1984 Grand National

English steeplechase horse race May 2014 May 2014 1984 Grand National Grand National Aintree Racecourse 31 March 1984 Hallo Dandy 13/1 Wales Neale Doughty England Gordon W. Richards Richard Shaw Good 1983 1985 right 275px 1984 Grand National in full BBC Sport/YouTube And it's Greasepaint on the far side, Hallo Dandy on the nearside, there's nothing between them as they come to the line. Hallo Dandy on the nearside is just gonna win it, Hallo Dandy has won it! BBC Commentator Peter O'Sullevan describes the climax of the 1984 National 25% 1 right The 1984 Grand National (officially known as the Seagram Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 138th official renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 31 March 1984. For the first time, the field was limited to a maximum of 40 runners. A sell-out crowd at Aintreehttp://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/UK-News/Grand-National-First-Sell-Out-Since-1984-At-Aintree/Article/201104215969155 Grand National Sell-Out: Best Day Since 1984 news.sky.com 2014-08-27 saw 23 contenders complete the course, breaking the record for most finishers and one which still stands today.http://www.popular-nostalgia.com/a-big-long-history-of-the-grand-national-258/ A Big Long History of the Grand National - Popular Nostalgia popular-nostalgia.com 2014-08-27 https://web.archive.org/web/20141006141420/http://www.popular-nostalgia.com/a-big-long-history-of-the-grand-national-258/ 6 October 2014 dead dmy-all Hallo Dandy won the race, ridden by Welsh jockey Neale Doughty. The pairing had finished fourth in the previous year's National. By the 26th fence Hallo Dandy and last year's runner-up Greasepaint were contesting the lead, which Hallo Dandy took at the second-last and held on to, securing victory by a distance of four lengths. The 1983 winner Corbiere finished third.http://www.grand-national.me.uk/hallodandy.php Hallo Dandy 1984 Grand National grand-national.me.uk 2014-08-27 There was one equine fatality in the race when Earthstopper collapsed and died after finishing in fifth place.https://www.nytimes.com/1984/04/01/sports/hello-dandy-wins-national.html HELLO DANDY WINS NATIONAL - NYTimes.com nytimes.com 2014-08-27 Racing colours of Mr Richard Shaw - black, black cap, emerald green spots Race card Greasepaint was made market favourite on the day of the race, proving popular to a large section of the general public for whom the National was their only bet of the year due to his having been narrowly beaten into second place in the previous year's race. He was also being given 2 lbs less to carry but had yet to win a race since being transferred to the yard of Dermot Weld who was aiming to land a unique spring double, having saddled the winner of the Lincoln Handicap a week before the National.Reg Green, 'A Race Apart', 1988 Broomy Bank was relatively lightly raced prior to his winning the Kim Muir Challenge Cup at the Cheltenham festival a few weeks before the National but with a 66% win rate he was backed to 12/1 for leading amateur rider, Jim Wilson.Christopher Simpson, Grand Nationals of the 80s Lucky Vane came to Aintree on the back of three victories during the season, the most notable being the Eider Chase, regarded by the racing fraternity as a good Grand National trial. The 12/1 chance would also benefit from the most experienced rider in the field, John Burke, taking his tenth ride in the race, having previously won it in 1976Reg Green 'A Race Apart', 1988 Grittar returned to try to regain the title he claimed in 1982, having prepared this year with a creditable third place in the Whitbred trial at Ascot. Although given 2 lbs less than when finishing fifth lest year, it was still 5 lbs more than when victorious. Having been partnered by two different riders in his previous attempts he would again have a new jockey in John Francome who had missed the ride the previous year through injury and was also a 12/1 chance. Hallo Dandy had been a freely available 33/1 chance for the race at the start of 1984, having been pulled up in the Hennessey Cognac Gold Cup but was the subject of huge gambles when the handicapper seemed to have completely underestimated him by raising him just 1 lb in the weights to run carrying ten stones 2 lbs. A good prep race at Ayr and conditions at Aintree suggesting the horse would get the good ground he favoured, as opposed to the soft ground upon which he had tired to finish fourth last year only served to enhance his chances with his backers who sent him off at 13/1 in the hands of regular jockey Neale Doughty.http://www.grand-national.me.uk/2018/hallodandy/ Hallo Dandy 1984 Grand National grand-national.me.uk 2014-08-27 The majority of the remainder of the betting public placed their faith with last year's winner and top weighted, Corbiere, Cheltenham Foxhunters winner, Eliogarty, 1981 runner up, Spartan Missile, who provided the amateur, John White