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The Grand National will be the “greyest” in living memory with seven grey runners accounting for more than 20 per cent of the 34-runner field.
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It was an emotional victory for winning owner Stewart Andrew, whose late wife Sadie died from cancer in December 2022, five days after watching Nick Rockett in his first race.
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Broadway Boy, who suffered a heavy fall while leading the Grand National on Saturday, is “stiff and sore” but “travelling home”, his connections have announced.
One of the biggest events on Britain’s sporting calendar takes place Saturday when the Grand National horse race is run at Aintree in northwest England. The pre-race favorite for the grueling steeplechase over 30 fences is set to be I Am Maximus,
Nick Rockett, a 33-1 shot ridden by Patrick Mullins, won the Grand National steeplechase at Aintree on Saturday in a top three sweep for horses trained by the Irish amateur jockey's father Willie.
Broadway Boy is to return home after suffering a heavy fall in the Grand National. The horse, trained in Gloucestershire by Nigel Twiston-Davies, was leading the Aintree showpiece when he came down heavily at Valentine's Brook on the second circuit.
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An emotional Willie Mullins was unable to speak after his son Patrick rode home 33-1 outsider Nick Rockett to victory at the Grand National at Aintree as part of a one-two-three for the champion trainer.
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