2010 Grand National
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The 2010 Grand National was the 163rd renewal of the world-famous Grand National
horse race
that took place at the Aintree Racecourse
near Liverpool
, England
, on 10 April 2010.
The main race was held at 16:15 BST
and was won by Don't Push It
, ridden by Tony McCoy
, five lengths ahead of Black Apalachi in second, and twenty ahead of State of Play in third.
It was McCoy's first win in the Grand National at his fifteenth attempt. Don't Push It started the race as 10-1 joint-favourite, having been backed down from 20-1 in the hours prior to the race. In the process of winning, McCoy avoided equalling the record for most rides in the National without winning, held by Jeff King.
The main race was seen by the largest attendance at Aintree since 2005
, with a crowd of 70,341 on the day, and a total of 150,426 attending over the course of the three-day meeting.
Originally, Cerium and Royal Rosa were reserves, but were run because of the withdrawals of Mr. Pointment and Abbeybraney. Silver Birch was originally due to be the first reserve, but was drawn-out so that he could run in the Topham Chase instead.
Plaisir d'Estruval and Prudent Honour both died instantly after jumping Valentine's, the 13th fence in the Topham Chase on 9 April, a handicap over two miles and 5½ furlongs. Both horses broke their necks. Earlier the same day, in the grade one Melling Chase over standard chase fences on the Mildmay track, Schindlers Hunt was put down after fracturing a leg in a fall at the third fence. Schindlers Hunt's jockey Paddy Flood broke his collarbone in the fall; the other jockeys were unhurt.
Coral bookmakers took the decision to refund bets placed on race-day for King John's Castle. The horse was bidding to become the first grey to win the National since 1961, but refused to run when the race started. Although under betting rules customers bets should have been classified as losers, Coral took the decision to make a goodwill refund gesture to their customers.
Tony McCoy lined up as the most experienced rider in the race for the fourth consecutive year, having taken over as senior rider from Carl Llewellyn after the 2006 National. It had also been an honour he had shared for a time with Mick Fitzgerald
and Paul Carberry. 2010 also marked McCoy's fifteenth ride in the National, a feat previously achieved by only nine other riders, however, defeat this year would have seen McCoy become only the seond rider to take fifteen rides in the race without ever winning. His ultimate victory saw this dubious honour remain solely Jeff King's.
At the opposite extreme, nine riders made their Grand National debut, though only one, Sam Twiston-Davies managed to complete the course, finishing fifth. Danny Cook's first National ended at the second fence while Ritchie McLernon, Brian Hughes, Roger Loughran, Tom Siddall, Harry Skelton and Tom Molloy were also taking part for the first time.
was accorded the status as an event of national interest within the United Kingdom and was listed on the Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed & Designated Events, the event had to be shown on free-to-air terrestrial television in the UK. As with previous years the rights to broadcast the race were held by the BBC
and the race, along with several others were shown on BBC One
. It was also the first horse race in the UK to be broadcast in high definition
on the BBC HD
channel. The BBC's coverage was produced by Sunset and Vine who, with the aid of the SiS outside broadcast unit, provided coverage of fifteen races throughout the three-day meeting.
Clare Balding
served as anchor presenter for the fifth consecutive year with Rishi Persad providing interviews from the jockey's room as well as taking a closer look at the horses in the paddock with Richard Dunwoody
. Mick Fitzgerald
guided viewers through the course as well as providing post-race analysis from all the build-up races. Richard Pitman
provided nostalgia with interviews with several famous names from the history of the race, including an interview with his ex-wife Jenny Pitman
while Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes interviewed spectators in the stands for unusual and interesting stories. John Parrott
and Gary Wiltshire completed the team with news from the betting ring.
The commentary team for the 2010 Grand National consisted of Ian Bartlett
, Darren Owen
and Jim McGrath
, who called the winner home for the thirteenth consecutive year. This was the first time for six years that the team had been reduced from four to three with Tony O'Hehir being dropped in what the BBC called a cost-cutting exercise. As is tradition, anchor presenter Balding conducted the interviews with the winning connections while Bartlett, Dunwoody and Fitzgerald then took the viewers through a detailed rerun of the race.
