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Hello and welcome to highlight of the 165th running of the John | :04:26. | :04:29. | |
Smith's Grand National. There are few sporting events that bring our | :04:29. | :04:34. | |
great nation as close together as this unique occasion. We all have | :04:34. | :04:40. | |
great memories of the rage - Red Rum's hat-trick and Aldaniti's | :04:40. | :04:44. | |
record. Who will write the next chapter in the story of the world's | :04:44. | :04:51. | |
greatest race? Spring comes to consciousness and | :04:51. | :04:59. | |
sets the pulse racing. Across these thrilling fields, where plot twists | :04:59. | :05:04. | |
extend beyond the immortal realm and Morse and palms greased betting | :05:04. | :05:12. | |
slips between fingers crossed. Reminiscence from the big chair of | :05:12. | :05:16. | |
flight without wings tearing through the air. Flashback cutaways | :05:16. | :05:24. | |
to monochrome coalitions. Men for all seasons jockey for position. | :05:24. | :05:28. | |
The commotion of a motion, the first to show. The electric | :05:28. | :05:36. | |
sprinters, the ready, steady, Go. The blinkered view. The mythical | :05:36. | :05:40. | |
flying horse, the too good to be true. The Rev Prof muscle, the | :05:40. | :05:46. | |
pound of flesh, the old, the young, the tired, the fresh. Owners, | :05:46. | :05:50. | |
trainers, runners, riders, dead certs, favourites, fancied | :05:51. | :05:57. | |
outsiders. This heroic, no bile equine beauty simply served to | :05:57. | :06:02. | |
widen the smile. It is about place, culture and nothing comes within a | :06:02. | :06:08. | |
mile. The geography has never changed for the wise man or the | :06:08. | :06:18. | |
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full. It is in the country's DNA - Aintree, Liverpool. | :06:18. | :06:22. | |
Aintree will miss a dear friend today. Ginger McCain, trainer of | :06:22. | :06:26. | |
the Great Red Rum, sadly passed away in September last year and is | :06:26. | :06:29. | |
remembered here at the racecourse with this magnificent statue that | :06:29. | :06:33. | |
overlooks the winners' enclosure. There was a poignant moment on | :06:33. | :06:40. | |
Thursday, when cloudy laying won the Fox Hunters' Chase. On the same | :06:40. | :06:47. | |
day, the great Big Bucks won an amazing 17th race in a row. What a | :06:47. | :06:53. | |
horse he is, a true champion. As he comes up to the line, there is warm | :06:53. | :07:00. | |
applause from the appreciative crowd at Liverpool. And on Friday, | :07:00. | :07:04. | |
always when in, at the age of 11, became the first horse to win the | :07:04. | :07:13. | |
top and chase for the third time. And history in the making in the | :07:14. | :07:16. | |
Topham Chase for the third consecutive year. So will create | :07:16. | :07:21. | |
history in today's Grand National? A sell-out crowd gathered at | :07:21. | :07:24. | |
Aintree for what promised to be a fabulous occasion. The National | :07:24. | :07:30. | |
course once again looked in magnificent shape. Adding extra | :07:30. | :07:33. | |
spice to the afternoon's action was the battle for the championship | :07:33. | :07:37. | |
between Nicky Henderson and Paul Nicholls. Neither had won the Grand | :07:37. | :07:45. | |
National before. Sadly, Ruby Walsh would miss his big race wide after | :07:45. | :07:47. | |
crashing in the Aintree Hurdle earlier in the afternoon. His place | :07:47. | :07:56. | |
was taken by Paul Townend. They joined the 38 riders for the last | :07:56. | :08:01. | |
moment of calm for the traditional voter before the race. No. 1 was | :08:01. | :08:05. | |
Synchronised, ridden by the champion jockey Tony McCoy. Last | :08:05. | :08:10. | |
year's winner Ballabriggs was back, bidding to become the first horse | :08:10. | :08:16. | |
since Red Rum to win the race in successive years. Nicky Henderson's | :08:16. | :08:20. | |
representative was Shakalakaboomboom, ridden by Barry | :08:20. | :08:24. | |
Geraghty, while Paul Nicholls was pinning his hopes on Neptune | :08:24. | :08:30. | |
Collonges, ridden by Daryl Jacob. Katie Walsh Road Seabass for her | :08:30. | :08:34. | |
father Ted, hoping to follow in the footsteps of her brother Ruby, who | :08:34. | :08:40. | |
had won the race before. The other woman in the race was Nina Carberry, | :08:40. | :08:45. | |
Katie's sister-in-law, riding Organised Confusion. Beforehand, | :08:45. | :08:50. | |
Tony jockey was unseated from Synchronised. But after being | :08:50. | :09:00. | |
