1966 Grand National

English steeplechase horse race October 2020 May 2014 1966 Grand National Grand National Aintree 26 March 1966 Ireland Anglo 50/1 England Tim Norman England Fred Winter England Stuart Levy Soft 1965 1967 right 275px BBC British Pathe Highlights The 1966 Grand National was the 120th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 26 March 1966. The winner was Anglo by 20 lengths, giving Freddie second place for a second consecutive year. Forty-seven horses ran. The winning jockey Tim Norman had been injured in a car crash two days earlier. Finishing order PositionNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SPDistance01AngloTim Norman810-050/1Won by 20 lengths02FreddiePat McCarron911-711/4 F03Forest PrinceGerry Scott810-8100/704The FossaTerry Biddlecombe910-820/105Jim's TavernNick Gaselee910-0100/106Quintin BayJackie Cullen1010-0100/107NortherPeter Jones910-0100/108Highland WeddingOwen McNally910-015/209VulcanoJosh Gifford810-125/110Gale Force XBobby Coonan910-050/111Big GeorgeJames Morrissey1110-033/112Loving RecordBen Hannon1210-050/1Last to complete Non-finishers FenceNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)Starting priceFate22What A MythPaul Kelleway911-411/2Fell03Rough TweedPat Buckley1210-722/1Fell22KapenoDavid Mould910-6100/7Fell06Packed HomeTommy Carberry1110-333/1Fell22Greek ScholarMichael Scudamore710-450/1Fell26Brown DiamondFrancis Shortt1110-0100/1Fell06Popham DownWillie Robinson910-022/1Fell17Pontin-GoBuck Jones1410-0100/1Fell15Game PurstonPaddy Cowley810-0100/1Fell22SupersweetDavid Crossley-Cooke910-6100/1Fell20Major HitchPaddy Broderick810-150/1Fell15Irish DayJimmy Magee1010-040/1Fell19Scottish FinalJohnny Gamble910-0100/1Fell21FlamecapFrankie Carroll910-0100/1Unseated Rider15Black SpotJeremy Speid-Soote910-0100/1Fell28Harry BlackRoy Court910-0100/1Baulked27Flying WildPat Taaffe1011-020/1Pulled Up22StirlingBobby Beasley1010-1128/1Pulled Up27VultrixStan Mellor810-7100/7Pulled Up20SolimythJohn Lawrence1010-1100/1Pulled Up27April RoseMajor Piers Bengough1110-7100/1Pulled Up27L'EmpereurDuke of Alburquerque1210-2100/1Refused14Willow KingLiam McLoughlin1110-0100/1Pulled Up27Royal RuseTim Hyde810-0100/1Pulled Up18Mac's FlareRobin Langley1010-0100/1Pulled Up20King PinTim Durant1010-11100/1Pulled Up19In HasteJohnny Leech810-3100/1Pulled Up27My GiftTony Redmond1010-0100/1Pulled Up15Bold BiriJohnny Lehane1010-0100/1Baulked22ValouisEamon Prendergast710-050/1Brought Down22LeslieMichael Opperman1010-5100/1Brought Down25DorimontWilliam Shand-Kydd1210-050/1Unseated Rider15Fujino-OJeff King712-0100/1Refused15Monarch's ThoughtGordon Cramp1210-0100/1Refused06GroomsmanMr S Roberts1111-0100/1Refused The Grand National : the history of the Aintree spectacular, by Stewart Peters & Bernard Parkin, 0-7524-3547-7 http://sixtiesnationals.webs.com/196667.htm 1966/67 - The Grand National and Aintree 1960-1969 Sixtiesnationals.webs.com 1968-10-12 2014-08-18 http://www.grand-national.net/past_winners.htm Past Winners of The Grand National Grand-national.net 2014-08-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20111104085359/http://www.grand-national.net/past_winners.htm 4 November 2011 dead https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GG5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_D4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=6381%2C3561202 The Miami News - Google News Archive Search Google News 2014-08-27 Media coverage David Coleman presented Grand National Grandstand on the BBC. The seventh successive year the race was broadcast live and the sixth time Coleman fronted the coverage. Peter O'Sullevan, Bob Haynes and Tony Preston were the commentators. References 1966 1966 Grand National Grand National Grand National