BBC radio also covered the race live for the seventy-ninth time as part of its wider Five Live Sports broadcast. Mark Pougatch
presented the programme live from Aintree with race commentary called by Cornelius Lysaght
and John Hunt
. The race was also covered by Racing UK into bookmakers' offices throughout the UK and Ireland using alternative camera shots from the BBC with their own commentary team.
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
Horse racing is an equestrian sport that has a long history. Archaeological records indicate that horse racing occurred in ancient Babylon, Syria, and Egypt. Both chariot and mounted horse racing were events in the ancient Greek Olympics by 648 BC...
that took place at the Aintree Racecourse
Aintree Racecourse
Aintree Racecourse is a racecourse in Aintree, Merseyside, England.It was served by Aintree Racecourse railway station until the station closed in the 1960s....
near Liverpool
Liverpool
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, England
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, on 10 April 2010.
The main race was held at 16:15 BST
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and was won by Don't Push It
Don't Push It
Don't Push It is a Grand National-winning thoroughbred racehorse.- Debut :Don't Push It began his career on the 5th December 2004 at Warwick Racecourse in a National Hunt Flat race . He finished 3rd.- 2005-2006 Season :...
, ridden by Tony McCoy
Tony McCoy
Anthony Peter McCoy OBE , commonly known as A. P. McCoy or Tony McCoy, is a Northern Irish horse racing jockey....
, five lengths ahead of Black Apalachi in second, and twenty ahead of State of Play in third.
It was McCoy's first win in the Grand National at his fifteenth attempt. Don't Push It started the race as 10-1 joint-favourite, having been backed down from 20-1 in the hours prior to the race. In the process of winning, McCoy avoided equalling the record for most rides in the National without winning, held by Jeff King.
The main race was seen by the largest attendance at Aintree since 2005
2005 Grand National
The 2005 Grand National was the 158th official annual running of the world-famous Grand National steeplechase which took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 9 April 2005 and attracted the maximum permitted field of forty competitors for total prize money of £700,000 including £406,000 to...
, with a crowd of 70,341 on the day, and a total of 150,426 attending over the course of the three-day meeting.
Race card
- 1: Madison Du Berlais
- Weight: 11-10. Jockey: Tom Scudamore; trainer: David Pipe. Colours: purple with hoop of yellow diamonds, yellow sleeves with red armband and cap.
- 2: Mon Mome
- Weight: 11-7. Jockey: Aidan Coleman; trainer: Venetia Williams. Colours: green jacket and cap, blue armbands on sleeves.
- 3: Vic Venturi
- Weight: 11-6. Jockey: Roger Loughran; trainer: Dessie Hughes (IrelandIrish peopleThe Irish people are an ethnic group who originate in Ireland, an island in northwestern Europe. Ireland has been populated for around 9,000 years , with the Irish people's earliest ancestors recorded having legends of being descended from groups such as the Nemedians, Fomorians, Fir Bolg, Tuatha...
). Colours: black, yellow diamond on body and cap, diamonds on sleeves.
- 4: Black Apalachi
- Weight: 11-6. Jockey: Denis O'Regan; trainer: Dessie Hughes (Ireland). Colours: green, blue chevrons on sleeves, blue star on cap.
- 5: Joe Lively
- Weight: 11-6. Jockey: Joe Tizzard; trainer: Colin Tizzard. Colours: yellow with red diamond, quartered cap.
- 6: Don't Push It
- Weight: 11-5. Jockey: Tony McCoy; trainer: Jonjo O'Neill. Colours: green and yellow hoops, white cap.
- 7: Comply or Die
- Weight: 11-5. Jockey: Timmy Murphy; trainer: David Pipe. Colours: blue, green sleeves, white cap with blue spots.
- 8: Niche Market
- Weight: 11-4. Jockey: Harry Skelton; trainer: Bob Buckler. Colours: orange and blue quarters, hooped sleeves, quartered cap.
- 9: Tricky Trickster
- Weight:11-4. Jockey: Richard JohnsonRichard Johnson (jockey)Richard Johnson is an English National Hunt jockey.-Background:Johnson comes from a racing family with his father being an amateur jockey and his mother, Sue Johnson, a successful trainer.-Jockey career:...
