely - Hamner a great pro...but then the whole commentary team deserve kudos for performing so well under very difficult conditions..
John Hanmer’s finest hour as a commentator. RIP
I remember Thinking this was Like one of the old pathe News Reel Nationals, but with Heavy Ground the Horses Slowed down and there were no Serious injuries . Richard Guest and Red Marauder were Like Two Battle worn Heroes, and the Late John Hamner was masterful in describing the Action
Red Marauder makes such a pained noise after the last ditch. These conditions were brutal. A very brave horse indeed.
Red Marauder was so brave this day. After this win, he only raced again 1 more time and it was almost 2 years later over hurdles. I guess this race really took its toll on him but him and the race will be remembered forever.
I was practically obsessed with this race as a kid (the National in general, but especially the 2001 running (for obvious reasons)). It was literally just a few days ago (almost exactly 20 years after the race) that I realised Khaki Krazy fell at the third. I always thought he was the 180-flipping horse at the 4th. Turns out that was plunge-favourite Inis Cara! I know this probably won't seem like much of a big deal to most people, but it blew my mind.
I thought I knew this race inside-out (I literally must have watched it 100+ times in the space of a few years, sometimes more than once a day) , but all these years later this caught me out! I only realised my two-decade mistake after watching the Racing UK stream of the race. On the BBC footage Khaki's fall at the third is completely hidden by their camera angles. That's why I always assumed he was the one going at the fourth when John Hamner calls it!
I doubt anyone will really appreciate how mind-blowing this was for me, but if anyone out there is going to care it's people watching this video! haha. You think you know every little intricate detail of a race for 20 years and then find out you had something totally wrong. Crazy.
And for the record I "had" the legendary Addington Boy in this one (I was 9 so I couldn't exactly bet). He didn't get very far, even by the standards of this race's carnage.
It's also mental to think this very vivid memory was 20 years ago...
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This was the last great grand national! Sadly the race has lost all its romance and excitement!
Conditions may of been bad but in my opinion Richard Guest rode to them and deserved to win.
Watched this race again fantastic! Red Marauder was a beauty.👏🐎
Absolutely brutal conditions. Fantastic performance by red marauder
The field had thinned out so much by the 12th fence it was unbelievable.Carnage at the Canal Turn first time took out at least 7
This will always be my favourite Grand National. I watched it with my Dad as a kid. I had Red Marauder and my Dad had Smarty, so this was an exciting end to the race for me.
We were in a similar situation! My youngest brother had Red Marauder, my other brother had Smarty and for good measure I had Papillon.
This is my favourite horse race of all time. 40 started, but only two finished -- and not a single horse had to be euthanised afterwards.
Not trying to be a dick here as I know what you mean but technically four finished.
What an absolute thrill. Splashing through the Melling Road. Nothing farcical. Iconic stuff.
My god, watching this race was horrendous, dreadful conditions, total carnage, and to see the horses struggling to get home..... I'm not an 'anti national' person, but having been a horse rider for years myself, this was hard to watch. Brave, brave horses, God bless them all !
First ever national in which no horse died.
@@christopherhogg8364 what total rubbish
@@christopherhogg8364 Apart from the hundred and twenty or so nationals run before this one in which no horse died.
@@christopherhogg8364 Better go and do your homework. Your statement is incorrect.
I agree. Also as a rider myself and one who has worked full time with horses, I know how tired horses can get. Red Marauder was exhausted, and Smarty looked as if he would keel over. I have followed the GN since I was a young girl Red won because he was lucky to keep out of trouble and he handles the mud. Blowing Wind was finishing the strongest (albeit having been remounted ).
Some comments here beggar belief, especially the one by a chap who reckons it is the best GN ever! I suggest he watches 1974: sunny warm day, horses hooves rattling on the fast ground and a horse carrying top weight presenting a masterclass in how to tackle Aintree fences. That horse was Red Rum winning his second GN. That year no fatalities and lots of finishers.
This is a perfect example of how the conditions can affect this race. It had rained virtually non-stop for a week before the race creating bottomless going. There were rumours flying round the course less than an hour before the off that the race wouldn't go ahead due to the very heavy going. Me and my mates had all backed Edmond and were in line with the Chair and saw his spectacular fall. We were well gutted and piss-wet through.
