- Grand National (course hippique)
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Pour les articles homonymes, voir Grand National (homonymie).Le Grand National est une course hippique de steeple-chase se tenant à Aintree, près de Liverpool en Angleterre chaque année depuis 1836, sauf entre 1941 et 1945. La distance parcourue est d'environ 4 miles et 856 yards (environ 7,25 km) et parsemée de 30 obstacles. La course se déroule chaque année, un samedi après midi du début du mois d'avril. C'est la course mettant en jeu le plus d'argent en Grande-Bretagne, l'édition de 2009 rapportant £900,000 au vainqueur. Cette course est extrêmement populaire même auprès de personnes qui ne regardent ou ne parient pas le reste de l'année. Le Grand National est également sujet à controverses en raison de la difficulté du parcours occasionnant de nombreux accidents. Certaines sociétés de protection des animaux militent pour son interdiction. En 162 éditions, il y a eu 58 chevaux blessés mortellement, quatre d'entre eux lors d'une seule édition, celle de 1954. Un jockey, George Ede, a aussi perdu la vie suites à ses blessures de la course de 1870.
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Année Vainqueur Age Poids Jockey Entraîneur Cote 1836 The Duke * 7 Captain Martin Becher 3/1 1837 The Duke * 8 Henry Potts 1838 Sir William * 7 12-07 Alan McDonough 2/1 1839 Lottery 9 12-00 Jem Mason George Dockeray 9/1 1840 Jerry 10 12-00 Mr Bartholomew Bretherton George Dockeray 12/1 1841 Charity 11 12-00 Mr A. Powell William Vevers 14/1 1842 Gaylad 8 12-00 Tom Olliver George Dockeray 7/1 1843 Vanguard 8 11-10 Tom Olliver Lord Chesterfield's Groom 12/1 1844 Discount 6 10-12 John Crickmere 5/1 JF 1845 Cure-All 11-05 Mr William Loft Kitty Crisp 15/1 1846 Pioneer 6 11-12 William Taylor 30/1 1847 Matthew 9 10-06 Denny Wynne John Murphy 10/1 1848 Chandler 12 11-12 Captain Josie Little Tom Eskrett 12/1 1849 Peter Simple 11 11-00 Tom Cunningham Tom Cunningham 20/1 1850 Abd-El-Kader 8 09-12 Mr Chris Green Joe Osborne 100/3 1851 Abd-El-Kader 9 10-04 Tom Abbot Joe Osborne 7/1 1852 Miss Mowbray 8 10-04 Mr Alec Goodman George Dockeray 10/1 1853 Peter Simple 15 10-10 Tom Olliver Tom Olliver 9/1 1854 Bourton 11 11-12 John Tasker Henry Wadlow 4/1 F 1855 Wanderer 10 09-08 John Hanlon 25/1 1856 Freetrader 7 09-06 George Stevens William Holman 25/1 1857 Emigrant 11 09-10 Charlie Boyce Charlie Boyce 10/1 1858 Little Charley 10 10-07 William Archer William Holman 100/6 1859 Half Caste 6 09-07 Chris Green Chris Green 7/1 1860 Anatis 10 09-10 Mr Tommy Pickernell H. E. May 7/2 F 1861 Jealousy 7 09-12 Joseph Kendall Charles Balchin 5/1 1862 The Huntsman 9 11-00 Harry Lamplugh Harry Lamplugh 3/1 F 1863 Emblem 7 10-10 George Stevens Edwin Weever 4/1 1864 Emblematic 6 10-06 George Stevens Edwin Weever 10/1 1865 Alcibiade 5 11-04 Captain Henry Coventry Cornell 100/7 1866 Salamander 7 