; trainer: Paul Nicholls. Colours: pink with purple spotted sash, hooped sleeves. Note: Johnson replaced Barry GeraghtyBarry GeraghtyBarry Geraghty is an Irish jockey.Geraghty rode his first winner in January 1997, three years later he became the Irish Champion jump jockey for the first time. He rode his first Cheltenham winner on the Jessica Harrington trained Moscow Flyer in the 2002 Arkle Chase.He won the Grand National in...
as the jockey of Tricky Trickster following an injury to Ruby WalshRuby WalshRuby Walsh is the reigning Irish National Hunt champion jockey. He is the second child, and eldest son, of former champion amateur jockey Ted Walsh and his wife Helen.-Success:...
. Geraghty switched to ride joint-favourite Big Fella Thanks.
- 10: Made in Taipan
- Weight: 11-4. Jockey: Niall Madden; trainer: Tom Mullins (Ireland). Colours: orange with black star, diablo sleeves, white and black hooped cap.
- 11: Dream Alliance
- Weight: 11-3. Jockey: Tom O'Brien; trainer: Philip Hobbs. Colours: grey with white epilettes and armbands, hooped cap.
- 12: Cloudy Lane
- Weight: 11-3. Jockey: Jason Maguire; trainer: Donald McCain, Jr. Colours: green and yellow quarters, white sleeves and cap.
- 13: Nozic
- Weight: 11-3. Jockey: Liam Treadwell; trainer: Paul Nicholls. Colours: blue, white disc, stars on sleeves and star on cap.
- 14: My Will
- Weight: 11-2. Jockey: Nick Scholfield; trainer: Paul Nicholls. Colours: black and white halves, red sleeves and cap.
- 15: Pablo Du Charmil
- Weight: 11-2. Jockey: Danny Cook; trainer: David Pipe. Colours: blue, yellow chevron, diablo sleeves.
- 16: Ballyholland
- Weight: 11-0. Jockey: Andrew McNamara; trainer: Colin McBratney (Ireland). Colours: white, yellow stripe, quartered cap.
- 17: Backstage
- Weight: 11-0. Jockey: Davy Condon; trainer: Gordon Elliott (Ireland). Colours: sky, orange epilettes, sky and purple checked cap.
- 18: Beat the Boys
- Weight: 11-0. Jockey: Brian Hughes; trainer: Nigel Twiston-Davies. Colours: pink, blue diamond, diablo sleeves, pink star on blue cap.
- 19: Preists Leap
- Weight: 11-0. Jockey: Philip Enright; trainer: Tom O'Leary (Ireland). Colours: blue, yellow star, stars on sleeves, star on cap.
- 20: Snowy Morning
- Weight: 10-13. Jockey: David Casey; trainer: Willie Mullins (Ireland). Colours: yellow, black braces, yellow and white quartered cap.
- 21: Can't Buy Time
- Weight: 10-13. Jockey: Richie McLernon; trainer: Jonjo O'Neill. Colours: green and yellow hoops, white star on green cap.
- 22: Big Fella Thanks
- Weight: 10-12. Jockey: Barry Geraghty; trainer: Paul Nicholls. Colours: purple with grey hooped sleeves. Note: Twice-winning jockey Ruby WalshRuby WalshRuby Walsh is the reigning Irish National Hunt champion jockey. He is the second child, and eldest son, of former champion amateur jockey Ted Walsh and his wife Helen.-Success:...
was originally scheduled to ride Big Fella Thanks but was ruled out when he was injured in a heavy fall on Celestial Halo in the 2:50pm race earlier in the day.
- 23: State of Play
- Weight: 10-11. Jockey: Paul Moloney; trainer: Evan Williams. Colours: blue with pink hoop.
- 24: Character Building
- Weight: 10-11. Jockey: Nina Carberry; trainer: John Quinn. Colours: cerise with purple crossbelts, hooped sleeves and cap.
- 25: Ellerslie George
- Weight: 10-10. Jockey: Christian Williams; trainer: Nick Mitchell. Colours: blue with green hoop and cap, red sleeves.
- 26: Eric's Charm
- Weight: 10-9. Jockey: Wayne Hutchinson; trainer: Oliver Sherwood. Colours: yellow with pink diamond chequered body.
- 27: King Johns Castle
- Weight: 10-9. Jockey: Paul Carberry; trainer: Arthur Moore (Ireland). Colours: green and yellow hoops, red cap.
