FOUND THIS MAN/HORSE MOVIE ABOUT A YEAR OR SO AGO.
IT IS A TRUE STORY, AND AS IT SAYS ON THE FRONT "AN EXTRAORDINARY TALE OF SURVIVAL AND TRIUMPH."
ON THE BACK:
"When Bob Champion, one of Britain's leading jockeys, is diagnosed with lung cancer, he feels he will never realize his dream of winning the Grand National. Soon after his horse suffers a torn tendon and is not expected to ever race again. But with the support of his sister, his girlfriend, his boss, and his friend, the determined jockey overcomes obstacle after obstacle - as does his horse - to gallantly prove that the human spirit can triumph over anything."
FOR YOU NOT IN THE KNOW ABOUT THE TOUGHEST HORSE RACE IN THE WORLD - THE BRITISH "GRAND NATIONAL" - IT IS A 4 AND 1/2 MILE RACE JUMPING OVER 30 FENCES OF VARIOUS TYPES.
YOU MAY LIKE TO LOOK UP THE FULL HISTORY OF "THE GRAND NATIONAL" ON WIKIPEDIA.
A FINE MOVIE FOR ALL THE FAMILY - INSPIRING - A GREAT MOVIE FOR HORSE LOVERS AND JUST FOR ANYONE TO BE INSPIRED, FOR NEVER COUNTING ANYTHING OUT, WHEN IT SEEMS IT IS LOST.
FROM: STUDIO CANAL // LIONSGATE
Grand National
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article is about the British horse race. For other uses, see Grand National (disambiguation).
| Grade 3 race | |
|---|---|
| Grand National | |
 | |
| Location | Aintree Racecourse Liverpool, England |
| Inaugurated | 1839 |
| Race type | Steeplechase |
| Sponsor | Crabbie's |
| Website | aintree.co.uk |
| Race information | |
| Distance | 4 mi, 3 f, 110 yd (7,141m) |
| Surface | Turf |
| Purse | £975,000 (2013)[1] Winner: £547,268[2] |
 Full replay of the 2013 Grand NationalRacing UK, YouTube |
External video
The Grand National is a National Hunt horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England. First run officially in 1839, it is a handicap steeplechaseover 4 miles 3½ furlongs (7,141m) with horses jumping 30 fences over two circuits.[3] The next Grand National will be held on 5 April 2014.[4]
The Grand National is the most valuable jump race in Europe, with a prize fund of £975,000 in 2013.[5] It is popular amongst many people who do not normally watch or bet on horse racing at other times of the year.[6]
The course over which the race is run - the National Course - is uniquely challenging, featuring much larger fences than those found on conventional National Hunt tracks. Many of these fences, including Becher's Brook, The Chair and the Canal Turn have become famous in their own right.[7] These, combined with the extreme distance of the event, create what has been called 'the ultimate test of horse and rider'.[7][8]
The Grand National has been broadcast live on free-to-air terrestrial television in the United Kingdom since 1960.[9] An estimated 500 to 600 million people watch the Grand National in over 140 countries.[9][10][11]
1970s and Red Rum[edit]
The 1970s were mixed years for the Grand National. In 1973, eight years after Mrs. Mirabel Topham announced she was seeking a buyer, the racecourse was finally sold to property developer Bill Davies. Davies tripled the admission prices; consequently, the attendance at the 1975 race, won by L'Escargot, was the smallest in living memory. It was after this that bookmaker Ladbrokes made an offer, signing an agreement with Davies allowing them to manage the Grand National.[35]
Red Rum became, and remains, the only horse to have won the Grand National three times, in 1973, 1974, and 1977. He also finished second in the two intervening years, 1975 and 1976. In 1973, he was in second place at the last fence, 15 lengths behind champion horse Crisp, who was carrying 23 lbs more. Red Rum made up the ground on the run-in and, two strides from the finishing post, he pipped the tiring Crisp to win by three-quarters of a length in what is arguably the most memorable Grand National of all time. Finishing in 9 minutes 1.9 seconds, Red Rum broke the record for fastest completion time of the National which had previously stood since 1934 by Golden Miller.[29] His record was to stand for the next sixteen years.[29]During this period, Red Rum was breaking all records to become the most successful racehorse in Grand National history. Originally bought as a yearling in 1966 for 400 guineas (£420),[36] he passed through various training yards before being bought for 6,000 guineas (£6,300) by Ginger McCain on behalf of Noel le Mare.[36] Two days after the purchase while trotting the horse on Southport beach, McCain noticed that Red Rum appeared lame.[37] The horse was suffering from pedal osteitis, an inflammatory bone disorder.[38] McCain had witnessed many lame carthorses reconditioned by being galloped in sea-water.[39] He successfully used this treatment on his newly acquired racehorse.[36]
Bob Champion's National (1981)[edit]
Main article: 1981 Grand National
The 1981 running produced arguably the most emotive and absorbing result in the race's history. Two years earlier, jockey Bob Champion had been diagnosed with testicular cancer and given only months to live by doctors. But he was passed fit to ride in the 1981 Grand National and paired with Aldaniti, a horse deprived in his youth and who had only recently recovered from chronic leg problems.[40] Despite a poor start, the pair went on to win four-and-a-half lengths ahead of the much-fancied Spartan Missile, ridden by amateur jockey and 54-year-old grandfather John Thorne.[41] Champion and Aldaniti were instantly propelled to celebrity status, and within two years their story had been re-created in the film Champions, starring John Hurt.[42]
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