1969 Grand National

English steeplechase horse race May 2014 May 2014 August 2014 1969 Grand National Grand National Aintree Racecourse 29 March 1969 Highland Wedding 100/9 Eddie P. Harty Toby Balding Thomas H. McCoy Jr. & Charles Burns Firm 1968 1970 right 275px The 1969 Grand National in full (BBC) Full coverage of the 1969 Grand National (British Pathé) The 1969 Grand National was the 123rd renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 29 March 1969. Twelve-year-old Highland Wedding, running in his third Grand National, was the winner by 12 lengths. He was ridden by jockey Eddie Harty for trainer Toby Balding. The favourite was Red Alligator who fell at the 19th fence (open ditch). Finishing order PositionNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)SPDistance01Highland WeddingEddie Harty1210-4100/902Steel BridgeRichard Pitman1110-050/103RondettoJeff King1310-625/104The BeechesBill Rees910-1100/605BassnetJosh Gifford1010-12100/806ArcturusPat Buckley811-4100/607Fort SunJohn Crowley810-428/108Kellsboro' WoodAndy Turnell910-1066/109Furore IIMacer Gifford810-020/110Miss HunterFrank Shortt810-050/111The FossaAndrew Parker Bowles1210-933/112LimeburnerJohn Buckingham810-066/113Castle FallsStan Hayhurst1210-066/114LimetraPaddy Broderick1110-950/1Last to finish Non-finishers FenceNameJockeyAgeHandicap (st-lb)Starting priceFate03Tudor FortJohn Haldane910-450/1Fell04Fearless FredTerry Biddlecombe711-315/2Fell06PeccardGeorge Sloan810-450/1Fell10BallinabointraPaul Kelleway1010-1100/1Fell10TerossianPaul Sloan911-350/1Refused12Rosinver BayPat Taaffe910-550/1Refused17JuanMr PJH Willis1310-9100/1Refused19HoveDavid Nicholson810-9100/6Fell19Red AlligatorBrian Fletcher1010-1313/2Fell20FlosuebarbJoe Guest910-0100/1Fell20Game PurstonStan Mellor1110-033/1Pulled Up21Moidore's TokenBarry Brogan1210-9100/6Pulled Up22KilburnTommy Carberry1110-922/1Fell22Tam KissJeremy Hindley1010-1350/1Brought Down27The InventorTim Hyde810-033/1Fell30VillayDerek Scott1110-3100/1Pulled Up The 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 2014-08-27 http://sixtiesnationals.webs.com/196869.htm 1968/69 - The Grand National and Aintree 1960-1969 Sixtiesnationals.webs.com 2014-08-18 Media coverage David Coleman presented Grand National Grandstand: this would be the first National televised in colour. Peter O'Sullevan, Julian Wilson (first National commentary), Michael O'Hehir and Michael Seth-Smith provided the commentary. This would be the final television commentary on the National for both O'Hehir and Seth-Smith; however, both would continue as Grand National commentators for BBC radio until the mid-1980s. O'Hehir wrongly called Highland Wedding a faller at the second Becher's Brook (fence 22) instead of Kilburn, this mistake cruelly cutting short his televised National commentaries. References Sources http://www.grand-national.net/past_winners.htm Past Winners of The Grand National grand-national.net 2014-08-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20111104085359/http://www.grand-national.net/past_winners.htm 4 November 2011 dead https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=s2EhAAAAIBAJ&sjid=bIcFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4177%2C5966920 1969 1969 Grand National Grand National Category:March 1969 sports events in the United Kingdom