A loose horse ran across a fence and took half the field out; similar thing happened when Foinaven won
The sight of Carl Lywellyn desperately chasing after Beau......
Don't remind me gutted when he fell
If he had refused at the next fence without Carl, he could have been remounted to hopefully get third.
probably the last grand national that sticks in the memory
.....2004 was pretty memorable...Ginger McCains fourth win in Amberleigh House......
Chatham yes the last national I enjoyed 04
A mad race ran in terrible conditions.brave horse and rider.absolute pile up at canal first time around
Maybe the Canal should be re-named the Red Marauder Turn as the winner of this race did a Foinavon and avoided the mayhem first time round.
Only 4 finishers. My favourite national of them all. Especially the man running after his horse.
I backed the winner that day I watched the race in a hotel room that day. Wonderful ride from Richard guest. Very brave horse as well too.
So many loose horses, wow! No fatalities thank goodness. Such a brave winner and runner up
My first national winner 33/1. Changed it from my original choice on the morning of the race and had to ask my dad to put it on for me.
Red Marauder made a shocking mistake on the first circuit, fair play to him for surviving that error and going on to win for Richard Guest, LUCK was clearly on his side that day.
Sadly, Red Marauder was put down on 22nd November 2016, aged 26.
Shame but 26 is good for a horse
My favourite grand national winner along with Rummy of course, R.I.P
tina silver RIP Red Marauder has £5 ew at 33/1 after telling everyone at work he would win, only me backed it :-) great memories
DARREN BURKE yeah, I backed him 33/1, had smarty as well, was sitting watching with my dad who had backed beau, the air turned blue when beau fell, the horse was a bit unlucky with the reins stuck over his face. My lucky day though, fivers each way on both.
Backed him 😀
There was a big pile up at the canal turn had the winner in a sweep that year as well nearly 20 years ago
I backed red marauder and smarty, I couldn’t believe my luck.
I backed Smarty and couldn't believe mine.
@Py Scho Is that you Kev.i.am?
@Py Scho aye I did, my dad backed beau aye.
I backed Edmund, Beau, Blowing Wind & Smarty! Was all going so well until...it all started going horribly wrong 😂 It rained so hard that day my race card fell to pieces too!
I was at a football match this day and the announcer gave the winners out just before the second half started and said only four horses finished the race... and everyone gasped.
I will never respect anyone who calls this race a 'farce' (Alistair Down I'm looking at you). This is exactly the kind of drama, unpredictability and intrigue that people expect from the Grand National, and what all modern 'Nationals' (if you can call them that) sadly lack.
....no longer "a race apart"...
Your bang on pal, the race is an absolute disgrace now, its been ruined by the do-gooders, its totally lost its sense of jeopardy, we might as well just replace the fences with hurdles because they aint grand national fences anymore.
In 100 years time this will be one of the classic grand nationals
It was a farce and he may well have been right. A quarter of the field taken out by loose horses and it's debatable whether the race should have been ran. The Racing Post analysis in the paper the next day pretty much said it should have been abandoned.
@@LAKELAND3330I think they’ve made it more dangerous because it’s easier and quicker so if the going is GF there could be carnage, it’s no longer the true test of stamina and jumping that it was.
This grand national, most of had the record in fallers ever.
John Hanmer did a brilliant job in this as he had no cameras to speak to work with
A fantastic win and ride.
it was an amazing race. i bagged £130 having the first 2 home. thanks chatjam for uploading these great racing spectacles
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Jason Cumberland haha I was watching this thinking if you'd done a forecast on them 2 you'd be dancing after the last fence :')
I had a tenner each way on the winner and £5 each way on the second but not the forecast
dlamiss I had £2.50 ew on both marauder and smarty, I took 40s in the morning on RM and 20s on smarty, won £145 in total, was well chuffed lol
Never have 4 brave horses deserved the Applause from the Aintree Crowd.
Red Marauder closely related to other grand national greats Tiberetta ,her son Spanish Steps and 2 time Champion Chase winner Royal Relief.