10-07 Mr Alec Goodman J. Walters 40/1 1867 Cortolvin 8 11-13 John Page Harry Lamplugh 16/1 1868 The Lamb 6 10-07 Mr George Ede-Edwards Ben Land 9/1 1869 The Colonel 6 10-07 George Stevens R. Roberts 100/7 1870 The Colonel 7 11-12 George Stevens R. Roberts 7/2 F 1871 The Lamb 9 11-05 Mr Tommy Pickernell Chris Green 11/2 1872 Casse Tete 7 10-00 John Page A. Cowley 20/1 1873 Disturbance 6 11-11 Mr John Richardson John Richardson 20/1 1874 Reugny 6 10-12 Mr John Richardson John Richardson 5/1 F 1875 Pathfinder 8 10-11 Mr Tommy Pickernell W. Reeves 100/6 1876 Regal 5 11-03 Joe Cannon James Jewitt 25/1 1877 Austerlitz 5 10-08 Mr Fred Hobson Robert I'Anson 15/1 1878 Shifnal 9 10-12 J. Jones J. Nightingall 7/1 1879 The Liberator 10 11-04 Mr Garry Moore J. Moore 5/1 1880 Empress 5 10-07 Mr Tommy Beasley Henry Linde 8/1 1881 Woodbrook 7 11-03 Mr Tommy Beasley Henry Linde 11/2 JF 1882 Seaman 6 11-06 Lord Manners James Machell 10/1 1883 Zoedone 6 11-00 Count Karel Kinsky W. Jenkins 100/7 1884 Voluptuary 6 10-05 Mr Ted Wilson William Wilson 10/1 1885 Roquefort 6 11-00 Mr Ted Wilson Arthur Yates 100/30 F 1886 Old Joe 7 10-09 Tommy Skelton George Mulcaster 25/1 1887 Gamecock 8 11-00 W. Daniells James Gordon 20/1 1888 Playfair 7 10-07 George Mawson Tom Cannon 40/1 1889 Frigate 11 11-04 Mr Tommy Beasley M. A. Maher 8/1 1890 Ilex 6 10-05 Arthur Nightingall John Nightingall 4/1 F 1891 Come Away 7 11-12 Mr Harry Beasley Harry Beasley 4/1 F 1892 Father O'Flynn 7 10-05 Captain Roddy Owen Gordon Wilson 20/1 1893 Cloister 9 12-07 Bill Dollery Arthur Yates 9/2 F 1894 Why Not 13 11-13 Arthur Nightingall Willie Moore 5/1 JF 1895 Wild Man From Borneo 7 10-11 Mr Joe Widger James Gatland 10/1 1896 The Soarer 7 09-13 Mr David Campbell Willie Moore 40/1 1897 Manifesto [1] 9 11-13 Terry Kavanagh Willie McAuliffe 6/1 F 1898 Drogheda 6 10-12 John Gourley Dick Dawson 25/1 1899 Manifesto 11 12-07 George Williamson Willie Moore 5/1 1900 Ambush II 6 11-03 Algy Anthony Algy Anthony 4/1 1901 Grudon 11 10-00 Arthur Nightingall Bernard Bletsoe 9/1 1902 Shannon Lass 7 10-01 David Read James Hackett 20/1 1903 Drumcree 9 11-03 Percy Woodland Sir Charles Nugent 13/2 F 1904 Moifaa 8 10-07 Arthur Birch W. Hickey 25/1 1905 Kirkland 9 11-05 Frank Mason E. Thomas 6/1 1906 Ascetic's Silver 9 10-09 Mr Aubrey Hastings Aubrey Hastings 20/1 1907 Eremon 7 10-01 Alf Newey Tom Coulthwaite 8/1 1908 Rubio 10 10-05 Henry Bletsoe Fred Withington 66/1 1909 Lutteur III 5 10-11 Georges Parfrement Harry Escott 100/9 1910 Jenkinstown 9 10-05 Robert Chadwick Tom Coulthwaite 100/8 1911 Glenside 9 10-03 Mr Jack Anthony R. H. Collis 20/1 1912 Jerry M 9 12-07 Ernie Piggott Bob Gore 4/1 JF 1913 Covertcoat 7 11-06 Percy Woodland Bob Gore 100/9 1914 Sunloch 8 09-07 Bill Smith Tom Tyler 100/6 1915 Ally Sloper 6 10-06 Mr Jack Anthony Aubrey Hastings 100/8 1916 Vermouth * 6 11-10 Jack Reardon J. Bell 100/8 1917 Ballymacad * 10 09-12 Edmund Driscoll Aubrey Hastings 100/9 1918 Poethlyn * 8 11-06 Ernie Piggott Harry Escott 5/1 1919 Poethlyn 9 12-07 Ernie Piggott Harry Escott 11/4 F 1920 Troytown 7 11-09 Mr Jack Anthony Algy Anthony 6/1 1921 Shaun Spadah 10 11-07 Fred Rees George Poole 100/9 1922 Music Hall 9 11-08 Lewis Rees Owen Anthony 100/9 1923 Sergeant Murphy 13 11-03 Captain Tuppy Bennett George Blackwell 100/6 1924 Master Robert 11 10-05 Bob Trudgill Aubrey Hastings 25/1 1925 Double Chance 9 10-09 Major John Wilson Fred Archer, Jr. 100/9 1926 Jack Horner 9 10-05 William Watkinson Harvey Leader 25/1 1927 Sprig 10 12-04 Ted Leader Tom Leader 8/1 F 1928 Tipperary Tim 10 10-00 Mr Bill Dutton Joseph Dodd 100/1 1929 Gregalach 7 11-04 Robert Everett Tom Leader 100/1 1930 Shaun Goilin 10 11-07 Tommy Cullinan Frank Hartigan 100/8 1931 Grakle 9 11-07 Bob Lyall Tom Coulthwaite 100/6 1932 Forbra 7 10-07 Tim Hamey Tom Rimell 50/1 1933 Kellsboro Jack 7 11-09 Dudley Williams Ivor Anthony 25/1 1934 Golden Miller 7 12-02 Gerry Wilson Basil Briscoe 8/1 1935 Reynoldstown 8 11-04 Mr Frank Furlong Noel Furlong 22/1 1936 Reynoldstown 9 12-02 Mr Fulke Walwyn Noel Furlong 10/1 1937 Royal Mail 8 11-13 Evan Williams Ivor Anthony 100/6 1938 Battleship 11 11-06 Bruce Hobbs Reg Hobbs 40/1 1939 Workman 9 10-06 Tim Hyde Jack Ruttle 100/8 1940 Bogskar 7 10-04 Mervyn Jones Lord Stalbridge 25/1 Pas de course de 1941 à 1945 * 1946 Lovely Cottage 9 10-08 Captain Bobby Petre Tommy Rayson 25/1 1947 Caughoo 8 10-00 Eddie Dempsey Herbert McDowell 100/1 1948 Sheila's Cottage 9 10-07 Arthur Thompson Neville Crump 50/1 1949 Russian Hero 9 10-08 Leo McMorrow George Owen 66/1 1950 Freebooter 9 11-11 Jimmy Power Bobby Renton 10/1 1951 Nickel Coin 9 10-01 John Bullock Jack O'Donoghue 40/1 1952 Teal 10 10-11 Arthur Thompson Neville Crump 100/7 1953 Early Mist 8 11-02 Bryan Marshall Vincent O'Brien 20/1 1954 Royal Tan 10 11-07 Bryan Marshall Vincent O'Brien 8/1 1955 Quare Times 9 11-10 Pat Taaffe Vincent O'Brien 100/9 1956 E.S.B. 10 11-03 Dave Dick Fred Rimell 100/7 1957 Sundew 11 11-07 Fred Winter Frank Hudson 20/1 1958 Mr What 8 10-06 Arthur Freeman Tom Taaffe 18/1 1959 Oxo 8 10-13 Michael Scudamore Willie Stephenson 8/1 1960 Merryman II 9 10-12 Gerry Scott Neville Crump 13/2 F 1961 Nicolaus Silver 9 10-01 Bobby Beasley Fred Rimell 28/1 1962 Kilmore 12 10-04 Fred Winter Ryan Price 28/1 1963 Ayala 9 10-00 Pat Buckley Keith Piggott 66/1 1964 Team Spirit 12 10-03 Willie Robinson Fulke Walwyn 18/1 1965 Jay Trump 8 11-05 Mr Tommy Smith Fred Winter 100/8 1966 Anglo 8 10-00 Tim Norman Fred Winter 50/1 1967 Foinavon 9 10-00 John Buckingham John Kempton 100/1 1968 Red Alligator 9 10-00 Brian Fletcher Denys Smith 100/7 1969 Highland Wedding 12 10-04 Eddie Harty Toby Balding 100/9 1970 Gay Trip 8 11-05 Pat Taaffe Fred Rimell 15/1 1971 Specify 9 10-13 John Cook John Sutcliffe 28/1 1972 Well To Do 9 10-01 Graham