[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Grand National

[Kathryn Cawte]

That's how the national works, only those horse so far ahead or behind that they don't get caught up in the falls can get to the end. With the odd exception of  a rider getting up, catching his horse and then continuing - actually fairly common. 40 horses start 10 finishers is a miracle.
The Queen Mother never owned a winner but she nearly won (in the 50s?) her horse, ridden by Dick Francis was in the lead and inexplicably slipped, looke like it did the splits, and got overtaken right near the finish
One of the most famous winners Foinavon (I can't spell that) was the longest odds horse - I know that because my father used to always bet on the longest odds horse, each way which means in the first 4, that year Foinavon won was the first year he didn't. 

K
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: joanne0012 
  To: HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com 
  Sent: Monday, April 08, 2002 1:28 PM
  Subject: [HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Grand National



  Oh, dear, was this one of those situations like the Olympic skaters, where the 
  winner was the individual who had been so far back that he didn't get involved in 
  the leaders' pileup?



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