At last somebody who really knows their National! Spanish Steps always finished in the top four during the era of Red Rum.
Edward Courages horse Lictor won the Topham in 1976. Can anyone tell me his pedigree?
@@richardsmith5931 He was by the sprinter Right Boy out of Tiberetta
@@davidmastin416 Thank you! As I recollect, he showed very little before the Topham, but that Tiberetta blood came into play over those fences.
@@richardsmith5931 He thought to be an equal or even better than either Spanish Steps and Royal Relief by the Edgecote team,but as time went by it was realised that Lictor was a bit tripless,put him over 2 1/2+miles he would just stop and over 2miles he would be placed,(although he was 3 times winner).He also would break blood vessels,on the advice of a vet he was given saccharin, when asked how much,the vet replied as many as you want,he was given a handful before the Topham Trophy, and the rest is history,I would like to add Fred Winter said he had never seen a better round of jumping around Aintree before.
More horses fell before the 3rd fence than the entire fallers of 2019!
that would not be difficult, the fences are way smaller nowadays.
Carl Llewellyn knew he had a wonderful chance, he was gutted at coming off on Beau but amusing watching him run after the horse to attempt to remount. If this was nowadays, re-mounting is not permitted.
In 1980 Tim Forster's instructions to Charlie Fenwick was "keep remounting". Remounting was banned as a direct result of this race. It was the right thing as I never did like it and is open to abuse with a remounted horse not carrying the full weight for the full distance. They should outlaw refusing and reattempts.
hmmm considering remounting did not get outlawed for nearly nine years after this race suggests you are incorrect. It is far more likely to have been outlawed due to the risk of injury to a horse.
I think remounting in the National was outlawed from 2002 onwards then extended to all races some time after.
julzyboy1973 i remember that running after the horse with his little legs, ha ha funny as fuck
@@paullittle4622 it wasnt that funny I had a packet on him that day, after the first circuit I could only see 1 winner even though he was top weight
Beau's rider unsuccessfully running after him is hilarious.
If Beau had refused at the next fence and the jockey had caught him, he could have remounted in those days and tried to carry on for third place prize money.
Had a tenner on it that day
Always do a horse with red in its name
Anyone else wondering what AP and Ruby were chatting about on the way home? I'm guessing about the absolute carnage that had just happened.
Probably that and kind of agreeing not to push too hard until the end.. Get to the finish safely
I vaguely remember one of them saying after that they were holding on to their horses after being hampered they could see on a tv screen that there was barely anyone left so they said lets jump back on and finish this, they weren't racing so chatting away round. I think they may have said lets get to the last and see and when Blowing wind still had some fuel, Walsh would probably have said away you go and they hacked to the end. Smarty was walking over the line in 2nd he was so shattered. Blowing Wind would probably have won without the loose horse but thats the national
I think Richard Guest and Timmy Murphy also agreed with each other after the 2nd Canal Turn not to race each other and just try and help each other round
I bet Red Marauder , Even on the Run in I would not have been surprised if a Loose horse had appeared from somewhere and knocked Richard off ,Extraordinary race and performance
There is rain forecast for every day this week including Saturday. There's a good chance we could have heavy ground for the 2022 race.
I'm going to look at the field and back some soft ground specialists.
Proper fences, proper national and all horses returned safely
There are arguments about the fences but this was an awful race for various reasons.
@@arkle1964one of the best nationals ever, just for the drama.
Total mayhem, it was like The Battle of the Somme and it's a wonder any horse completed thirty fences and over miles in that swamp.
You could watch it over and over.It was chaotic.More loose horses than runners at Bechers second time around.The sight of Carl Llewellyn running after Beau was very amusing.
Wasn't for me
@@gazowen7310 if you back something, u really don't want to see the jockey chasing it, never a good sign lol
Rumour has it Carl is still chasing after Beau around Aintree today!
I got the winner at last, corach rambler, it only took me from 1976 to 2023 to pick the winner 47 years, not bad going .😢😮
It was more like a destruction Derby than a grand national last man standing. But John hamner did a great job but then Tony Oheir had no power for him to commenting from bechers Brook to valentine's Brook
I'm glad we were spared the 'commentary' of Tony O'Heir. He has to be the worst commentator I've ever heard.
