2018 - Tiger Roll
Leading Fancies
The Iish trained TOTAL RECALL was to start favourite this year. An Aintree debutant he was a second season chaser. His novice year had only yielded one win but he was in sparkling form this year with victories in the Munster National, a neck victory in the Ladbrokes Trophy at Newbury and the Leopardstown Chase, all in big fields. He was struggling when he fell three out in the Gold Cup on his last start but he was still a worthy favourite. Next best in the market were two more Irish raiders, ANIBALE FLY for J P McManus who had run the race of his life to finish third in the Gold Cup having won the valuable Paddy Power Chase at Leopardstown's Christmas meeting. Another Irish horse, TIGER ROLL was something of a Cheltenham Festival specialist - he had won the Triumph Hurdle in 2014, the National Hunt Chase in 2017 and the Cross Country this year. Trouble was that he could be a little bit 'hit and miss” rarely running two good races back to back. He was also a little on the small side. The Scottish runner SEEYOUATMIDNIGHT would be carrying the colours of 1992 winner Party Politics. He had been off the course for a year and then had wind surgery and seemed to be in need of the race when some way back in third at Newbury on his reappearance. He had finished third in a Scottish National but there was a feeling that maybe connections knew something we didn’t as he was surprisingly well backed. Best of the English were BLAKLION who had looked all over the winner of this last year before fading to finish fourth. He had put up a stunning display in the Becher Chase when different tactics were used. Held up, he swept into the lead two out and beat The Last Samuri by an easy nine lengths. I JUST KNOW had won the North Yorkshire National at Catterick and tuned up with a race over hurdles last month. There were no previous National winners in the line up this year but two others with winning form over the National fences were VIEUX LION ROUGE, a former Becher Chase winner having his fifth start over the fences and he had completed each time although there were still niggling stamina doubts and GAS LINE BOY, a first fence faller in his first National in 2015, fifth last year and he had won the Grand Sefton in December. Welsh National winner RAZ DE MAREE came in for each way support although he had not shown much in two previous National attempts. My tip was THE DUTCHMAN based solely on his impressive win in the Peter Marsh Chase at Haydock in January although he pulled up at half way in the Greenalls Gold Cup at the same course the following month. He had an excuse though - he suffered a nose bleed.
5:15 : RANDOX HEALTH GRAND NATIONAL, £500,000 to the winner, £200,000 to the second, £100,000 to the third, £65,000 to the fourth, £50,000 to the fifth, £30,000 to the sixth, £20,000 to the seventh, £15,000 to the eighth, £10,000 to the ninth & £5,000 to the tenth
2 324-212 BLAKLION 9, 11-9 (Nigel Twiston-Davies) - Sam Twiston-Davies
3 2-001f3 ANIBALE FLY 8, 11-7 (A J Martin - Ireland) - Barry Geraghty
4 20-2243 THE LAST SAMURI 10, 11-7 (Kim Bailey) - David Bass
5 14-0003 VALSEUR LIDO 9, 11-6 (H de Bromhead - Ireland) - Keith Donoghue
6 0f-111f TOTAL RECALL 9, 11-4 (Willie Mullins - Ireland) - Paul Townend
7 414040 ALPHA DES OBEAUX 8, 11-3 (M F Morris - Ireland) - Rachael Blackmore
8 1p-0100 PERFECT CANDIDATE 11, 11-2 (F O'Brien) - Alain Cawley
9 pp2222 SHANTOU FLYER 8, 11-1 (R.Hobson) - James Bowen
