1991 Grand National

English steeplechase horse race May 2014 May 2014 1991 Grand National Grand National Owner_Sir_Eric_Parker_white.svg Aintree Racecourse 6 April 1991 New Zealand Seagram 12/1 England Nigel Hawke England David Barons England Sir Eric Parker Good to softhttps://www.racingpost.com/results/32/aintree/1991-04-06/40399 Results From The 3.20 Race At Aintree | 6 April 1991 | Racing Post Racing Post 2014-08-27 1990 1992 right 275px Replay of the 1991 Grand National in fullhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdCeBbsppeE Seagram - 1991 Grand National - YouTube youtube.com 2014-08-27 Youtube The 1991 Grand National (officially known as the Seagram Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 145th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on, on 6 April 1991. It was the last Grand National to be sponsored by Seagram, a Canadian distillery corporation that had begun sponsoring the world-famous steeplechase in 1984. Aptly, the race was won by a horse named Seagram, in a time of nine minutes and 29.9 seconds.http://www.grand-national.me.uk/seagram.php Seagram 1991 Grand National 13 March 2010 grand-national.me.uk 2014-08-27 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Garrison Savannah looked likely to go on and win when he jumped the 30th and final fence, four lengths clear of his nearest challenger, 11-year-old Seagram. But Seagram made up the ground on the long run-in to secure victory. There was one equine fatality in the race when Ballyhane collapsed and died after finishing. November 2014 Leading contenders Bonanza Boy was sent off as favourite despite having finished well beaten in his two previous attempts at the race. Under Peter Scudamore the horse had previously won the Welsh Grand National at Chepstow in 1988 and '89 but had pulled up in the most recent renewal when partnered by Hywel Davies. When reunited with Scudamore, Bonanza Boy bounced back by winning the Ansell's National Handicap Chase at Uttoxeter three weeks before the National. Scudamore took the ride at Aintree and was, jointly with Chris Grant, the most experienced rider in the race, both taking their eleventh National mounts. The favourite was never in contention, being well to the rear on the first circuit and always just out of reach of the leaders on the second. He picked his way through tired horses to earn fifth place. Bonanza Boy returned for a fourth attempt at the National in 1992 but his best days were behind him and he failed to complete the course for the first time. He also lined up for a fifth and final time in the void race of 1993 and retired from racing in 1994 spending his days opening fetes and local events before dying in 2011 at the age of 30.http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/m-c-pipe-top-chaser-bonanza-boy-dies-aged-30/839929/ https://web.archive.org/web/20131001084145/http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/m-c-pipe-top-chaser-bonanza-boy-dies-aged-30/839929/ dead 1 October 2013 Racing Post Top chaser Bonanza Boy dies aged 30 - Horse Racing News - Racing Post 18 November 2014 Garrison Savannah came to Aintree bidding to be only the second horse ever, and the first for over half a century to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup and Grand National in the same year. In partnership of Mark Pitman, son of trainer Jenny Pitman, the pair were well placed throughout and turned for home disputing the lead. At the penultimate fence the Cheltenham champion kicked on and built a lead of three lengths going to the final flight, which looked decisive when his lead increased after the fence but just as he approached the elbow the horse's stride shortened dramatically and he began virtually running on the spot to be caught in the final strides by the eventual winner. In defeat Garrison Savannah has often been cited in articles and television recollections of gallant National losers and in another ironic twist, his defeat is often likened to that of Crisp in 1973 when caught on the run in similar circumstances when being ridden by Pitman's father Richard. Pitman senior also had to recall his sons fate as a BBC reporter taking viewers through a rerun of the race. Garrison Savannah returned for three further attempts at the National, including the void race of 1993 but failed to repeat his performance of his first attempt. He however remains one of just two horses since the war to have won and finished second in chasings two major events in the same season. After a happy retirement, he died in 2005 at the age of twenty-two. Rinus shared co second favourite spot with Garrison Savannah at 7/1, largely on the back of an impressive performance when finishing third in the previous year's race. In company of Neale Doughty, himself a winning rider in 1984 he was going very well, moving up to dispute the lead when he crashed through the twentieth fence and fell, being met with a huge gasp from the crowd in the stands. it proved to be the only time in ten attempts that Doughty had failed to complete the course.http://www.grand-national.me.uk/fences/ Grand National Fence Guide - Your Full Guide to the Grand National Fences Grand National Guide 18 November 2014 Bigsun was another who had performed well in the National the previous year to finish sixth and with former winning rider Richard Dunwoody in the saddle, was well backed to improve on that at 9/1. They were in touch with the leaders and looking like they may be about to mount a serious challenge when a very bad mistake at Becher's Brook second time saw the horse come right down on his belly. Dunwoody somehow managed to stay on board but they had been brought to a complete standstill and any hope of victory was gone. They jumped another fence before Dunwoody pulled up with Bigsun having possibly