1966 Grand National: Results, Runners & Fallers

1966 Grand National StartersThe 1966 Grand National was the second leg of a famous double for winning trainer Fred Winter, who landed back-to-back Grand National wins after winning the 1965 race.

This time around, the winner was Anglo, who took the race at odds of 50/1 on soft ground. It was the first attempt at the race for both the horse and his jockey, Tim Norman.

Trainer Winter was having his second Grand National runner ever, his first won a year earlier, and Anglo made it two out of two with a 20 length success.

47 horses ran in the race, with 12 finishing and amongst those was the hot favourite Freddie. He finished second in 1965 and was heavily backed to go one better here but could only manage the same position, again behind a runner trained by Winter.

Tim Norman Dramatically Keeps Ride Despite Crash

There was much talk about trainer and jockey before and in the aftermath of this race.

Winter made it two from two and was beginning to make the Grand National look easy, but it was jockey Norman who grabbed the main headlines due to an incident that took place two days before the big race.

Norman was injured in a car crash two days before the race and almost missed out on the ride due to his injuries. However, he was better and clearly fit to ride in the race, allowing him to take the mount in what was his first attempt at the Grand National.

That attempt was a winning one, and a win in very impressive fashion, coming away to win by 20 lengths. But it could have all been different for Norman. He almost had to give up his first Grand National ride due to the crash.

It was the first of four rides in the race for him, and this winner was the only time he completed the course, failing to get around in the other three attempts. It could have almost never happened for him, he was lucky enough to recover just in time to keep the ride, which turned out to be a winner.

Results

Result Horse Starting Price Age Handicap Prize Money Jockey Trainer
1 Anglo 50/1 8 10-00 £20658 Tim Norman Frederick Thomas Winter
2 Freddie 11/4 9 11-7 £2504 Pat McCarron R Tweedie
3 Forest Prince 100/7 8 10-8 £1252 Gerry Scott Neville Franklin Crump
4 The Fossa 20/1 9 10-8 £626 Terry Biddlecombe Thomas Frederic Rimell
5 Jim's Tavern 100/1 9 10-00 - Nick Gaselee J Hicks
6 Quintin Bay 100/1 10 10-00 - Jackie Cullen Aubrey Brabazon
7 Norther 100/1 9 10-00 - Peter Jones D Jenkins
8 Highland Wedding 15/1 9 10-00 - Owen McNally G B ‘Toby’ Balding
9 Vulcano 25/1 8 10-1 - Josh Gifford Henry Ryan Price
10 Gale Force X 50/1 9 10-00 - Bobby Coonan Dan L Moore
11 Big George 33/1 11 10-00 - James Morrissey W D Francis
12 Loving Record 50/1 12 10-00 - Ben Hannon T Taaffe

Non Finishers

Horse Fence Reason Starting Price Age Handicap Jockey Trainer
Rough Tweed 3 Fell 22/1 12 10-7 Pat Buckley Neville Franklin Crump
Groomsman 6 Refused 100/1 11 11-00 Mr S Roberts G Wells
Packed Home 6 Fell 33/1 11 10-3 Tommy Carberry Dan L Moore
Popham Down 6 Fell 22/1 9 10-00 Willie Robinson Fulke T Walwyn
Willow King 14 Pulled Up 100/1 11 10-00 Liam McLoughlin J N Barratt
Fujino-O 15 Refused 100/1 7 12-00 Jeff King Fulke T Walwyn
Game Purston 15 Fell 100/1 8 10-00 Patrick Michael Cowley J Yeomans
Black Spot 15 Fell 100/1 9 10-00 Jeremy Speid-Soote William Cyril “Bill” Marshall
Bold Biri 15 Baulked 100/1 10 10-00 Johnny Lehane William Arthur Stephenson
Irish Day 15 Fell 40/1 10 10-00 Jimmy Magee P Rooney
Monarch's Thought 15 Refused 100/1 12 10-00 Gordon Cramp D Ellison
Pontin-Go 17 Fell 100/1 14 10-00 Buck Jones John E Sutcliffe
Mac's Flare 18 Pulled Up 100/1 10 10-00 Robin Langley D Charlesworth
In Haste 19 Pulled Up 100/1 8 10-3 Johnny Leech C Bewicke
Scottish Final 19 Fell 100/1 9 10-00 Johnny Gamble F Muggeridge
King Pin 20 Pulled Up 100/1 10 10-11 Tim Durant Roddy C Armytage
Solimyth 20 Pulled Up 100/1 10 10-1 John Lawrence A Oughton
Major Hitch 20 Fell 50/1 8 10-1 Paddy Broderick William Arthur Stephenson
Flamecap 21 Unseated Rider 100/1 9 10-00 Frankie Carroll C Ronaldson
Kapeno 22 Fell 100/7 9 10-6 David Mould Peter Victor Ferdinand Cazalet
Supersweet 22 Fell 100/1 9 10-6 David Crossley-Cooke William Arthur Stephenson
Stirling 22 Pulled Up 28/1 10 10-11 Bobby Beasley Miles Henry Peter Easterby
Leslie 22 Brought Down 100/1 10 10-5 Michael Opperman A S Kilpatrick
Valouis 22 Brought Down 50/1 7 10-00 E Prendergast Prendergast
Greek Scholar 22 Fell 50/1 7 10-4 Michael Scudamore Denys Smith
What A Myth 22 Fell 11/2 9 11-4 Paul Kelleway Henry Ryan Price
Dorimont 25 Unseated Rider 50/1 12 10-00 William Shand-Kydd William Shand-Kydd
Brown Diamond 26 Fell 100/1 11 10-00 Francis Shortt P Murphy
L'Empereur 27 Refused 100/1 12 10-2 Beltran Alfonso Osorio G B ‘Toby’ Balding
Vultrix 27 Pulled Up 100/7 8 10-7 Stan Mellor Francis Cundell
April Rose 27 Pulled Up 100/1 11 10-7 Piers Bengough A S Kilpatrick
Royal Ruse 27 Unknown 100/1 8 10-00 Tim Hyde (2) Fulke T Walwyn
My Gift 27 Pulled Up 100/1 10 10-00 Tony Redmond P Rooney
Flying Wild 27 Pulled Up 20/1 10 11-00 Pat Taaffe Dan L Moore
Harry Black 28 Baulked 100/1 9 10-00 Roy Court H Lane