1976 Grand National

English steeplechase horse race December 2023 June 2013 August 2014 1976 Grand National Grand National Aintree 3 April 1976 Rag Trade 14/1 John Burke England Fred Rimell England Pierre Raymond Good 1975 1977 right 275px width = 275px 1976 Grand National in full (BBC) And it's Rag Trade, gonna win a 4th National for Fred Rimell, John Burke is gonna win the National. It's Rag Trade from Red Rum. Red Rum is fighting back but he can't get to him. Rag Trade is running to the line from Red Rum second and Eyecatcher third, that's how they're gonna finish in the National. Rag Trade is the winner! Commentator Peter O'Sullevan describes the climax of the 1976 National 25% 1 right The 1976 Grand National (officially known as the News of the World Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 130th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 3 April 1976. The race was won by Rag Trade, who was the fourth winner trained by Fred Rimell and the second winner owned by Pierre Raymond Bessone. Red Rum finished second for the second year in a row. Rimell's fourth winner gave him the outright record for training most National winners which he had previously shared with six other trainers. His record was equalled by Ginger McCain in 2004. Finishing order PositionNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SPDistance1stRag TradeJohn Burke1010-1214/12ndRed RumTommy Stack1111-1010/13rdEyecatcherBrian Fletcher1010-728/14thBaronaPaul Kelleway1010-67/15thCeol-Na-MaraJeremy Glover710-622/16thThe DiklerRon Barry1311-725/17thSandwilanRon Hyett810-0100/18thSpittin ImageAndy Turnell1010-066/19thSpanish StepsJeff King1310-222/110thBlack TudorGraham Thorner810-050/111thChurchtown BoyTaffy Salaman910-633/112thHighway ViewPat Black1110-1033/113thJolly's ClumpIan Watkinson1010-312/114thMoney MarketBob Champion911-012/115thColondineBrian Forsey910-060/116thIndian DivaNicky Henderson910-3100/1Last to finish Non-finishers FenceNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)Starting priceFate01HuperadeJohn Carden1210-4100/1Fell01Ormonde TudorKeith Barnfield710-0100/1Fell03Merry MakerAnthony Mildmay-White1110-250/1Fell04High KenMichael Dickinson1010-1233/1Fell04ThomondJim Wilson1110-3100/1Brought Down06Glanford BriggMartin Blackshaw1011-328/1Fell06TregarronColin Tinkler910-112/1Fell06Tudor ViewChris Read1010-0100/1Fell13Meridian IIJonjo O'Neill910-033/1Fell13NereoDuke of Alburquerque1010-1100/1Fell19Roman BarGerry Newman710-1033/1Fell20PerpolKen White1010-666/1Pulled Up22BallybrightSam Morshead910-080/1Fell22Boom DockerJohn Williams910-050/1Brought Down22Golden RapperJohn Francome1010-828/1Fell22ProlanMouse Morris710-313/1Brought Downhttp://seventiesnationals.webs.com/19761977.htm 1976 & 1977 - The Grand National & Aintree 1970-79 Seventiesnationals.webs.com 18 October 1995 18 August 2014The Grand National : the history of the Aintree spectacular, by Stewart Peters & Bernard Parkin, 0-7524-3547-7http://www.freewebs.com/grandnationalanorak/wheretheyfell.htm Grand National Anorak | freewebs.com 27 August 2014 Media coverage and aftermath For the 17th consecutive year the BBC broadcast the Grand National in a Grandstand special, presented by David Coleman. In an interview eleven years after the race, Red Rum's trainer, Ginger McCain, expressed that he felt jockey Tommy Stack had made a tactical error in waiting until the penultimate flight before attempting to race to the finish as is, McCain noted, the textbook way to ride a National. He instead felt that if Stack had allowed Red Rum to "kick on from the fifth last flight he would have stretched his rivals and outpaced them". McCain was also quick to point out how much easier it is to ride the Grand National in your head from the stands and praised his rider for a "marvelous effort" The tactics described by McCain turned out to be those employed by Stack in 1977 when the horse won a record breaking third Grand National.Sporting Life Souvenir Magazine, 4 April 1987, page 6 References Sources http://www.grand-national.net/past_winners.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20111104085359/http://www.grand-national.net/past_winners.htm dead 4 November 2011 Past Winners of The Grand National grand-national.net 27 August 2014 1976 1976 Grand National Grand National Grand National