- 28: Conna Castle
- Weight: 10-9. Jockey: Sean Flanagan; trainer: Jimmy Mangan (Ireland). Colours: orange with sky diamond chequered body and stars on cap.
- 29: Ballyfitz
- Weight: 10-9. Jockey: David England; trainer: Nigel Twiston-Davies. Colours: sky and claret diablo and quartered cap, sky sleeves.
- 30: Ollie Magern
- Weight: 10-9. Jockey: Tom Molloy; trainer: Nigel Twiston-Davies. Colours: sky, claret stars and sleeves.
- 31: Arbor Supreme
- Weight: 10-8. Jockey: Paul Townend; trainer: Willie Mullins (Ireland). Colours: green and yellow hoops, blue cap.
- 32: Maljimar
- Weight: 10-8. Jockey: Daryl Jacob; trainer: Nick Williams. Colours: orange with black star on body and cap.
- 33: The Package
- Weight: 10-7. Jockey: Graham Lee; trainer: David Pipe. Colours: green, blue sleeves, red cap.
- 34: Piraya
- Weight: 10-7. Jockey: Johnny Farrelly; trainer: David Pipe. Colours: white, red spotted sash, armbands and quartered cap.
- 35: Irish Raptor
- Weight: 10-7. Jockey: Paddy Brennan; trainer: Nigel Twiston-Davies. Colours: green, yellow stars, striped sleeves and cap.
- 36: Cerium
- Weight: 10-5. Jockey: Davy Russell; trainer: Paul Murphy. Colours: green, white star, black striped sleeves, white cap with black star.
- 37: Palypso De Creek
- Weight: 10-6. Jockey: Tom Siddall; trainer: Charlie Longsdon. Colours: blue, green sleeves and cap.
- 38: Hello Bud
- Weight:10-6. Jockey: Sam Twiston-Davies; trainer: Nigel Twiston-Davies. Colours: white, blue spotted body and sleeves, striped cap.
- 39: Flintoff
- Weight: 10-5. Jockey: Andrew Tinkler; trainer: Venetia Williams. Colours: blue, pink hooped sleeves and cap.
- 40: Royal Rosa
- Weight: 10-5. Jockey: Wilson Renwick; trainer: Howard Johnson. Colours: chocolate and cream quarters.
Originally, Cerium and Royal Rosa were reserves, but were run because of the withdrawals of Mr. Pointment and Abbeybraney. Silver Birch was originally due to be the first reserve, but was drawn-out so that he could run in the Topham Chase instead.
Finishing order
| Position | Name | Rider | Age | Weight | Starting price | Distance | Prize money |
| 1st | Don't Push It Don't Push It Don't Push It is a Grand National-winning thoroughbred racehorse.- Debut :Don't Push It began his career on the 5th December 2004 at Warwick Racecourse in a National Hunt Flat race . He finished 3rd.- 2005-2006 Season :... |
Tony McCoy Tony McCoy Anthony Peter McCoy OBE , commonly known as A. P. McCoy or Tony McCoy, is a Northern Irish horse racing jockey.... |
10 | 11-05 | 10/1 JF | Winner by 5 lengths | £521,052 |
| 2nd | Black Apalachi | Denis O'Regan | 11 | 11-06 | 14/1 | 5 lengths | £196,285 |
| 3rd | State of Play | Paul Moloney | 10 | 10-11 | 16/1 | 20 lengths | £98,235 |
| 4th | Big Fella Thanks | Barry Geraghty Barry Geraghty Barry Geraghty is an Irish jockey.Geraghty rode his first winner in January 1997, three years later he became the Irish Champion jump jockey for the first time. He rode his first Cheltenham winner on the Jessica Harrington trained Moscow Flyer in the 2002 Arkle Chase.He won the Grand National in... |
8 | 10-12 | 10/1 JF | 3 lengths | £49,117 |
| 5th | Hello Bud | Sam Twiston-Davies | 12 | 10-06 | 20/1 | 7 lengths | £24,605 |
| 6th | Snowy Morning | David Casey | 10 | 10-13 | 14/1 | 1½ lengths | £12,302 |
| 7th | Character Building | Nina Carberry Nina Carberry Nina Carberry is an Irish female National Hunt jockey. She hails from a racing family and is the daughter of jockey Tommy Carberry. In 2011 she won the Irish Grand National on Organisedconfusion which was trained by her uncle Arthur Moore and became only the second woman rider to win the race... |
10 | 10-11 | 16/1 | Neck | £6,105 |