I had the winner that day went for the name because
Red my favourite colour and our one cat was always Maraudering round the house
I backed this little beauty
Complete mudbath. Amazing win.
I actually had both the 1st and 2nd that year. Red Marauder was a mud lark and an easy pick
Not a single horse euthanized or jockey killed after all that what a dramatic race!
8:00 Imagine if they collided...
It was like Battle royale that year!
What a brave horse if you look as soon as they cross the line and he stops he barely can stand up I thought he was going to collapse .
Just shows how tough these animals are
if a horse had any sense, he would. get rid of the jockey and not allow himself to be abused like this.AS much as I love them, horses are not that clever.
Backed Red Marauder the year before and it fell at Bechers Brook while a mile behind others.
Told my late Mam not to back this horse but as usual she did not listen to me and won £33
Still have not picked winner of the race since Highland Wedding in 1969
Backed the 3rd this year Gallard Du Mensil but just cannot get the winner
6:47 fuck me what a selfless act. Getting trodden on to stop the horse,
I was watching this in a pub, I can still remember the whole place going “HOLY FUCK!” in unison when that loose horse charged into the field at 2:22!
If Red Maurader had fallen Smarty would have been the slowest winner since 1883!
What about Foinavon in 1967?
you forget foinavon, that beautiful lucky horse was slow even as he crossed the line !!
...Mister One is down.....at that one......
BBC commentary was 2nd to none back in the day as was Coverage ..
oohhhhh the carnage,the carnage lol
lol ? There was nothing to laugh about in this race. Sarcasm has no place here !
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The way Blowing Wind finished I think he would of won the race if he didn't refuse. He was cantering home.
dreadful chair camera angle
To anyone on this thread or anyone full stop finish, who backed Red Marauder and Smarty that day, you probably need to do the lottery numbers and tell everyone else what they are!!!!! To back 1st and 2nd in the GN in a 'normal' race is an achievement and half, but when they are the only two horses to finish the course without mishap out of 40 starters.....well! Guys if you fell into a vipers pit you'd come out wearing snake skin shoes!!!!
I had backed both 5ew on both of them and funny because my dad had backed beau so he was boasting that he was cruising round to win and then, 💥 reins were stuck over beaus head and he fell, the air turned blue especially when he knew I had the two left standing, then it was even better when red marauder won because he was the biggest price of the two 33/1. That still wasn’t my best day in race betting though, I had a royal ascot lucky 15 (20pew ) cost £6 and my first three had won 12/1, 10/1, 7/2 and my last horse was in a 28 runner handicap called Louis the pious, it won at 33/1. I don’t do the lottery by the way because the odds are just so not in your favour.
I was 6 years old when I backed Red Marauder in this race☺
I had Edmund, Beau, Smarty and Blowing Wind and was there on the day! Was all going swimmingly (literally in that God awful weather)...1/2/3/4th position until Edmund fell and Carl Llewelyn ended up doing a comedy chase trying to catch Beau 😆
@@meganraynes1766 I was 20 when I backed him. Only bet on the grand national. Only ever had 5 winners. He is my favourite. ( The 5 are (Seagram, red marauder, Monty's pass and Tiger roll X 2)
Before I retired from gambling in 2006 I always backed two in the national. In 2001 it was £10 ew on Red marauder and £5 ew on smarty. for £30 ended up £470 up. Backed Red marauder a few times that season. The gods smiled on him on national day
Bit similar to the 1928 race pile up at f8 then just 2 left in it at the end
I was only 6 when my dad told me to pick my runner.
I asked him to put a fiver on Red Marauder for me.
His win paid for my ponies medication 🥲 oddly emotional watching this 20 years later!
Haha I was 11 and nearly put a bet on him but my mum talked me out of it because his odds weren't very good, kicked myself for ages!
On the flip side my cousin likes to moan how her pick Smarty finished second that year. I do think if you happen to get terrible conditions like in 01. A spread bet on the long shots is the wisest since the front runners have an increased chance of falling over fences.
Won £70 on Red Marauder. A brave horse indeed
Great champion
.....swear box at 7.13 Carl.....
