Grand National Cheltenham Gold Cup

Many Clouds recovers from a tame Cheltenham Gold Cup effort to win Grand National

 April 12, 2015   John Welsh

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Jockey Leighton Aspell claimed a second successive victory in the English Grand National on Saturday when Many Clouds beat the determined Saint Are to clinch a third triumph in the prestigious race for owner Trevor Hemmings. Aspell had won the race in 2014 aboard Pineau de Re, who finished 12th on this occasion, but the […]

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Pineau De Re

Inspired riding by Aspell earns Grand National win for Pineau De Re

 April 6, 2014   John Welsh

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In winning the 2014 Grand National at Aintree racecourse, Pineau De Re belied the theory that victors of the prestigious race should normally have proven jumping experience with no history of falling on the challenging track. The horse clearly did not read the script as he atoned for his eighth fence calamity in the Becher […]

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