| 8th | Cloudy Lane | Jason Maguire Jason Maguire Jason Maguire , is a Irish horse racing jockey who won the 2011 Grand National on Ballabriggs.-Early life and career:Maguire is the nephew of another former jockey Adrian Maguire. He started out in Irish pony races and as he started his career rode his first winner, Search For Peace at Cheltenham... |
10 | 11-03 | 25/1 | 12 lengths | £3,145 |
| 9th | Tricky Trickster | Richard Johnson Richard Johnson (jockey) Richard Johnson is an English National Hunt jockey.-Background:Johnson comes from a racing family with his father being an amateur jockey and his mother, Sue Johnson, a successful trainer.-Jockey career:... |
7 | 11-04 | 16/1 | ¾ length | Nil |
| 10th | Joe Lively | Joe Tizzard | 11 | 11-06 | 33/1 | Short head | Nil |
| 11th | Cerium | Davy Russell Davy Russell Davy Russell is an Irish jockey who competes in National Hunt racing. Russell's first win as a professional jockey was for English-based Irish trainer Ferdy Murphy on Inn Antique in a novice hurdle at Sedgefield, 12 November 2002... |
9 | 10-06 | 50/1 | A distance | Nil |
| 12th | Comply or Die Comply or Die Comply or Die is a British trained thoroughbred racehorse, owned by David Johnson. Ridden by Timmy Murphy and trained by David Pipe he was the winner of the £450,640 2008 John Smith's Grand National at Aintree Racecourse, run on Saturday 5 April 2008... |
Timmy Murphy Timmy Murphy Timothy James Murphy , commonly known as Timmy Murphy, is a National Hunt jockey who overcame difficult personal problems to win the 2008 John Smith's Grand National at Aintree Racecourse on the horse Comply or Die. He recorded his 1,000th winner at Taunton on 21 January 2010.- References :... |
11 | 10-05 | 12/1 | 8 lengths | Nil |
| 13th | Piraya | Johnny Farrelly | 7 | 10-07 | 100/1 | A distance | Nil |
| 14th | Preists Leap | Philip Enright | 10 | 11-00 | 100/1 | Last to complete | Nil |
Non-finishers
| Fence | Name | Rider | Age | Weight | Starting price | Fate |
| Start line | King John's Castle | Paul Carberry Paul Carberry Paul Carberry is an Irish National Hunt jockey.- Background :He was born on 9 February 1974. He hails from a racing family. He is the son of jockey Tommy Carberry, who was a famous National Hunt jockey in the 1960s and 1970s. His uncle is Arthur Moore, one of Ireland's leading National Hunt trainers... |
11 | 10-09 | 28/1 | Refused to start |
| 1st | Eric's Charm | Wayne Hutchinson | 12 | 10-09 | 33/1 | Fell |
| 2nd | Pablo Du Charmil | Danny Cook | 9 | 11-02 | 100/1 | Fell |
| 4th | My Will | Nick Scholfield | 10 | 11-02 | 20/1 | Fell |
| 5th | Made in Taipan | Niall Madden Niall Madden Niall "Slippers" Madden is an Irish jockey who rode the racehorse Numbersixvalverde to win the 2006 Grand National steeplechase at Aintree Racecourse.... |
8 | 11-04 | 100/1 | Fell |
| 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.... ) |
Can't Buy Time | Richie McClernon | 8 | 10-13 | 33/1 | Unseated rider |
| 14th | Irish Raptor | Paddy Brennan Paddy Brennan (jockey) Paddy Brennan, is an Irish jockey who rode the winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 2010.A native of Ardrahan, County Galway, Brennan was a keen GAA player with dreams of becoming a county hurler. He only became involved in horseracing after a neighbour noticed his talent with hunt horses... |
11 | 10-07 | 33/1 | Fell |
| 14th | Royal Rosa | Wilson Renwick | 11 | 10-05 | 66/1 | Unseated rider |
| 15th (The Chair) | Arbor Supreme | Paul Townend | 8 | 10-08 | 16/1 | Unseated rider |
| 19th | Madison Du Berlais | Tom Scudamore Tom Scudamore Tom Scudamore is a third-generation British flat and steeplechase jockey. He is the son of eight-time champion jockey Peter Scudamore; his grandfather Michael won the Grand National on Oxo in 1959.-Background:... |