with the best backed mount of the eleven riders making their debut in the race, and Ashley House, who had been a firm ante post favourite for last year's race before being a late withdrawal. At the other end of the market over a quarter of the field were allowed to go off at 100/1 while thirteen of the field carried the minimum allowed weight of ten stones, having been handicapped below that mark.Chris Simpson, Grand Nationals of the 80s Finishing order The Jockey club appointed a new handicapper and starter for this years race with Captain Christopher Mordaunt framing the weights for the race and Captain Michael Sayers starting the race.Sporting Life Souvenir Magazine 9 April 1988, page 4 All five leading contenders ran well throughout the first three quarters of the race and were all well placed to mount a challenge as they jumped the Canal Turn for the second time. Greasepaint kicked on to lead at that stage and was joined four fences from the finish by Hallo Dandy who both began to stretch the chasing field. Broomy Bank and Grittar were among those who began to lose touch while Lucky Vane continued to chase the leaders towards the penultimate fence but was fighting for the minor places by the last fence. Hallo Dandy took a one length lead over Greasepaint at the final fence but was never able to stretch away, keeping the result in doubt right up until the final few strides of the race.BBC Race Footage PositionNameJockeyAgeWeightSPDistance01Hallo DandyNeale Doughty1010-0213/1Won by 4 lengths02GreasepaintTommy Carmody911-29/1 F03CorbiereBen De Haan912-016/104Lucky VaneJohn Burke910-1312/105EarthstopperRichard Rowe1011-133/106Two SwallowsAnthony Webber1110-028/107Fethard FriendGerry Newman910-1222/108Broomy BankMr Jim Wilson910-1212/109Jivago De NeuvyMr Roger Grand911-050/110GrittarJohn Francome1111-1012/111Hill Of SlaneSteve Smith-Eccles810-233/112TacroyFrank Berry1010-728/113DoubleuagainTom Morgan1010-5100/114Beech KingPat Kiely1010-166/115EliogartyMr Donal Hassett911-516/116Spartan MissileMr John White1211-418/117Yer ManVal O'Connell910-225/118FauloonBill Smith910-1350/119Another CaptainAndrew Stringer1210-166/120Mid Day GunGraham McCourt1010-340/121Poyntz PassH Rogers910-5100/122JackoSam Morshead1210-466/123Canford GingerColin Brown910-1100/1Last to complete Non-finishers FenceNameJockeyAgeWeightSPFate03 (open ditch)Golden TrixKevin Mooney910-150/1Fell06 (Becher's Brook)ClonthurtinTom Taaffe1010-0100/1Fell06 (Becher's Brook)Hazy DawnMr Willie Mullins910-9100/1Fell06 (Becher's Brook)Midnight LoveChris Grant911-428/1Fell06 (Becher's Brook)Three To OnePhil Tuck1310-266/1Fell08 (Canal Turn)Bush GuideMiss Valerie Alder810-533/1Fell13Roman GeneralMajor Malcolm Wallace1110-3500/1Unseated Rider15 (The Chair)Ashley HouseGraham Bradley1011-1320/1Fell15 (The Chair)Carl's WagerMr Ronnie Beggan910-228/1Fell17The Drunken DuckAlan Brown1110-3100/1Pulled Up18Door StepMr John Queally810-2100/1Fell19 (open ditch)Fortune SeekerPaul Barton910-0100/1Fell19 (open ditch)KumbiKevin Doolan910-0100/1Fell19 (open ditch)Pilot OfficerMr Adrian Sharpe910-233/1Refused22 (Becher's Brook)Imperial BlackColin Hawkins810-750/1Fell23Burnt OakPeter Scudamore810-725/1Pulled Up27 (open ditch)Silent ValleyGeordie Dun1110-833/1Pulled Up The Grand National : the history of the Aintree spectacular, by Stewart Peters & Bernard Parkin, 0-7524-3547-7 Grand National Anorak | http://www.freewebs.com/grandnationalanorak/wheretheyfell.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20141024122250/http://www.freewebs.com/grandnationalanorak/wheretheyfell.htm 2014-10-24 2014-08-27 freewebs.com Media coverage and aftermath The race was watched by an official attendance of 54,583.Sporting Life Souvenir Magazine, 4 April 1987, page 19 The BBC broadcast the race live on Television for the twenty-fifth consecutive year, as part of its regular Saturday afternoon Grandstand programme. This was to be the last year the Grand National coverage was presented by David Coleman. Coleman had presented every television National bar (excluding the 1960 Grand National and the 1977 Grand National). For the thirteenth consecutive year, the commentary team consisted of John Hanmer, Julian Wilson and lead commentator, Peter O'Sullevan who was calling his thirty-ninth Grand National on Radio or Television. The race was also broadcast live on BBC Radio for the fifty-third time as part of Radio 2's regular Sport on Two programme, with Peter Bromley calling the winner home. References 2 External links http://www.grand-national.net/gnw/the_race/past_winners_index.html Grand National – Grand National 2015 grand-national.net 2014-08-27 https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/grand_national_2003/2861529.stm BBC SPORT | Other Sport | Horse Racing | Grand National 2003 | National finishes year-by-year news.bbc.co.uk 2014-08-27 1984 1984 Grand National Grand National Category:March 1984 sports events in the United Kingdom