10 3120-p0 TENOR NIVERNAIS 11, 11-0 (Venetia Williams) - Tom O'Brien
11 44-0u0p CARLINGFORD LOUGH 12, 11-0 (J E Kiely - Ireland) - Mark Walsh
13 1p-2p01 TIGER ROLL 8, 10-12 (Gordon Elliott - Ireland) - Davy Russell
15 110-404 VIEUX LION ROUGE 9, 10-12 (David Pipe) - Tom Scudamore
16 001-1pp CHASE THE SPUD 10, 10-11 (F O'Brien) - Paddy Brennan
17 110-u22 WARRIORS TALE 9, 10-11 (Paul Nicholls) - Sean Bowen
18 03/1p2-3 SEEYOUATMIDNIGHT 10, 10-11 (S.Thomson) - Brian Hughes
19 440-f13 GAS LINE BOY 12, 10-10 (Ian Williams) - Robert Dunne
20 20-201p THE DUTCHMAN 8, 10-10 (Colin Tizzard) - Harry Cobden
21 1410-0p PLEASANT COMPANY 10, 10-10 (Willie Mullins) - David Mullins
22 024u-2p UCELLO CONTI 10, 10-9 (Gordon Elliott - Ireland) - Daryl Jacob
23 3f23-pp SAINT ARE 12, 10-9 (T.George) - Adrian Heskin
25 p0-f221 RAZ DE MAREE 13, 10-8 (G.Cromwell - Ireland) - Robbie Power
26 p3-3412 I JUST KNOW 8, 10-7 (Sue Smith) - Danny Cook
27 223-10p VIRGILIO 9, 10-7 (Dan Skelton) - Harry Skelton
28 013-003 BAIE DES ISLES 7, 10-7 (R O'Sullivan - Ireland) - Ms Katie Walsh
29 004-443 MAGGIO 13, 10-7 (P.Griffin - Ireland) - Brendan Powell
30 0100/2-0 PENDRA 10, 10-7 (C.Longsdon) - Aidan Coleman
31 04-0010 BUYWISE 11, 10-7 (Evan Williams) - Adam Wedge
32 0/001-2p CHILDRENS LIST 8, 10-7 (Willie Mullins - Ireland) - Jonathan Burke
33 p/2000-f LORD WINDERMERE 12, 10-6 (Jim Culloty - Ireland) - Andrew Lynch
34 2-30121 CAPTAIN REDBEARD 9, 10-6 (S.Coltherd) - Sam Coltherd
35 1003p3 HOUBLON DES OBEAUX 11, 10-6 (Venetia Williams) - Charlie Deutsch
36 0-pp1fp BLESS THE WINGS 13, 10-5 (Gordon Elliott - Ireland) - Jack Kennedy
37 03u102 MILANSBAR 11, 10-5 (Neil King) - Bryony Frost
38 f0-2300 FINAL NUDGE 9, 10-5 (D.Dennis) - Gavin Sheehan
39 3-4up04 DOUBLE ROSS 12, 10-5 (Nigel Twiston-Davies) - Tom Bellamy
40 00-000p ROAD TO RICHES 11, 10-4 (N.Meade - Ireland) - Sean Flanagan
R1 p04pff THUNDER AND ROSES 10, 10-4 (M F Morris - Ireland) - J J Slevin
R12 331303 DELUSIONSOFGRANDEUR 8, 10-4 (Sue Smith) - Henry Brooke
Non runners : 14 REGAL ENCORE - Richie McClernon
R24 WALK IN THE MILL - Mr Sam Waley-Cohen
S.P : 7-1 Total Recall, 10-1 Anibale Fly & TIGER ROLL, 11-1 Seeyouatmidnight, 14-1 Blaklion & I Just Know, 16-1 Baie des Iles, The Last Samuri & Ucello Conti, 20-1 Captain Redbeard, Raz de Maree, Shantou Flyer & The Dutchman, 25-1 Chase the Spud, Gas Line Boy, Houblon des Obeaux, Milansbar, Pleasant Company & Vieux Lion Rouge, 33-1 Alpha des Obeaux, Carlingford Lough, Final Nudge, Road to Riches, Thunder and Roses & Warriors Tale, 40-1 Bless the Wings, 50-1 Buywise, Delusionofgrandeur, Lord Windermere, Perfect Candidate, Saint Are & Virgilio, 66-1 Childrens List, Double Ross, Maggio, Tenor Nivernais & Valseur Lido, 80-1 Pendra
Aintree debutants
Alpha des Obeaux, Anibale Fly, Baie des Iles*, Carlingford Lough*, Chase the Spud*, Childrens List*, Delusionofgrandeur*, Final Nudge*, I Just Know*, Milansbar*, Road to Riches, Seeyouatmidnight*, The Dutchman*, Tiger Roll, Total Recall*, Valseur Lido, Virgilio*, Warriors Tale
Winners at Aintree
BLAKLION - Becher Chase (2017)
GAS LINE BOY - Grand Sefton Chase (2017)
VIEUX LION ROUGE - Becher Chase (2016)
Result
1st TIGER ROLL - Davy Russell
2nd PLEASANT COMPANY - David Mullins
3rd BLESS THE WINGS - Jack Kennedy
4th ANIBALE FLY - Barry Geraghty
Distances : a head, eleven lengths & a neck
Time : 9 mins 40.10 seconds
Owned by Gigginstown House Stud
Trained by Gordon Elliott in Ireland
12 finshers