9 | 11-10 | 50/1 | Unseated rider |
| 19th | Beat The Boys | Brian Hughes | 9 | 11-00 | 66/1 | Pulled up |
| 19th | The Package | Graham Lee Graham Lee (jockey) Graham Lee is a successful Irish National Hunt jockey in Great Britain and Ireland. Prior to May 2006, he was the main stable jockey for Howard Johnson, but was replaced by Paddy Brennan, allegedly after a disagreement over his return from an injury. Lee became the main stable jockey and deputy... |
7 | 10-07 | 14/1 | Unseated rider |
| 20th | Vic Venturi | Roger Loughran | 10 | 11-06 | 25/1 | Fell when hampered |
| 20th | Nozic | Liam Treadwell Liam Treadwell Liam Treadwell is an English National Hunt jockey. He was born in the West Sussex town of Arundel and attended the local Angmering School. He was the winner of the 2009 Aintree Grand National, having ridden Mon Mome to victory at odds of 100/1. It was only the fifth time a horse at those odds won... |
9 | 11-03 | 40/1 | Unseated rider when hampered |
| 20th | Backstage | Davy Condon Davy Condon Davy Condon is an Irish National hunt racing jockey in Great Britain and Ireland. Condon’s father, Michael Condon, was an amateur jockey. His father rode for Jimmy Murphy and Charles Byrnes, but a fall that left him in a coma cut his career short with just one win to his credit... |
8 | 11-00 | 25/1 | Unseated rider when hampered |
| 21st | Flintoff | Andrew Tinkler | 9 | 10-05 | 50/1 | 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... ) |
Ballyfitz | David England | 10 | 10-09 | 50/1 | Fell |
| 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... ) |
Maljimar | Daryl Jacob | 10 | 10-08 | 28/1 | Fell |
| 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) |
Ellerslie George | Christian Williams | 10 | 10-10 | 66/1 | Unseated rider |
| 24th (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.... ) |
Dream Alliance | Tom O'Brien Tom O'Brien (jockey) Tom O'Brien is an Irish jockey.Son of Wexford-born Jim O'Brien, O'Brien began his career in racing riding out for his uncle, shay slevin in wexford before starting to ride out for uncle Aidan O'Brien where he rode legendary horses such as High Chaparral and Rock of Gibraltar.After riding in... |
9 | 11-03 | 16/1 | Pulled up |
| 26th | Mon Mome Mon Mome Mon Mome is an AQPS racehorse, which won the 2009 John Smith's Grand National at Aintree Racecourse, run on April 4, 2009. It was ridden by Liam Treadwell and trained by Venetia Williams... |
Aidan Coleman Aidan Coleman Aidan Coleman is an Irish horse racing jockey.Born in Innishannon, Cork, Ireland, Coleman rode in the 2008 Grand National at the age of 19, his first time riding in that steeplechase. He was one of the youngest riders ever to start the Grand National... |
10 | 11-07 | 14/1 | Fell |
| 27th | Palypso De Creek | Tom Siddall | 7 | 10-06 | 66/1 | Fell |
| 28th | Ballyholland | Andrew McNamara | 9 | 11-00 | 28/1 | Pulled up |
| 29th | Niche Market | Harry Skelton | 9 | 11-04 | 16/1 | Pulled up |
| 29th | Conna Castle | Sean Flanagan | 11 | 10-09 | 100/1 | Pulled up |
| 29th | Ollie Magern | Tom Molloy | 12 | 10-09 | 100/1 | Pulled up |
Trivia
For the first time since 2005, there were no equine fatalities in the main race. In each of the previous four years there was one casualty.Plaisir d'Estruval and Prudent Honour both died instantly after jumping Valentine's, the 13th fence in the Topham Chase on 9 April, a handicap over two miles and 5½ furlongs. Both horses broke their necks. Earlier the same day, in the grade one Melling Chase over standard chase fences on the Mildmay track, Schindlers Hunt was put down after fracturing a leg in a fall at the third fence. Schindlers Hunt's jockey Paddy Flood broke his collarbone in the fall; the other jockeys were unhurt.
