1971 Grand National

The 1971 Grand National was the 125th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 3 April 1971.

1971 Grand National
Grand National
LocationAintree
Date3 April 1971
Winning horseEngland Specify
JockeyJohn Cook
TrainerEngland John Sutcliffe
OwnerEngland Fred Pontin
ConditionsGood
External video
video icon The 1971 Grand National in full (BBC)
video icon Highlights of the 1971 Grand National, along with 1970 and 1972 BBC Sport

They're inside the final furlong now, Black Secret coming to challenge with Specify on the far side Sandy Sprite in between the two, it's Johnny Cook getting up on Specify... It's Specify and Black Secret, Specify is just gonna win it, at the line Specify is the winner!

Commentator Peter O'Sullevan describes the climax of the 1971 National

Gay Buccaneer was very unlucky having been the clear leader at the Canal turn on the first circuit, only to be interfered with by a loose horse which resulted in him going from first to last, and finishing tenth. Specify was the winner from a close finish between the leading five in the final furlong.

Finishing order
Position Name Jockey Age Handicap (st-lb) SP Distance
01 Specify John Cook 9 10-3 28/1
02 Black Secret Jim Dreaper 7 11-5 20/1
03 Astbury Jimmy Bourke 8 10-0 33/1
04 Bowgeeno Graham Thorner 11 10-5 66/1
05 Sandy Sprite Ron Barry 7 10-3 33/1
06 Two Springs Roy Edwards 9 11-4 13/1
07 Vichysoise Philip Blacker 9 10-3 100/1
08 King Vulgan John Crowley 10 11-0 16/1
09 Regimental John Lawrence 8 10-6 66/1
10 Gay Buccaneer Pat Black 10 10-0 66/1
11 Final Move Tommy Stack 11 10-0 66/1
12 Limeburner (remounted) John Buckingham 10 10-0 100/1
13 Common Entrance (remounted) Mouse Morris 10 10-0 100/1 Last to finish

Non-finishers
Fence Name Jockey Age Handicap (st-lb) Starting price Fate
01 Brian's Best Richard Evans 11 10-11 33/1 Brought Down
01 Country Wedding Bob Champion 9 10-0 50/1 Brought Down
01 Craigbrook Peter Ennis 12 10-1 80/1 Fell
01 Gay Trip Terry Biddlecombe 9 12-0 8/1 Fell
01 Twigairy Eddie Harty 8 10-6 25/1 Brought Down
03 The Laird Jeff King 10 11-12 12/1 Fell
04 Battledore John Enright 10 10-6 45/1 Refused
06 Copperless Martin Gibson 10 10-1 100/1 Fell
06 Pride Of Kentucky Tony Mawson 9 10-0 50/1 Brought Down
06 Soldo David Mould 10 10-7 66/1 Fell
08 Highworth Dick Woodhouse 12 10-5 100/1 Pulled Up
08 Indamelia Philip Hobbs 8 10-5 100/1 Fell
10 Cnoch Dubh Tommy Carberry 8 10-11 20/1 Fell
10 The Otter Buck Jones 10 10-1 12/1 Fell
10 Zara's Grove Gordon Holmes 8 10-0 66/1 Fell
11 Lord Jim Stan Mellor 10 10-9 9/1 Fell
12 Kellsboro' Wood Andy Turnell 11 10-0 100/1 Fell
15 Miss Hunter John Fowler 10 10-0 33/1 Fell
19 Smooth Dealer Arthur Moore 9 10-3 33/1 Refused
19 Vulture Sean Barker 9 10-0 16/1 Fell
22 Beau Bob Richard Dennard 8 10-3 40/1 Unseated Rider
22 Money Boat Bobby Coonan 7 10-7 16/1 Fell
27 Charter Flight Bill Rees 9 11-8 25/1 Pulled Up
27 Flosuebarb Joe Guest 11 10-1 33/1 Pulled Up
27 The Inventor Brian Fletcher 10 10-7 20/1 Refused

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Media coverage

A special Grand National Grandstand was presented by David Coleman on the BBC for the twelfth year. Three commentators were used this year, Peter O'Sullevan, Raleigh Gilbert and Julian Wilson. Peter Bromley was the lead commentator on BBC radio.

Aftermath

John Cook retired from racing the following year on medical advice and emigrated to Australia where he died after a long illness in 1999 [4]

References
  1. "1970 & 1971 - The Grand National & Aintree 1970-79". Seventiesnationals.webs.com. Retrieved 18 August 2014.
  2. The Grand National : the history of the Aintree spectacular, by Stewart Peters & Bernard Parkin, ISBN 0-7524-3547-7
  3. "Grand National Anorak |". freewebs.com. Retrieved 27 August 2014.
  4. "Cook, John - Jockeypedia".


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