Round 1 – The trainers

  • 1. Lottery (1839) was the first of four Grand National winners for this Epsom trainer, who also rode the winners of both the Oaks and Derby there.
  • 2. Co Cork man who made history by winning the race in three successive years, with three different horses, before switching his focus to flat racing.
  • 3. Had her first runner in the Aintree showpiece with The Songwriter in 1977, but arguably more famous for her exploits six years later. Or that time she decked Jamie Osborne at Ayr.
  • 4. Winning riders Charlie Fenwick and Hywel Davies reported that their instructions were to “keep remounting”. Apocryphal or not, who was responsible for these unique orders?
  • 5. Saddled two winners of the race in a storied career. Namesake of the original ‘knight of the pigskin’ and shared a nickname with Bruce Springsteen. Some man for one man.