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checked over, horse and rider were So after all the drama of Tony | :09:17. | :09:20. | |
McCoy being unseated on Synchronised, we are all set for | :09:20. | :09:24. | |
the 2012 John Smith's and National. There will win? Here is our | :09:24. | :09:34. | |
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them forward. They are off and running in the 2012 John Smith's | :09:38. | :09:46. | |
Grand National. Write down the inside, State Of Play and Killyglen | :09:46. | :09:56. | |
are first away. They are followed by a Swing Bill. Viking Blond in | :09:56. | :10:06. | |
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the front rank. I could not see the leaders at first. Viking Blond was | :10:06. | :10:14. | |
the faller. Viking bomb has gone at the first. Swing Bill is up there | :10:14. | :10:18. | |
with State Of Play. Then comes Always Right. Synchronised towards | :10:18. | :10:26. | |
the back of the field. Junior is down at the second fence. I saw | :10:26. | :10:36. | |
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Shakalakaboomboom jump through. A bad mistake from Vic Venturi. | :10:37. | :10:47. | |
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Shakalakaboomboom is just ahead of Swing Bill and Giles cross. | :10:48. | :10:55. | |
Shakalakaboomboom and Seabass are ahead. We have lost one. State Of | :10:55. | :11:01. | |
Play has gone. Chicago Gray has gone as well. They now come towards | :11:01. | :11:07. | |
Becher's Brook. It is Shakalakaboomboom, Planet Of Sound, | :11:07. | :11:15. | |
Deep Purple and then Swing Bill. Sunnyhillboy is towards the outside. | :11:15. | :11:24. | |
Synchronised is down at Becher's Brook! It is Shakalakaboomboom, | :11:24. | :11:30. | |
Seabass. Afrobeat has fallen. The leaders are about to tackle the | :11:30. | :11:40. | |
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Canal Turn. It is Shakalakaboomboom, followed by Always Right, Seabass, | :11:41. | :11:45. | |
and according to Peter. Killyglen has gone. Organised Confusion has | :11:45. | :11:55. | |
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also gone. Now the leaders are jumping Valentine's. Of the Supreme | :11:56. | :12:00. | |
appears to be the last one to go. With the stretch jacket, | :12:00. | :12:03. | |
Shakalakaboomboom is just the leader in the National. A bad | :12:03. | :12:09. | |
mistake from Deep Purple, further back in the field. Planet of sand | :12:09. | :12:18. | |
and Seabass were the leaders. Giles Cross has been pulled up towards | :12:18. | :12:23. | |
the rear of the field. Planet Of Sound has gone now as they come up | :12:23. | :12:29. | |
to number 12. Shakalakaboomboom in second place. In third place is | :12:29. | :12:39. | |
Seabass. Ballabriggs is in mid- division. Now they run on towards | :12:39. | :12:44. | |
the recourse proper. As they cross over now on the first occasion and | :12:44. | :12:48. | |
heading towards fence No. 13, Planet Of Sound has been jumping | :12:48. | :12:56. | |
spectacularly and is in the lead ahead of Shakalakaboomboom. Behind | :12:56. | :13:01. | |
them at is always write in fourth place followed by Hello Bud and | :13:01. | :13:05. | |
Deep Purple, followed further back by a Swing Bill. Further back, | :13:05. | :13:15. | |
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midnight -- haze. Planet Of Sound is the leader as they head towards | :13:21. | :13:31. | |
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the 14th. According To Pete is just behind them. Deep Purple is not | :13:33. | :13:42. | |
jumping well. On the inside his Ballabriggs. Sunnyhillboy is out | :13:42. | :13:52. | |
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wide, followed by Neptune Collonges. One has gone, the others are over | :13:54. | :14:00. | |
safely. The leader is Planet Of Sound at the, then | :14:00. | :14:10. | |
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Shakalakaboomboom, Seabass in third. Then Neptune Collonges. On the | :14:12. | :14:20. | |
inside, midnight haze. On the inside is On His Own, followed by | :14:20. | :14:26. | |
Cappa Bleu. Then there is In Compliance, followed by swindle and | :14:26. | :14:32. | |
Deep Purple, who is going backwards. Treacle is right at the back. | :14:32. | :14:41. | |
Neptune is at the back as well. Vic Venturi is third from last. Planet | :14:41. | :14:45. | |
Of Sound leads them now by three or four lengths to Shakalakaboomboom | :14:45. | :14:52. | |
in second place. Quiscover Fontaine has gone as they come to number 18. | :14:52. | :15:02. | |