26 non-finishers (6 fell, 3 unseated rider, 12 pulled up, 1 refused, 2 hampered & unseated rider, 2 brought down)
The Class of 2018
BAIE DES ISLES
BUYWISE
CARLINGFORD LOUGH
CHASE THE SPUD
CHILDRENS LIST
DELUSIONSOFGRANDEUR
DOUBLE ROSS
FINAL NUDGE
GAS LINE BOY
HIGHLAND LODGE
HOUBLON DES OBEAUX
I JUST KNOW
LORD WINDERMERE
MAGGIO
MILANSBAR
PENDRA
PERFECT CANDIDATE
RAZ DE MAREE
ROAD TO RICHES
SAINT ARE
SEEYOUATMIDNIGHT
SHANTOU FLYER
TENOR NIVERNAIS
THE DUTCHMAN
THE LAST SAMURI
THUNDER AND ROSES
TOTAL RECALL
UCELLO CONTIl
VIRGILIO
2019 - Tiger Roll
The winner
I am not sure whether I was more staggered by the fact that we had the first dual winner of the National since Red Rum (I had given up thinking we would ever see another in my lifetime) or that there were a staggering thirty eight horses still left in the race at the Chair. The diminutive Tiger Roll had won with far more authority this year and there really seemed to be no reason why he could not win three Nationals in a row. Sadly Covid put pay to that - there were none of the issues that would mar the next two renewals at the unveiling of the 2020 Grand National weights and despite being beaten decisively by new kid on the block, Easysland in the cross country at the Festival all appeared on course for the National when the pandemic struck and that was that. When the weights came out in both 2021 and 2022 owner Michael O'Leary outraged at his perception of the horse's treatment at the hands of the handicapper controversially took hm out both times at the first forfeit stage. To be fair in 2021 he had only had three starts before the weights were published, and those were an unplaced in a maiden flat race, a lifeless performance over the cross country course at Cheltenham in November where he was pulled up and then tailed off last in a hurdle race at Navan. Annoyingy after he was pulled from the National he reversed the placings with Easysland at the Festival to record his fifth win at the meeting. On the back of that win I am sure he would have equipped himself well at Aintree whatever the weight. The decision therefore to run him in the Bowl on the first day of the meeting was sad indeed. Almost to prove the point that the horse was not as good as he had been in 2019 he trailed over ninety lengths behind the winner on a course that seemed not to suit him. It was probably the most sorry sight I have ever seen on a racecourse (or watched on TV as the meeting was held behind closed doors). By the following year it was expected that the Tigers retirement was nigh. It was no surprise when he was taken out of the National and to be honest I am not sure by now that many cared. The decision was made for him to bow out in glory by winning a fourth cross country chase. He nearly managed it too. Always prominent he was clear after two out and was just caught on the run in by his stable companion, another Giggingstown House runner, the Aintree bound Delta Work (one of four runners in the race sporting the Gigginstown colours). If they wanted Tiger Roll to win the race why oppose him ? Oh well I don't pay the bills and it was a nearly perfect way to bow out and the two horses made a splendid sight in the attrocious conditions as they entered the winners enclosure side by side. It was appropriate for the Tiger to bow out at Cheltenham because he was a Festival legend. As for his Aintree record - two Nationals and two wins - pretty perfect but he was the next Reynoldstown not the next Red Rum.
