1998 aintree grand national

horseracing
steaplechase

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Sports

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• horseracing
• defense

[vixitrixalina]

Rest in Peace Suny Bay, only just found out he died 4 days ago. such a wonderful horse, a big part of my childhood.

[sigmondball]

@vixitrixalina yes he was a great chaser and will be sadly missed...thanks

[coolhandsmig]

Great performance by Suny Bay under 12st, giving Earth Summit a stone and a half in defeat.

The ground came for Earth Summit as it rained most of the week on Merseyside.

[rohansrider]

three horses were killed in what was a very bad race;Exhausted horses and by golly does n't the weight show. God how I loath handicapping honest horses.

[whichypoohs]

what a brave horse Sunny Bay way



[vixitrixalina]

also i noticed something - at about 4.40 there's a loose horse, it dodges from the stiff chase fence and jumps the National fence instead. and people thing the jumps are difficult for the horses and need modifying? the horses obviously prefer them, i mean they're soft and come appart easily if they hit them and i guess they're a lot more natural looking.

[DUCSDREAM]

Poor old Digger lasted only a couple of years in active but much loved retirement before succumbing to cancer.Such a shame for him and his close connections...

[TheTEAMBUTLER]

WWOOOOO im going there in 2012. Cant wait

[UlsterGroundhopper]

@vixitrixalina It's quite common for the riders to take a breather and have a chat to those around them as they come back onto the racecourse. The most common questions being whose out? and how's yours doing?

[vixitrixalina]

@coolhandsmig i was 5 years old that year and i remember me and Mum willing Suny Bay home - i loved the grey horse and was a big fan of him in my early years :) what a galant run, 2nd two years running under huge weights.

[vixitrixalina]

i was just laughing at how the two riders in the lead were talking to each other, then Jim Mcgrath confirmed that xD

shame so many lives were lost in this race.

[Starflite]

So from the end of the video, it looks like 5 horses at most even finished the race?! Out of a field of thirty-something? When you have that small percentage of horses even finishing a race, you might need to reexamine what the hell you are trying to get the poor horses to do =/