Coral bookmakers took the decision to refund bets placed on race-day for King John's Castle. The horse was bidding to become the first grey to win the National since 1961, but refused to run when the race started. Although under betting rules customers bets should have been classified as losers, Coral took the decision to make a goodwill refund gesture to their customers.
Jockeys and quotes
Selected quotes from the jockeys including winner at the fifteenth attempt, Tony McCoy, 17-year-old Sam Twiston-Davies who was aiming to become the second-youngest winning jockey ever, and Nina Carberry attempting to be first female rider to win the race:- Tony McCoy (Don't Push It, first): "If you get enough goes at something and you keep going, once you're in there you've always got a chance. I'm delighted for JP [McManus, owner] as he's the best supporter this game has ever had and ever will have, and I'm very privileged to ride a Grand National winner in his colours."
- Denis O'Regan (Black Apalachi, second): "My fella's a tremendous horse and he gave me a tremendous feel. He just loves bowling along and loves this place. He was a bit keen early on but once he settled into a lovely rhythm he was fantastic. It's a pleasure to ride a horse like him round here."
- Paul Moloney (State Of Play, third): "It was a serious run from a serious horse who's been very good to me - and he might win it next year, please God."
- Barry Geraghty (late replacement jockey for Big Fella Thanks, fourth): "That was brilliant. He galloped from end to end, the best ride I've ever had round here. But if you can't have the winner then it's good to see AP [McCoy] win it."
- Sam Twiston-Davies (Hello Bud, fifth): "That was brilliant. The horse has been a real star and has jumped from fence to fence."
- Nina Carberry (Character Building, seventh): "He couldn't lay up and the plan was to give him a chance. I thought I had a really great chance of being in the money and in the first three over the Canal Turn, but he got tapped for toe and in the end I just got done for sixth. He ran a great race had it been softer he might have come back to them a bit more. Hopefully he'll come back next year."
Tony McCoy lined up as the most experienced rider in the race for the fourth consecutive year, having taken over as senior rider from Carl Llewellyn after the 2006 National. It had also been an honour he had shared for a time with Mick Fitzgerald
Mick Fitzgerald
Mick Fitzgerald is an Irish National Hunt jockey who rode mainly in Great Britain. He has ridden the winners of the Grand National, on Rough Quest in 1996, and the Cheltenham Gold Cup on See More Business in 1999. He was the stable jockey for Nicky Henderson and was leading jockey at the...
and Paul Carberry. 2010 also marked McCoy's fifteenth ride in the National, a feat previously achieved by only nine other riders, however, defeat this year would have seen McCoy become only the seond rider to take fifteen rides in the race without ever winning. His ultimate victory saw this dubious honour remain solely Jeff King's.
At the opposite extreme, nine riders made their Grand National debut, though only one, Sam Twiston-Davies managed to complete the course, finishing fifth. Danny Cook's first National ended at the second fence while Ritchie McLernon, Brian Hughes, Roger Loughran, Tom Siddall, Harry Skelton and Tom Molloy were also taking part for the first time.
Broadcasting
As the Grand NationalGrand 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...
was accorded the status as an event of national interest within the United Kingdom and was listed on the Ofcom Code on Sports and Other Listed & Designated Events, the event had to be shown on free-to-air terrestrial television in the UK. As with previous years the rights to broadcast the race were held by the BBC
BBC
The British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
and the race, along with several others were shown on BBC One
BBC One
BBC One is the flagship television channel of the British Broadcasting Corporation in the United Kingdom. It was launched on 2 November 1936 as the BBC Television Service, and was the world's first regular television service with a high level of image resolution...
. It was also the first horse race in the UK to be broadcast in high definition
High-definition television
High-definition television is video that has resolution substantially higher than that of traditional television systems . HDTV has one or two million pixels per frame, roughly five times that of SD...
on the BBC HD
BBC HD
BBC HD is a high-definition television network provided by the BBC. The service was initially run as a trial from 15 May 2006 until becoming a full service on 1 December 2007...
channel. The BBC's coverage was produced by Sunset and Vine who, with the aid of the SiS outside broadcast unit, provided coverage of fifteen races throughout the three-day meeting.