Real slow motion stuff
Look at how Llewellyn/Beau cuts off Queally/Merry People at the Foinavon fence...2:00-2:03. That is brutal. Makes me feel better when Llewellyn gets tossed later on.
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Thought smarty had it bagged but then with murphy you never really knew what his horse had left 🙄
Loose horses were the real damaging blow in this race...caused a lot of jockeys to pull up
They made changes to the National course a few years later by changing the width of the fences to allow loose horses to run around them plus a designated area to catch them.
Furthermore runners were able to bypass a fence in case of an injury to horse or jockey.
crazy stuff!
Sadly I was on the 2nd horse in this race.
What would have happened if ALL fell? I guess it'll be the fastest or best to remount.
I bet Carl Llewellyn regrets not stopping to adjust the reins. How was he to know though? Beau looked the best horse going into the second circuit.
The reins were actually broken. That's the reason Beau jumped to his left before Carl moved him over to right next to the inside rail.
Ouch 3:06, i felt that one
i wonder if Paddy's return never run in the race would have a shame result or different result
brutal but the horses were safer with the soft landings
Remember it well i backed it by pure chance, bit of a long story, 33 /1, last time I had the winner and that was because everything else fell or pulled up, apart from smarty that ran a great race, had fuck all since, hard race to get the winner
..crashing fall at 1.15...Earthmover...?
Earthmover went on to win his second foxhunters at Cheltenham in 2004 at the grand age of 13.
No, it was Innis Cara....Earthmover unseated his rider
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I won £660 quid on that horse. What a great day that was!
Best grandnational ever, could do with digital inhancing, maybe the bbc could put a master recording on youtube, never seen it so wet at Aintree as it was that day, really heavy going, actually prefer it wet get more fallers, and the loose hoarses caused mayhem.
I must say that I agree with you. Whilst I am always pleased to see horses and jockeys walk away unscathed, much of the spectacle of this race is centred around fallers and unseated jockeys. In fact, you rarely hear the term 'brought down' these days.
David Ellis, if there is a way we can make contact, you'd be welcome to watch my dvds of Grand Nationals dating back to 1960. Thrills and spills galore
Do you have the 2014 grand national .only ever seen the bloody crap racing tv version.
Stood piss wet through by the mound with my then girlfriend and now wife. We still laugh about how bad the weather was that day!! Wasn't an enjoyable experience that day.
Bloody hell, yes! The rain was biblical that day 😆 My race card fell to bits and ended up buying a shooting hat to stop the rain constantly splatting in my face!!
Ap McCoy and ruby Walsh end together two great jockey's
Still convinced blowing wind would of won if it never got brought to a stop at the fence by a loose horse
Funnily enough Tony McCoy said that Blowing Wind was the one that got away and after this he thought he'd never win the National.
That was gruelling
The conditions were terrible should never have been run sheer cruelty.
I backed the winner but why was the jockey riding for his life on the run in when 30+ lengths clear ?
....because the horse would have pulled itself up otherwise....
@@chatham43 Really ?? Was Red Marauder known for pulling up if slowed down to a canter ?
....not known for it....but slowed to a canter he would have come to a standstill...same with the other finishers..remember it was in exceptionally heavy ground..probably the heaviest in the races history..
Mark Perryman red marauder had been very sloppy at some of his fences before the field was depleted, he did need a bit of stoking along in that ground even though he was known to like it, it was exceptionally bad that day.
I bet 2 horses that day red marauder and smarty a fiver each way on both lol smarty was 20/1 and red marauder 33/1 couldn't believe my luck, I did start to get greedy calling home red marauder cos he was a bigger price haha
Snap i had £10 EW on the winner at 33s and a £5 ew on Smarty. one of my few real successes gambling over the years so much so i "retired" from gambling in October 2006 and havent had a bet since...
michael brown yep, I was doing exactly the same screaming RM because of the price over smarty, after I’d backed both, my father backed beau, the air turned blue when the reins went over one side of its head lol.
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Gutted backed smarty and beau who was cantering
Loose horse very nearly took the two of them out at the Canal second time around
Yep, nearly no finishers lol