Leading Fancies
Having just managed to hold on last year TIGER ROLL was back and very fancied to emulate Red Rum and win back to back Nationals. Beaten over the Cross country course at Cheltenham in November he had won over hurdles at Navan in February and won his second Cross Country Chase (Festival win number four) by twenty two lengths. 4-1 almost seemed too generous although for me there was no question about the winner. Aintree debutant RATHVINDEN a winner of last years National Hunt Chase and this year the Bobbyjo Chase at Fairyhouse. Trained by a genius, ridden by a legend (in what we did not know at the time would be his final ride in the race) - this was almost too obvious and I was surprised he was not favourite. Last years fourth placed ANIBALE FLY was next in the market. He had only been eleven and a half lengths behind last year and this season had just put up a second stunning performance the Gold Cup when only going down two and a half lengths. Another strong performance was on the cards. Another Irish runner JURY DUTY a second in the top four for Gordon Elliot had won the American Grand National at Far Hills in Maryland although the US verson was a two mile five furlong event with nine runners over what are in reality no bigger than fixed brush hurdles. Still he got the equivalent of £200,000 for hs troubles and thereafter he had beaten rival Mala Beach at Down Royal on his one start since. Last years runner up PLEASANT COMPANY had come so close to catching Tiger Roll. Six lengths down at the Elbow he made up so much ground in the closing stages that he only failed by a head. The post came just too soon for him. No show this season though in a hurdle and the Thyestes when he was eased when beaten but he still came in for strong support. And what about the Brits ? Well if you liked your Trevor Hemmings owned grey horses you were spoilt for choice between VINTAGE CLOUDS third in last years Scottish Grand National, a winner at Haydock in the autumn but disappointing in the Welsh National before finishing runner up in a large field at the Festival and LAKE VIEW LAD a winner of his first two starts this year at Newcastle and the Rowland Meyrick at Wetherby on Boxing Day before finishing just behind Vintage Clouds at Cheltenham. The 2017 hero ONE FOR ARTHUR had missed last season and unseated at the second fence over the Mildmay course on his comeback race in December. He had unseated late on in his second race so he had not completed the course in a race in two years which did not bode well for a repeat victory. One who represented excellent value at 25-1 was WALK IN THE MILL who had been a late absentee last year (ironically after he had scraped into the race as a reserve) but who had shown a liking for Aintree when taking the Becher Chase. ROCK THE KASBAH, a Chepstow specialist had finished runner up in the Bet365 Gold Cup and had won a competitive handicap at the Open meeting at Cheltenham. Finally mention to dual Topham winner ULTRAGOLD who was a real Aintree specialist who had also finished second in a Grand Sefton and third in a Becher. This was his first attempt at a National but like multiple Topham winner Always Waining before him there were major stamina doubts.
5:15 RANDOX HEALTH GRAND NATIONAL £382,700 to the winner, £167,500 to the second, £83,800 to the third, £54,500 to the fourth, £33,400 to the fifth, £25,000 to the sixth, £16,500 to the seventh, £11,300 to the eighth, £7,000 to the ninth & £3,500 to the tenth
1 f34-022 ANIBALE FLY 9, 11-10 (A J Martin - Ireland) - Barry Geraghty
2 32-001p VALTOR 10, 11-6 (Nicky Henderson) - Daryl Jacob
3 011-411 TIGER ROLL 9, 11-5 (Gordon Elliott - Ireland) - Davy Russell
