This was run on Monday 7th April 1997 after being abandoned on Saturday 5th April, and 36 ran.

GRAND NATIONAL 1997

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The British Pathe website and bank of film clips provide excellent coverage of the Grand National. The link below is a 10 minute 0 seconds clip of the Grand National. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPTPt2LHAzQ&feature=related

For a scan of the Monday re-scheduled racecard, and the full line-up, choose Monday Grand National.

Pos. Horse Jockey Owner
1 LORD GYLLENE Tony Dobbin Stanley Clarke
2 SUNNY BAY Jamie Osborne Uplands Bloostock
3 CAMELOT KNIGHT Carl Llewellyn Mr Michael Gates
4 BUCKBOARD BOUNCE Paul Carberry Mr Robert Ogden
5 MASTER OATS Norman Williamson Mr P A Matthews
6 AVRO ANSON Peter Niven The Mirror Punters Club
Also GO BALLISTIC Mick Fitzgerald Mr B J Lockhart
 

and 29 others

   
7/1 fav GO BALLISTIC
8/1 SUNNY BAY
12/1 AVRO ANSON
14/1 LORD GYLLENE
25/1 MASTER OATS
40/1 BUCKBOARD BOUNCE
100/1 CAMELOT KNIGHT
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Sean Curran securing a mattress at the Adelphi before the 1997 Grand National. These are the titles of chapters from Chris Pitt’s book ‘Go Down to the Beaten’, which looks at personal stories by connections of horses which failed to win the Grand National, a copy of which can be purchased by clicking the link below:-
http://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwgreyhoundd-21?_encoding=UTF8&node=341