2001 aintree grand national

steaplechase

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Sports

Tags:

• horseracing..grand
• national

[museobsessed17]

Who was the commentator from the start until 2:38? Boring...

[sigmondball]

@museobsessed17 it was John Hanmer

[adzybear1989]

dont know why alot of you are criticising john hanmer, i thought his commentary for the best part of 30 years was terrific and first class..and unless you can do any better its better to not use technology to bitch about decent people :O

[kristiaaaan]

This is a proper British horse race with proper brave runners and riders. 25 show ponies skipping round is all very well, but this is the one great National I'll remember.

How people can criticise John Hanmer commentating on a race he can't even see is beyond me? He did a brilliant job too in those circumstances. The bit of him commentating as Carl Llewellyn chases Beau in vain is priceless, as is Carl's reaction when Beau jumps it.

[adzybear1989]

oops it was 2:00 he nearly went at sorry :D to be honest john hanmer did miracles even being able to commentate to an exciting & respectable standard, rain was coming down faster than bradley walsh's quick fire questions against the clock on the chase lol..& to signal how hard it was to see jh said espree du cotte was in fifth when he catapulted his rider off when he in fact was quite a way back, that shud show how poor visibility was, & at the end of the day this race was brill, full of drama

[adzybear1989]

also look out for a horse called hold on julio if the grounds quick & he runs (which is doubtful if west end rocker gets his soft or heavy ground) he's very fragile & lightly raced but if he avoids havoc & his jumping holds up - big chance as well as always waining on good ground, alternatively if its soft or heavy giles cross is a good jumping front runner, alot depends on the ground for me each year :P

[adzybear1989]

such an epic national one of my favourites, water splashing everywhere, red marauder nearly went at 2:12, it so could have been different if it was run a week later but..thats what makes the national special..its exciting & unique in every way..im on according to pete this year bold front runner who will jump for fun & i reckon he will take to this on good or heavy

[ddiggins79]

i agree with you to a certain extent. in my opinion the conditions helped create the pile up. if the pile up didnt happen at the canal turn, its probably safe to assume something would have halted their progress later on. realistically who knows but it's still a fantastic race to watch. diid the best horse win? i doubt it, but what a race

[ddiggins79]

i'll never forget this day. i backed the winner in the best grand national yet three days later i went to paris, paid for by red marauder. haven't had a national winner since........ or a decent holiday. there's always next year i suppose.

[ddiggins79]

totally agree. john hamner's part of my chlldhood watching the national. love this one cos i backed red marauder (each way). spent the last circuit praying he wouldnt fall. i will never forget this national as long  as i live

[MrJoey1498]

I was on Beau that year, I was convinced he would have won too!

[joe76072]

Look at the open ditch 2nd time round. Timmy murphy did well to get over fence. 

[MyAndrew987]

I had never seen so many fallers in the grand national until 2001.

[dignifiedwhite]

Surely the reason there were few finishers was the pile up at the Canal Turn, not the going.