4 0-23044 OUTLANDER 11, 11-4 (R.Spencer) - James Bowen
5 p23/pp3 DON POLI 10, 11-3 (P.Kirby) - Mr Patrick Mullins
6 u00-321 GO CONQUER 10, 11-3 (Nigel Twiston-Davies) - Sam Twiston-Davies
7 1p12-02 MALA BEACH 11, 11-2 (Gordon Elliott - Ireland) - Mr J J Codd
8 p04-00p MINELLA ROCCO 9, 11-1 (Jonjo O'Neill) - Richie McLernon
9 123-113 LAKE VIEW LAD 9, 11-1 (N W Alexander) - Henry Brooke
10 0/0p2-00 PLEASANT COMPANY 11, 11-1 (Willie Mullins) - Paul Townend
11 142-f0p BALLYOPTIC 9, 11-1 (Nigel Twiston-Davies) - Tom Bellamy
12 pp-00f1 DOUNIKOS 8, 10-0 (Gordon Elliott - Ireland) - Jack Kennedy
13 2bu14-1 RATHVINDEN 11, 11-0 (Willie Mullins - Ireland) - Ruby Walsh
14 1011/uu ONE FOR ARTHUR 10, 11-0 (Lucinda Russell) - Derek Fox
15 1p2-010 ROCK THE KASBAH 9, 10-13 (Philip Hobbs) - Richard Johnson
16 2p-41p0 WARRIORS TALE 10, 10-13 (Paul Nicholls) - Harry Cobden
17 3p1p-03 REGAL ENCORE 11, 10-12 (A.Honeyball) - Mark Walsh
18 3112u0 MAGIC OF LIFE 8, 10-11 (Mrs Jessica Harrington) - Paddy Kennedy
19 30p040 A TOI PHIL 9, 10-11 (Gordon Elliott - Ireland) - Denis O'Regan
20 3-30211 JURY DUTY 8, 10-11 (Gordon Elliott - Ireland) - Robbie Power
21 4130/00 NOBLE ENDEAVOUR 10, 10-10 (Gordon Elliott - Ireland) - Mark Enright
22 102-000 MONBEG NOTORIOUS 8, 10-10 (Gordon Elliott - Ireland) - Sean Bowen
23 00-0122 RAMSES DE TEILLEE 7, 10-9 (David Pipe) - David Noonan
24 0-p30pu TEA FOR TWO 10, 10-9 (Mrs Jane Williams) - Lizzie Kelly
26 2311-00 STEP BACK 9, 10-7 (M.Bradstock) - Nico de Boinville
27 01-430p ULTRAGOLD 11, 10-7 (Colin Tizzard) - Tom O'Brien
28 230p0p BLOW BY BLOW 8, 10-6 (Gordon Elliott - Ireland) - Andrew Ring
29 140-130 UP FOR REVIEW 10, 10-6 (Willie Mullins - Ireland) - Danny Mullins
30 p02-420 SINGLEFARMPAYMENT 9, 10-6 (T.George) - Paddy Brennan
31 040-2pp VIEUX LION ROUGE 10, 10-6 (David Pipe) - Tom Scudamore
32 200030 VALSEUR LIDO 10, 10-6 (H de Bromhead - Ireland) - Rachael Blackmore
33 233-1p2 VINTAGE CLOUDS 9, 10-4 (Sue Smith) - Danny Cook
34 1-0003p GENERAL PRINCIPLE 10, 10-4 (Gordon Elliott - Ireland) - J J Slevin
35 13f-p20 LIVELOVELAUGH 9, 10-4 (Willie Mullins - Ireland) - David Mullins
36 3p-3133 WALK IN THE MILL 9, 10-4 (R.Walford) - James Best
37 40-4040 FOLSOM BLUE 12, 10-4 (Gordon Elliott - Ireland) - Luke Dempsey
38 330013 CAPTAIN REDBEARD 10, 10-3 (S.Coltherd) - Sam Coltherd
39 34-000p BLESS THE WINGS 14, 10-3 (Gordon Elliott - Ireland) - Robbie Dunne
40 4322-02 JOE FARRELL 10, 10-2 (Rebecca Curtis) - Adam Wedge
R25 4p100/0 JUST A PAR 12, 10-2 (J.Moffatt) - Aiden Coleman
S.P : 4-1 TIGER ROLL, 8-1 Rathvinden, 10-1 Anibale Fly & Jury Duty, 11-1 Ballyoptic & Vintage Clouds, 12-1 Pleasant Company, 14-1 Joe Farrell & Lake View Lad, 16-1 Dounikos & Rock the Kasbah, 20-1 Ramses de Teillee, 25-1 Ballyoptic, Livelovelaugh, One for Arthur, Step Back, Tea for Two & Walk in he Mill, 33-1 General Principle, Go Conquer, Mala Beach, Minella Rocco & Up for Review, 50-1 A Toi Phil, Bless the Wings, Monbeg Notorious, Noble Endeavour, Singlefarmpayment, Ultragold & Vieux Lion Rouge, 66-1 Blow by Blow, Captain Redbeard, Don Poli, Folsom Blue, Magic of Light, Outlander, Valseur Lido, Valtor & Warriors Tale, 100-1 Just A Par
Aintree debutants
A Toi Phil*, Blow By Blow*, Dounikos*, Folsom Blue*, General Principle*, Joe Farrell, Jury Duty*, Lake View Lad, Mala Beach*, Minella Rocco*, Monbeg Notorious*, Livelovelaugh, Magic of Light, Outlander*, Ramses de Teillee, Rathvinden*, Rock the Kasbah*, Singlefarmpayment*, Step Back*, Tea for Two*, Up for Review*, Valtor*, Vintage Clouds
Winners at Aintree
ONE FOR ARTHUR - Grand National (2017)
TIGER ROLL - Grand National (2018)
VIEUX LION ROUGE - Becher Chase (2016)