Thorner Tim Forster 14/1 1973 Red Rum 8 10-05 Brian Fletcher Ginger McCain 9/1 JF 1974 Red Rum 9 12-00 Brian Fletcher Ginger McCain 11/1 1975 L'Escargot 12 11-03 Tommy Carberry Dan Moore 13/2 1976 Rag Trade 10 10-12 John Burke Fred Rimell 14/1 1977 Red Rum 12 11-08 Tommy Stack Ginger McCain 9/1 1978 Lucius 9 10-09 Bob Davies Gordon W. Richards 14/1 1979 Rubstic 10 10-00 Maurice Barnes John Leadbetter 25/1 1980 Ben Nevis 12 10-12 Mr Charlie Fenwick Tim Forster 40/1 1981 Aldaniti 11 10-13 Bob Champion Josh Gifford 10/1 1982 Grittar 9 11-05 Mr Dick Saunders Frank Gilman 7/1 F 1983 Corbiere 8 11-04 Ben de Haan Jenny Pitman 13/1 1984 Hallo Dandy 10 10-02 Neale Doughty Gordon W. Richards 13/1 1985 Last Suspect 11 10-05 Hywel Davies Tim Forster 50/1 1986 West Tip 9 10-11 Richard Dunwoody Michael Oliver 15/2 1987 Maori Venture 11 10-13 Steve Knight Andrew Turnell 28/1 1988 Rhyme 'n' Reason 9 11-00 Brendan Powell David Elsworth 10/1 1989 Little Polveir 12 10-03 Jimmy Frost Toby Balding 28/1 1990 Mr Frisk 11 10-06 Mr Marcus Armytage Kim Bailey 16/1 1991 Seagram 11 10-06 Nigel Hawke David Barons 12/1 1992 Party Politics 8 10-07 Carl Llewellyn Nick Gaselee 14/1 course annulée en 1993 * 1994 Miinnehoma 11 10-08 Richard Dunwoody Martin Pipe 16/1 1995 Royal Athlete 12 10-06 Jason Titley Jenny Pitman 40/1 1996 Rough Quest 10 10-07 Mick Fitzgerald Terry Casey 7/1 F 1997 Lord Gyllene 9 10-00 Tony Dobbin Steve Brookshaw 14/1 1998 Earth Summit 10 10-05 Carl Llewellyn Nigel Twiston-Davies 7/1 F 1999 Bobbyjo 9 10-00 Paul Carberry Tommy Carberry 10/1 2000 Papillon 9 10-12 Ruby Walsh Ted Walsh 10/1 2001 Red Marauder 11 10-11 Richard Guest Norman Mason 33/1 2002 Bindaree 8 10-04 Jim Culloty Nigel Twiston-Davies 20/1 2003 Monty's Pass 10 10-07 Barry Geraghty Jimmy Managan 16/1 2004 Amberleigh House 12 10-10 Graham Lee Ginger McCain 16/1 2005 Hedgehunter 9 11-01 Ruby Walsh Willie Mullins 7/1 F 2006 Numbersixvalverde 10 10-08 Niall Madden Martin Brassil 11/1 2007 Silver Birch 10 10-06 Robbie Power Gordon Elliott 33/1 * Les éditions de 1836 à 1838 ne sont reconnus comme "Grand Nationals" par Aintree Racecourse.
* De 1926 à 1918, la course se tient à Gatwick.
* La course est annulée de 1941 à 1945 en raison de la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
* La course fut annulée en 1993. Certains concurrents n'étaient pas parvenus à rejoindre la ligne de départ après un faux-départ.Sources
- (en) Aintree Media Guide
- (en) bbc.co.uk - Grand National facts
- (en) guardian.co.uk - Mr Frisk's record time
- (en) horseracinghistory.co.uk
- (en) sportingchronicle.com
- (en) tbheritage.com
Liens externes
- (en) Aintree Grand National
- (en) icLiverpool - Grand National Meeting News
- (en) Grand National Guide
Portail du monde équestre
Portail du sport
Catégories :- Course hippique
- Sport hippique au Royaume-Uni
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