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1966 Grand National

{{short description|English steeplechase horse race}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}}

{{Use British English|date=May 2014}}

{{Infobox Horse race

|pagename=1966 Grand National

|horse race= Grand National

|location= Aintree

|date= 26 March 1966

|winning horse={{flagicon|Ireland}} Anglo

|starting price= 50/1

|winning jockey={{flagicon|England}} Tim Norman

|winning trainer={{Flagicon|England}} Fred Winter

|winning owner={{Flagicon|England}} Stuart Levy

|conditions= Soft

|previous = 1965

|next = 1967

}}

{{external media

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| video1 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fOr2mCVk61k BBC]

| video2 = [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9bGrOOxVAk British Pathe Highlights]

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The 1966 Grand National was the 120th renewal of the 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. Forty-seven horses ran.

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

Finishing order

class="wikitable sortable"
Position

!Name

!Jockey

!Age

!Handicap (st-lb)

!SP

!Distance

01

|Anglo

|Tim Norman

|8

|10-0

|50/1

|Won by 20 lengths

02

|Freddie

|Pat McCarron

|9

|11-7

|11/4 F

|

03

|Forest Prince

|Gerry Scott

|8

|10-8

|100/7

|

04

|The Fossa

|Terry Biddlecombe

|9

|10-8

|20/1

|

05

|Jim's Tavern

|Nick Gaselee

|9

|10-0

|100/1

|

06

|Quintin Bay

|Jackie Cullen

|10

|10-0

|100/1

|

07

|Norther

|Peter 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

|James Morrissey

|11

|10-0

|33/1

|

12

|Loving Record

|Ben Hannon

|12

|10-0

|50/1

|Last to complete

Non-finishers

class="wikitable sortable"
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

|Francis Shortt

|11

|10-0

|100/1

|Fell

06

|Popham Down

|Willie Robinson

|9

|10-0

|22/1

|Fell

17

|Pontin-Go

|Buck Jones

|14

|10-0

|100/1

|Fell

15

|Game Purston

|Paddy Cowley

|8

|10-0

|100/1

|Fell

22

|Supersweet

|David 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

|Johnny Gamble

|9

|10-0

|100/1

|Fell

21

|Flamecap

|Frankie Carroll

|9

|10-0

|100/1

|Unseated Rider

15

|Black Spot

|Jeremy Speid-Soote

|9

|10-0

|100/1

|Fell

28

|Harry Black

|Roy Court

|9

|10-0

|100/1

|Baulked

27

|Flying Wild

|Pat Taaffe

|10

|11-0

|20/1

|Pulled Up

22

|Stirling

|Bobby Beasley

|10

|10-11

|28/1

|Pulled Up

27

|Vultrix

|Stan Mellor

|8

|10-7

|100/7

|Pulled Up

20

|Solimyth

|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

|Duke of Alburquerque

|12

|10-2

|100/1

|Refused

14

|Willow King

|Liam McLoughlin

|11

|10-0

|100/1

|Pulled Up

27

|Royal Ruse

|Tim Hyde

|8

|10-0

|100/1

|Pulled Up

18

|Mac's Flare

|Robin Langley

|10

|10-0

|100/1

|Pulled Up

20

|King Pin

|Tim Durant

|10

|10-11

|100/1

|Pulled Up

19

|In Haste

|Johnny Leech

|8

|10-3

|100/1

|Pulled Up

27

|My Gift

|Tony Redmond

|10

|10-0

|100/1

|Pulled Up

15

|Bold Biri

|Johnny Lehane

|10

|10-0

|100/1

|Baulked

22

|Valouis

|Eamon Prendergast

|7

|10-0

|50/1

|Brought Down

22

|Leslie

|Michael Opperman

|10

|10-5

|100/1

|Brought Down

25

|Dorimont

|William Shand-Kydd

|12

|10-0

|50/1

|Unseated Rider

15

|Fujino-O

|Jeff King

|7

|12-0

|100/1

|Refused

15

|Monarch's Thought

|Gordon Cramp

|12

|10-0

|100/1

|Refused

06

|Groomsman

|Mr S Roberts

|11

|11-0

|100/1

|Refused

The Grand National : the history of the Aintree spectacular, by Stewart Peters & Bernard Parkin, {{ISBN|0-7524-3547-7}}

{{cite web|url=http://sixtiesnationals.webs.com/196667.htm |title=1966/67 - The Grand National and Aintree 1960-1969 |publisher=Sixtiesnationals.webs.com |date=1968-10-12 |access-date=2014-08-18}}

{{cite web |url=http://www.grand-national.net/past_winners.htm |title=Past Winners of The Grand National |publisher=Grand-national.net |access-date=2014-08-18 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111104085359/http://www.grand-national.net/past_winners.htm |archive-date=4 November 2011 |url-status=dead }}

{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=GG5VAAAAIBAJ&sjid=_D4NAAAAIBAJ&pg=6381%2C3561202|title=The Miami News - Google News Archive Search|publisher=Google News|access-date=2014-08-27}}

Media coverage

David Coleman presented Grand National Grandstand on the BBC. The seventh successive year the race was broadcast live and the sixth time Coleman fronted the coverage. Peter O'Sullevan, Bob Haynes and Tony Preston were the commentators.

References

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