Clare Balding
Clare Balding
Clare Balding is a BBC sports presenter, journalist and jockey.-Early life:In 1989 and 1990, Balding was a leading amateur flat jockey and Champion Lady Rider in 1990....
served as anchor presenter for the fifth consecutive year with Rishi Persad providing interviews from the jockey's room as well as taking a closer look at the horses in the paddock with 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...
. Mick Fitzgerald
Mick Fitzgerald
Mick Fitzgerald is an Irish National Hunt jockey who rode mainly in Great Britain. He has ridden the winners of the Grand National, on Rough Quest in 1996, and the Cheltenham Gold Cup on See More Business in 1999. He was the stable jockey for Nicky Henderson and was leading jockey at the...
guided viewers through the course as well as providing post-race analysis from all the build-up races. Richard Pitman
Richard Pitman
Richard Pitman, is a retired jump jockey who rode 470 winners in his career including Lanzarote in the 1974 Champion Hurdle). He also won the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park Racecourse twice, the Whitbread Gold Cup once and the Hennessy Gold Cup once....
provided nostalgia with interviews with several famous names from the history of the race, including an interview with his ex-wife Jenny Pitman
Jenny Pitman
Jenny Pitman is a former British racehorse trainer and author. She became the first woman to train a Grand National winner, when Corbiere won the race in 1983. She went on to win a second Grand National with Royal Athlete in 1995...
while Lizzie Greenwood-Hughes interviewed spectators in the stands for unusual and interesting stories. John Parrott
John Parrott
John Parrott MBE is an English professional snooker player and TV personality.He won the World Snooker Championship in 1991, defeating Jimmy White in the final. Two years earlier he had lost 3–18 to Steve Davis, the heaviest final defeat in modern times...
and Gary Wiltshire completed the team with news from the betting ring.
The commentary team for the 2010 Grand National consisted of Ian Bartlett
Ian Bartlett
Ian Bartlett is a horse racing commentator and occasional analyst for the BBC.. He has also commentated for Channel 4 Racing.For the BBC's television coverage of the Grand National, Bartlett commentates on four sections of the 4½-mile steeplechase, from the 1st to 5th fence, 10th to 12th, 17th to...
, Darren Owen
Darren Owen
Darren Charles Owen is a horse racing commentator, born 3 June 1967 in St. Asaph, North Wales.Having been interested in horse racing since a young age, Owen won the regional final of an amateur sports commentator competition, organised by BBC Radio 2 and sponsored by Fosters Lager, in 1989. He...
and Jim McGrath
Jim McGrath (Australian commentator)
Jim Aloysius McGrath is the BBC's senior horse racing commentator. He was previously deputy race commentator, and sometimes a paddock commentator.-Career:...
, who called the winner home for the thirteenth consecutive year. This was the first time for six years that the team had been reduced from four to three with Tony O'Hehir being dropped in what the BBC called a cost-cutting exercise. As is tradition, anchor presenter Balding conducted the interviews with the winning connections while Bartlett, Dunwoody and Fitzgerald then took the viewers through a detailed rerun of the race.
BBC radio also covered the race live for the seventy-ninth time as part of its wider Five Live Sports broadcast. Mark Pougatch
Mark Pougatch
Mark Pougatch is a freelance radio and television broadcaster, a journalist and author who works mainly as a sports presenter for the BBC.-Early life:...
presented the programme live from Aintree with race commentary called by Cornelius Lysaght
Cornelius Lysaght
Cornelius Lysaght is the horse racing correspondent of the BBC, usually broadcasting on Radio 5 Live. He took up this position in June 2001, succeeding the late Peter Bromley, who had held the position since 1959....
and John Hunt
John Hunt
John Hunt may refer to:*John Hunt , Quaker minister, originally from London, England, and one of the "Virginia Exiles"*John Hunt , Quaker minister and journalist from Moorestown, New Jersey...
. The race was also covered by Racing UK into bookmakers' offices throughout the UK and Ireland using alternative camera shots from the BBC with their own commentary team.
External links
- Grand National runners and riders, BBC Sport, 10 April 2010
- Grand National 2010 - as it happened The Guardian