Grand National

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You may have watched the horse racing on TV and heard the name ‘Godolphin’ mentioned a few times, so who is ’Godolphin’ racing and how come there so big in English racing? A nice little guide from the Grand National site www.grand-national.me.uk explains all about Godolphin.

Grand National winning jockey Bob Champion (aged 61) is going to ride at Aintree again, this time his ride will not be over the fences but as part of a charity event to raise money for cancer patients and the Injured Jockeys Fund.

Bob who beat cancer shortly before riding to victory on Aldaniti in the 1981 National is attempting to ride at all 60 of the UK’s race courses including two that Bob never got the chance to ride at during his career.

Champion knows he must work hard on his fitness next spring if he is to achieve his goal of reaching all 60 racecourses inside 60 days. Champion is encouraged in his ambition by the knowledge that Aldaniti’s 1987 walk from Buckingham Palace to Aintree, with 250 different riders, raised more than £750,000 for charity!

Personally I can’t wait to see Bob in the North West, hopefully I will be able to support him at either Chester of Bangor On Dee race courses.

Website www.grand-national.me.uk has an excellent history of all the Grand National winners in the modern era, along with a detailed account on how each horse and jockey performed in the big race. Click Here to read them.

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Jockey Liam Treadwell, 23, was shocked when BBC racing pundit Clare Balding asked him to bare his gappy teeth in an interview moments after he had won the famous steeplechase.

She told him to “give us a big grin to the camera” and told him he could now afford to “get them done”. Her comments prompted more than 2,000 people to complain to the BBC and media watchdog Ofcom.

Treadwell has since been offered the chance to fix his teeth for free by a leading UK dentist. He said: “I’m not really scared of going to the dentist, in fact I’m looking forward to it.

The first 5 runners home:

1. Mon Mome - 100/1
2. Comply or Die - 14/1
3. My Will - 8/1
4. State of Play - 14/1
5. Cerium - 100/1

How the rest finished…

• Big Fella Thanks - 14/1
• Bulter’s Cabin - 7/1 Fav
• Southern Vic - 33/1
• Snowy Morning - 33/1
• Arteea - 200/1
• Irish Invader
• Idle Talk
• Darkness
• Preists Leap
• Offshore Account
• Battlecry
• Cornish Sett

Fence 1

• Himalayan Trail - Fell
• Golden Trail - Fell

Fence 2

• Ollie Magern
• Brooklyn Brownie

Fence 3

• Chelsea Harbour - Fell
• Reveillez - Brought Down (by Chelsea Harbour)

Fence 7

• Stan - Fell

Fence 12

• Musica Bella - Fell

Fence 15

• Cloudy Lane - Unseated Rider

Fence 16

• Zabenz - Fell
• Eurotrek - Pulled Up

Fence 18

• Fleet Street - Unseated Rider
• Can’t Buy Time - Fell

Fence 19

• Rambling Minster - Pulled Up

Fence 21

• Fundamentalist - Pulled Up
• Kilbeggan Blade - Pulled Up

Fence 22

• Kelami - Pulled Up
• Black Apalachi - Fell
• Silver Birch - Fell
• Parsons Legacy - Fell

Fence 25

• Knowhere - Pulled Up

L’ami Pulled up at last fence

Hear The Echo Collapsed in the run in.