1966 Grand National

1966 Grand National
Grand National
Location Aintree
Date 26 March 1966
Winning horse Anglo
Jockey Tim Norman
Trainer Fred Winter
Owner Stuart Levy
Conditions Soft
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External video
Replay of the 1960s Grand Nationals in full Racing UK, BBC Sport, YouTube
Highlights of the 1966 Grand National

The 1966 Grand National was the 120th renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 26 March 1966.

The winner was Anglo by 20 lengths, giving Freddie second place for a second consecutive year.

The winning jockey Tim Norman had been injured in a car accident two days earlier.

Finishing order

Position Name Jockey Age Handicap (st-lb) SP Distance
01 Anglo Tim Norman 8 10-0 50/1
02 Freddie Pat McCarron 9 11-7 11/4
03 Forest Prince Gerry Scott 8 10-8 100/7
04 The Fossa Terry Biddlecombe 9 10-8 20/1
05 Jim's Tavern Mr Nick Gaselee 9 10-0 100/1
06 Quintin Bay Jackie Cullen 10 10-0 100/1
07 Norther P Jones 9 10-0 100/1
08 Highland Wedding Owen McNally 9 10-0 15/2
09 Vulcano Josh Gifford 8 10-1 25/1
10 Gale Force X Bobby Coonan 9 10-0 50/1
11 Big George J Morrissey 11 10-0 33/1
12 Loving Record Ben Hannon 12 10-0 50/1 Last to complete

Non-finishers

Fence Name Jockey Age Handicap (st-lb) Starting price Fate
22 What A Myth Paul Kelleway 9 11-4 11/2 Fell
03 Rough Tweed Pat Buckley 12 10-7 22/1 Fell
22 Kapeno David Mould 9 10-6 100/7 Fell
06 Packed Home Tommy Carberry 11 10-3 33/1 Fell
22 Greek Scholar Michael Scudamore 7 10-4 50/1 Fell
26 Brown Diamond Frank Shortt 11 10-0 100/1 Fell
06 Popham Down Willie Robinson 9 10-0 22/1 Fell
17 Pontin-Go TM Jones 14 10-0 100/1 Fell
15 Game Purston Paddy Cowley 8 10-0 100/1 Fell
22 Supersweet Mr D Crossley-Cooke 9 10-6 100/1 Fell
20 Major Hitch Paddy Broderick 8 10-1 50/1 Fell
15 Irish Day Jimmy Magee 10 10-0 40/1 Fell
19 Scottish Final J Gamble 9 10-0 100/1 Fell
21 Flamecap F Carroll 9 10-0 100/1 Unseated Rider
15 Black Spot Jeremy Speid-Soote 9 10-0 100/1 Fell
28 Harry Black R Court 9 10-0 100/1 Baulked
27 Flying Wild Pat Taaffe 10 11-0 20/1 Pulled Up
22 Stirling HR Beasley 10 10-11 28/1 Pulled Up
27 Vultrix Stan Mellor 8 10-7 100/7 Pulled Up
20 Solimyth Mr John Lawrence 10 10-1 100/1 Pulled Up
27 April Rose Major Piers Bengough 11 10-7 100/1 Pulled Up
27 L'Empereur Beltrán Osorio 12 10-2 100/1 Refused
14 Willow King Liam McLoughlin 11 10-0 100/1 Pulled Up
27 Royal Ryse T Hyde 8 10-0 100/1 Pulled Up
18 Mac's Flare R Langley 10 10-0 100/1 Pulled Up
20 King Pin Mr Tim Durant 10 10-11 100/1 Pulled Up
19 In Haste J Leech 8 10-3 100/1 Pulled Up
27 My Gift A Redmond 10 10-0 100/1 Pulled Up
15 Bold Biri J Lehane 10 10-0 100/1 Baulked
22 Valouis E Prendergast 7 10-0 50/1 Brought Down
22 Leslie Mr JM Opperman 10 10-5 100/1 Brought Down
25 Dorimont Mr W Shand-Kydd 12 10-0 50/1 Unseated Rider
15 Fujino-O Jeff King 7 12-0 100/1 Refused
15 Monarch's Thought G Cramp 12 10-0 100/1 Refused
06 Groomsman Mr S Roberts 11 11-0 100/1 Refused

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References

  1. ↑ The Grand National : the history of the Aintree spectacular, by Stewart Peters & Bernard Parkin, ISBN 0-7524-3547-7
  2. ↑ "1966/67 - The Grand National and Aintree 1960-1969". Sixtiesnationals.webs.com. 1968-10-12. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
  3. ↑ "Past Winners of The Grand National". Grand-national.net. Retrieved 2014-08-18.
  4. ↑ "The Miami News - Google News Archive Search". news.google.com. Retrieved 2014-08-27.