The 1990 Grand National was the 144th renewal of the world-famous Grand National

Grand National

The Grand National is a world-famous National Hunt horse race which is held annually at Aintree Racecourse, near Liverpool, England. It is a handicap chase run over a distance of four miles and 856 yards , with horses jumping thirty fences over two circuits of Aintree's National Course...

 horse race

Horse racing

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 that took place at Aintree

Aintree Racecourse

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 near Liverpool

Liverpool

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, England

England

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, on 7 April 1990.

Mr. Frisk won the race, in a record time of eight minutes and 47.8 seconds. He was ridden by amateur jockey Marcus Armytage

Marcus Armytage

Marcus Armytage is a journalist and former National Hunt jockey who won the Grand National as an amateur in 1990, riding Mr Frisk. He was educated at Eton College....

. The new record time for completing the course beat that set by Red Rum

Red Rum

Red Rum was a champion Thoroughbred racehorse who achieved an unmatched historic treble when he won the Grand National in 1973, 1974 and 1977, and also came second in the two intervening years...

 in the 1970s by over 26 seconds.

Second was Durham Edition, and third Rinus. The 7/1 favourite Brown Windsor finished fourth. In fifth was Lastofthebrownies, ridden by Charlie Swan, and Richard Dunwoody

Richard Dunwoody

Thomas Richard Dunwoody MBE is a retired British jockey in National Hunt racing. He was a three-time Champion Jockey, riding 1699 British winners in his career. His father was a leading Point to Point rider...

 rode Bigsun home in sixth place.

There were two equine fatalities during the race. Roll-A-Joint suffered a fatal fall at the first Canal Turn

Canal Turn

The Canal Turn is a fence on Aintree Racecourse's National Course and thus is jumped during the Grand National steeplechase which is held annually at the racecourse near Liverpool, England....

 and Hungary Hur was pulled up before the 19th fence and later died.

Leading Contenders

Brown Windsor was made favourite 7/1 after a season which saw him win the Whitbread Gold Cup and finish narrowly beaten in the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Newbury

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. Under the guidance of John White he had every chance jumping the Canal Turn second time in fourth place but was unable to make any further impression on the leader along the Canal side and by the time they turned for the penultimate flight he was beaten, maintaining his fourth place to the finish. Brown Windsor did not race again until 1992 with a series of prep races before a second tilt at the National when he was againm among the leading contenders only to fall at Becher's first time. He never again attempted the National but did return three times for the Foxhunter's Chase, being beaten second in both 1994 and 1995 before being brought down in what proved his final race in 1996. Brown Windsor was retired to the hunting field and passed away at the age of twenty-four in 2006.

Durham Edition was backed down to 9/1 having won both the Charlie Hall Memorial Pattern Chase at Weatherby

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 in November and the Rowland Meyrick Chase at the same course in December, having previously proven himself in the National, finishing second in 1988 and fifth in 1989. once again partnered by Jockey, he tracked the first circuit in mid division, moving up to eighth jumping the Chair before creeping into closer contention on the second circuit. By the time the Canal Turn was reached he was fifth and crossing the Melling Road moved into second to issue a challenge to the eventual winner at the final fence. The horse gave his backers every chance on the run in but was unable to close down a length disadvantage and ended beaten second for the second time in three Nationals. Durham Edition returned for a fourth and final attempt at the National in 1991, finishing sixth.

Finishing order

Position	Name	Jockey Jockey A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...	Age	Weight	SP	Distance
1st	Mr. Frisk	Mr. Marcus Armytage Marcus Armytage Marcus Armytage is a journalist and former National Hunt jockey who won the Grand National as an amateur in 1990, riding Mr Frisk. He was educated at Eton College....	11	10-06	16/1	Won by ¾ length
2nd	Durham Edition	Chris Grant	12	10-09	9/1	20 lengths
3rd	Rinus	Neale Doughty	9	10-04	13/1	12 lengths
4th	Brown Windsor	John White	8	10-10	7/1 F	½ length
5th	Lastofthebrownies	Charlie Swan	10	10-00	20/1	25 lengths
6th	Bigsun	Richard Dunwoody Richard Dunwoody Thomas Richard Dunwoody MBE is a retired British jockey in National Hunt racing. He was a three-time Champion Jockey, riding 1699 British winners in his career. His father was a leading Point to Point rider...	9	10-02	15/2	1½ lengths
7th	Call Collect	Mr. Ray Martin	9	10-05	14/1	12 lengths
8th	Bartres	Michael Bowlby	11	10-00	66/1
9th	Sir Jest	Brian Storey	12	10-00	66/1
10th	West Tip West Tip West Tip was a racehorse who won the Grand National in 1986, ridden by Richard Dunwoody. He fell in the 1985 race at Bechers Brook on the second circuit, and finished fourth in 1987 and 1988, second in 1989, tenth in 1990, on each occasion he was ridden by Dunwoody. He was retired after the 1990...	Philip Hobbs Philip Hobbs Philip Hobbs is a British racehorse trainer specializing mainly in National Hunt racing. He is based at stables near Minehead, Somerset....	13	10-11	20/1
11th	Team Challenge	Ben De Haan	8	10-00	50/1
12th	Charter Hardware	Norman Williamson Norman Williamson Norman Williamson is a professional jockey in the Irish National Hunt.- References :...	8	10-00	66/1
13th	Gallic Prince	Mr. Jose Simo (ESP Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula... )	11	10-04	100/1
14th	Ghofar	Brendan Powell	7	10-00	14/1
15th	Course Hunter	Graham Bradley	12	10-00	66/1
16th	Bonanza Boy	Peter Scudamore Peter Scudamore Peter Scudamore , known universally as 'Scu', is a former jockey and trainer in National Hunt racing. He was an eight-time Champion Jockey , riding 1,678 winners in his career...	9	11-09	16/1
17th	Solares	Mr. P McMahon	10	10-00	150/1
18th	Gee-A	D Murphy	11	10-02	66/1
19th	Mick's Star	S J O'Neill	10	10-01	66/1
20th	Bob Tisdall	Kevin Mooney	11	10-05	66/1