pulled a muscle in the Becher's mistake. Seagram was naturally popular among coincidence backers who noted the horse carried the name of the sponsors though his price of 12/1 had more to do with his recent victory in the Ritz Club Chase at Cheltenham. His detractors pointed to the horse being the smallest in the field as well as being partnered with the relatively inexperienced Nigel Hawke, one of fourteen riders making the National debut. Seagram was kept in mid division during the first circuit before moving into contention early on the second. Seagram was one of five disputing the lead after jumping the Canal turn but looked to have been beaten into second at the final flight before finding a second wind to streak past the tired Garrison Savannah in the final strides to win by five lengths. His rider Nigel Hawke admitted to being overawed by the attention victory brought and later claimed that he had settled for second place when jumping the final fence. Like many National winners, Seagram failed to achieve anything of note after his victory. He returned to tackle the Aintree fences twice more, once in the National and once in the Becher chase, failing to complete the course on either occasion. The horse, once described as easily bored, was eventually retired to the hunting fieldhttp://www.grand-national.me.uk/2056/seagram/ Seagram 1991 Grand National 13 March 2010 grand-national.me.uk 2014-08-27 until his death in 1997, aged 17.http://www.sportsbookguardian.com/horse-racing/grand-national/winners/1991-seagram Seagram: 2011 Grand National Winner - Sportsbook Guardian 27 September 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150412164310/http://www.sportsbookguardian.com/horse-racing/grand-national/winners/1991-seagram 12 April 2015 dead dmy-all Finishing order PositionNameJockeyAgeWeightSPDistance1stSeagram (NZL)Nigel Hawke1110-0612/1Won by 5 lengths2ndGarrison SavannahMark Pitman811-017/18 lengths3rdAuntie DotMark Dwyer1010-0450/125 lengths4thOver the RoadRobbie Supple1010-0750/1Short head5thBonanza BoyPeter Scudamore1011-0713/2 F1½ lengths6thDurham EditionChris Grant1310-1325/14 lengths7thGolden MinstrelTom Grantham1210-0250/16 lengths8thOld ApplejackTim Reed1110-0166/12 lengths9thLeagauneMark Richards910-00200/14 lengths10thFoyle FishermanEamon Murphy1210-0040/112 lengths11thBallyhaneDeclan Murphy1010-0322/11½ lengths12thHarley IGer Lyons1110-00150/130 lengths13thMick's StarCharlie Swan1110-00100/15 lengths14thTen of SpadesJohn White1111-0115/115thForest RangerDai Tegg910-00100/116thYahooNorman Williamson1011-0133/117thGolden FreezeMichael Bowlby911-0040/1Last to complete Non-finishers FenceNameJockeyAgeWeightSPFate1stDocklands ExpressAnthony Tory910-0320/1Fell2ndRun and SkipDerek Byrne1310-0066/1Fell5thEnvopak TokenMark Perrett1010-0028/1Pulled up7th (Foinavon)Southernair IMr. Jose Simo1110-01100/1Unseated rider11th (open ditch)Joint SovereigntyLiam O'Hara1110-00100/1Fell15th (The Chair)CrammerJohn Durkan1110-0228/1Fell17thAbba LadDean Gallagher910-00250/1Pulled up18thFraze (CZE)Vaclav Chaloupka811-10100/1Pulled up19th (open ditch)Master BobJamie Osborne1110-0520/1Pulled up19th (open ditch)Team ChallengeBen De Haan910-0050/1Refused20thRinusNeale Doughty1010-077/1Fell20thThe Langholm DyerGraham McCourt1210-06100/1Unseated rider21stMister Christian (NZL)Simon Earle1010-00100/1Pulled up21stBumbles Folly (NZL)Jimmy Frost1010-05150/1Pulled up21stSolidasarockGraham Bradley910-0450/1Pulled up22nd (Becher's Brook)Mr. FriskMr. Marcus Armytage1211-0625/1Pulled up22nd (Becher's Brook)HotplatePeter Niven910-0280/1Pulled up22nd (Becher's Brook)Blue DartHywel Davies1110-0280/1Unseated rider23rd (Foinavon)New HalenSeamus O'Neill1010-0050/1Unseated rider24th (Canal Turn)Oklaoma (FRA)Roland Kleparski1110-0766/1Pulled up24th (Canal Turn)BigsunRichard Dunwoody1010-049/1Pulled up25th (Valentine's)HuntworthMr. Alan Walter1110-0850/1Pulled up26thGeneral ChandosMr. John Bradburne1010-03150/1Pulled up Media coverage and aftermath And it's Garrison Savannah being chased all the time by Seagram, Garrison Savannah by four lengths as they come to the elbow, from Seagram who hasn't given up! Garrison Savannah, with Seagram putting in a tremendous run! Seagram is beginning to get up on the nearside, Seagram has taken it up and he's going to win the National! Seagram, a first ride for Nigel Hawke, has won the National! Commentator Peter O'Sullevan describes the climax of the race 35% 1 right The BBC provided coverage of the race for the sixtieth time on Radio and for the thirty-second consecutive year on Television, with this year's race broadcast as part of a Grand National Grandstand special. The Television commentary team was unchanged for the twentieth consecutive year in John Hanmer, Julian Wilson and lead commentator, Peter O'Sullevan who was calling his forty-sixth Grand National. The race was broadcast live across the United Kingdom at 3.20pm. Speaking in 1999, Hawke said of his victory: "It just all happened so quickly with Seagram that I couldn't really appreciate it. You never catch up with yourself. I wouldn't mind trying it again. I just happened to be on the right horse on the right day, which doesn't happen very often when you're a jockey. I found that out later."http://www.freewebs.com/grandnationalanorak/thebbc.htm Grand National Anorak | freewebs.com 2014-08-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20130524131022/http://www.freewebs.com/grandnationalanorak/thebbc.htm 24 May 2013 dead dmy-all References External links http://www.grand-national.net/past_winners.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20111104085359/http://www.grand-national.net/past_winners.htm dead 2011-11-04 Past Winners of The Grand National Grand-national.net 2014-08-27 1991 1991 Grand National Grand National Grand National