The Grand National That Never Was
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Loading ...In 1993 we saw “the National that never was” as the world’s most famous steeple chase was declared void after false starting twice, and one totally armless flagman…
The race was declared void after the horses false started twice, and, on the second occasion, most of the runners continued without having seen the officials flagging for them to stop.
They completed the four mile circuit somehow not noticing that everyone was trying to get them to stop!
Who won the the void Grand National
This perennial quiz question comes around more often than the neighbours, so here are the vital details:
The eventual “winner” – a horse called “Esha Ness” – was trained by Jenny Pitman. I remember this particularly well, because my mum had put a bet on this horse…
This was not the only time the Grand National was called off on the big Saturday, as it was abandoned due to an IRA bomb threat a couple of years later, though that race was rescheduled for the following Monday.
I remember it well. Millions of betting pounds around the world, and work-place sweepstakes were scuppered by a flag which failed to unfurl, and a totally armless flagman.
See the race againin the video above.
That flag is not waving. Unravel it you fool! What a farce, you couldn’t have made it up. You didn’t need to, it happened…
I think I was at Rob and Jez’s house at the time.