Non-finishers

Fence	Name	Jockey Jockey A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...	Age	Weight	SP	Fate
1st	Gala's Image	J Short	10	10-00	66/1	Fell
3rd	Conclusive	Steve Smith-Eccles	11	10-04	28/1	Fell
3rd	Thinking Cap	P L Malone	9	10-00	100/1	Fell
6th (Becher's Brook Becher's Brook Becher's Brook is a fence jumped during the Grand National, a National Hunt horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England. It is jumped twice during the race, as the sixth and 22nd fence, as well as on four other occasions during the year... )	Torside	Jimmy Frost	11	10-03	66/1	Pulled up
6th (Becher's Brook Becher's Brook Becher's Brook is a fence jumped during the Grand National, a National Hunt horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England. It is jumped twice during the race, as the sixth and 22nd fence, as well as on four other occasions during the year... )	Lanavoe	P Leech	11	10-00	100/1	Fell
7th (Foinavon Foinavon Foinavon was a relatively undistinguished Irish racehorse, until he became famous for winning the Grand National in 1967 after the rest of the field fell, refused or were hampered or brought down in a mêlée at the 23rd fence. He was at one time owned by Anne, Duchess of Westminster, whose colours... 's)	Young Driver	J Duggan	13	10-04	150/1	Pulled up
8th (Canal Turn Canal Turn The Canal Turn is a fence on Aintree Racecourse's National Course and thus is jumped during the Grand National steeplechase which is held annually at the racecourse near Liverpool, England.... )	Roll-A-Joint	Simon McNeill	12	10-00	28/1	Fell (fatally)
13th	Star's Delight	Jonathan Lower	8	10-00	50/1	Pulled up
14th	Gainsay	Mark Pitman	11	10-07	66/1	Fell
14th	Monanore	Tom Taaffe	13	10-05	100/1	Carried out
15th (The Chair)	Huntworth	Mr. A Walter	10	10-09	66/1	Fell
19th	Joint Sovereignty	Lorcan Wyer	10	10-01	50/1	Unseated rider
19th	Hungary Hur	Tommy Carmody	11	11-02	50/1	Pulled up (fatally injured)
21st	Against the Grain	Jamie Osborne Jamie Osborne Jamie Osborne is a jockey and race horse trainer. Born 28 August 1967 he rode his first winner in March 1986 and in 1999 obtained his trainers licence. Once a favourite of the Queen Mother, he was acquitted of race fixing in 1998.-References:...	9	10-00	25/1	Pulled up
22nd (Becher's Brook Becher's Brook Becher's Brook is a fence jumped during the Grand National, a National Hunt horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England. It is jumped twice during the race, as the sixth and 22nd fence, as well as on four other occasions during the year... )	Uncle Merlin (USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )	Hywel Davies	9	10-03	16/1	Unseated rider
23rd (Foinavon Foinavon Foinavon was a relatively undistinguished Irish racehorse, until he became famous for winning the Grand National in 1967 after the rest of the field fell, refused or were hampered or brought down in a mêlée at the 23rd fence. He was at one time owned by Anne, Duchess of Westminster, whose colours... 's)	Polyfemus	Richard Rowe Richard Rowe (horse racing) Richard Rowe is a National Hunt racehorse trainer and a former jockey in the United Kingdom.-Career as a jockey:* 1982 - Whitbread Gold Cup winner Shady Deal* 1988 - Scilly Isles Novices' Chase winner Yeoman Broker...	8	10-02	18/1	Pulled up
26th	Nautical Joke	Kenny Johnson	11	10-00	66/1	Unseated rider
26th	Pukka Major (USA United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... )	Mark Richards	9	10-04	50/1	Unseated rider