WALK IN THE MILL - Becher Chase (2018)
WARRIORS TALE - Grand Sefton Chase (2018)
Result
1st TIGER ROLL - Davy Russell
2nd MAGIC OF LIFE - Paddy Kennedy
3rd RATHVINDEN - Ruby Walsh
4th WALK IN THE MILL - James Best
Distances : two & three quarter lengths, two & a quarter lengths & eleven lengths
Time : 9 mins 1.00 seconds
Owned by Gigginstown House Stud
Trained by Gordon Elliott in Ireland
19 finshers
21 non-finishers (4 fell, 2 unseated rider, 14 pulled up, 1 brought down)
1 fatality
The Class of 2019
A TOI PHIL - still in training 2021-22
BLESS THE WINGS
BLOW BY BLOW - still in training 2021-22
CAPTAIN REDBEARD
DON POLI
DOUNIKOS - still in training 2021-22
FOLSOM BLUE
GENERAL PRINCIPLE
GO CONQUER
JOE FARRELL
JURY DUTY
JUST A PAR
LIVELOVELAUGH
MALA BEACH
MINELLA ROCCO
MONBEG NOTORIOUS
NOBLE ENDEAVOUR
ONE FOR ARTHUR
OUTLANDER
PLEASANT COMPANY
RAMSES DE TEILLEE - still in training 2022-23
RATHVINDEN
REGAL ENCORE - still in training 2022-23
ROCK THE KASBAH
SINGLEFARMPAYMENT - still in training 2021-22
STEP BACK - still in training 2022-23
TEA FOR TWO
TIGER ROLL
ULTRAGOLD
UP FOR REVIEW
VALTOR - still in training 2021-22
VALSEUR LIDO - still in training 2021-22
VINTAGE CLOUDS - still in training 2021-22
WALK IN THE MILL
WARRIORS TALE
2020 - No Race
One hundred and five horses were entered for the 2020 Grand National with the weights headed by Delta Work and Tiger Roll who were both allotted 11-10. Having looked at the original weights Aintree regular Vieux Lion Rouge would have stood no chance of getting into the race having been allotted only 9-10 in the handicap. Would the Tiger beat Red Rum and win three Nationals in a row ? We will never know as on 16th March the Jockey Club announced that the National would be cancelled as a result of the emerging Covid-19 pandemic. Ironically that was the first day that racing was being staged behind closed doors. All racing was suspended the next day and by the following week the country was in lockdown. From the 'safety' of our homes we had to make do with a 'Virtual Grand National' instead. Broadcast on ITV at racetime on 4th April an incredible 4.8 million viewers watched the race with all bookmakers profits going to the NHS together Trust. All very admirable but it wasn't the same.
The Virtual Grand National Result
1st POTTERS CORNER, 10, 10-6 - Jack Tudor
2nd WALK IN THE MILL, 10, 10-4 - James Best
3rd ANY SECOND NOW, 8, 10-6 - Mark Walsh
4th TIGER ROLL, 10, 11-10 - Davy Russell
5th BURROWS SAINT, 7, 10-10 - Rachael Blackmore
6th PLEASANT COMPANY, 12, 10-7 - David Mullins
Also finished : Ballyoptic (7), Kimberlite Candy (8), Top Ville Ben (9), Vintage Clouds (10), Peregrine Run (11), The Storyteller (12), Talkischeap (13), Dounikos (14), Kildisart (15), Alpha des Obeaux (16), Beware The Bear (17), Anibale Fly (18), Death Duty (19th & last)
Non Finishers : Aso (fell 29th), Magic of Light (fell 28th), Yala Enki (ur 28th), Jury Duty (refused 28th), Bristol de Mai (fell 26th), Sub Lieutenant (pu 26th), Ramses de Teillee (fell 20th), Acapella Bourgeois (fell 19th), Definitly Red (fell 17th), Saint Xavier (ur 15th), Total Recall (fell 14th), Double Shuffle (ur 14th), Elegant Escape (pu 14th), Crievehill (fell 11th), Lake View Lad (fell 11th), Jett (refused 10th), OK Corral (refused 10th), Shattered Love (fell 3rd), Valtor (ur 3rd), Warriors Tale (refused 3rd), Tout Est Permis (fell 1st)
Horses in italics have never run in the race.
Winner trained by Christian Williams
Bizarrely the Virtual racecard incuded riders and interestingly two of the jockeys who had a "ride" in the race are yet to line up in a real National ; -
Gavin Brouder (Death Duty), Lisa O'Neill (Shattered Love),