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On His Own and Seabass are close by. They come to the ditch now. Planet | :15:04. | :15:10. | |
Of Sound has been joined by Shakalakaboomboom. Then Seabass. | :15:10. | :15:19. | |
Behind these is On His Own. Vic Venturi is refused. It is Planet Of | :15:19. | :15:29. | |
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Sound and Shakalakaboomboom. Then Cappa Bleu and Neptune Collonges. | :15:32. | :15:38. | |
Neptune, and Treacle are other back. Deep Purple has pulled up. They are | :15:39. | :15:43. | |
now approaching Becher's Brook for the first time. It is Planet Of | :15:43. | :15:49. | |
Sound, ahead of Shakalakaboomboom. Seabass is still there. So are | :15:49. | :15:53. | |
Sunnyhillboy and Neptune Collonges. On His Own is down. According To | :15:53. | :16:03. | |
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Pete has been brought down at Becher's Brook. Mon Mome has been | :16:03. | :16:10. | |
pulled up. It is Shakalakaboomboom in front. Planet Of Sound in second | :16:10. | :16:20. | |
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place. Cappa Bleu is then followed by In Compliance and Ballabriggs. | :16:21. | :16:29. | |
Ballabriggs may have made a mistake. At the back of the field, Neptune | :16:29. | :16:39. | |
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Equester. Five more to go. Planet Of Sound just leading. Sunnyhillboy | :16:49. | :16:55. | |
is towards the outside. In Compliance is just behind those. | :16:55. | :16:59. | |
Ballabriggs tried to make some progress late on in the race now as | :16:59. | :17:04. | |
they raced towards the finish. Swing bowler still going. | :17:04. | :17:09. | |
Shakalakaboomboom and Planet of sound are the leaders. Ballabriggs | :17:09. | :17:18. | |
is beginning to close as well. Webb is still going, but well behind -- | :17:18. | :17:26. | |
Wood. There are two fences left to jump. Shakalakaboomboom is the | :17:26. | :17:30. | |
leader. On the outside, starting to move up, is Planet Of Sound, but he | :17:30. | :17:36. | |
is under pressure. Now Katie Walsh is coming up on the inside on | :17:36. | :17:43. | |
Seabass, followed by Hello Bud. They have got two left to jump. | :17:43. | :17:51. | |
Katie Walsh on Seabass is on the outside. They are Kirov | :17:51. | :18:00. | |
Sunnyhillboy. In Compliance is running well. On the outside, | :18:00. | :18:08. | |
Sunnyhillboy. One left to jump for the Grand National. Seabass is the | :18:08. | :18:14. | |
leader, followed by a Sunnyhillboy and Neptune Collonges. They are | :18:14. | :18:19. | |
Kirov Shakalakaboomboom. But Sunnyhillboy has taken it up for | :18:19. | :18:24. | |
rich in a clone and as they come to the elbow. Katie Walsh is coming | :18:24. | :18:28. | |
back. Neptune Collonges is joining in as well. It is Sunnyhillboy, | :18:28. | :18:32. | |
with 100 yards to go. Neptune Collonges digging deep on the | :18:32. | :18:38. | |
nearside. Sunnyhillboy in front. He is a half lengths in front. Neptune | :18:38. | :18:44. | |
Collonges is diving and... Oh, it is very tight between Sunnyhillboy | :18:44. | :18:50. | |
and Neptune Collonges! A photo in the Grand National. Then in third, | :18:50. | :19:00. | |
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the near side is Neptune Collonges! It is tight! It looks like the grey | :19:13. | :19:17. | |
might have just got there by a nostril. Neptune Collonges and | :19:17. | :19:27. | |
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Sunnyhillboy. Daryl Jacob may have Neptune Collonges may have snatched | :19:28. | :19:32. | |
it, Paul Nicholls the trainer, Daryl Jacob the winning rider. It | :19:32. | :19:42. | |
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is desperately tight. There is Richard McLernon on Sunnyhillboy. | :19:43. | :19:49. | |
Daryl Jacob, who on the evidence of that, what we have just seen, may | :19:49. | :19:54. | |
have just snatched victory in the last stride. We are waiting for the | :19:54. | :20:00. | |
official verdict. Ruby Walsh is just going over to Paul Nicholls... | :20:00. | :20:08. | |
Here is the result of stock Neptune Collonges. | :20:08. | :20:13. | |
For first is number four, Neptune Collonges, second is number 26, | :20:13. | :20:20. | |
Sunnyhillboy, third is Sea Bass, Katie Walsh, and fourth number 19, | :20:20. | :20:29. | |
Cappa Bleu. That are the first four in the 2012 Grand National. Daryl | :20:29. | :20:35. | |
Jacob, officially the winning rider, Neptune Collonges, the winner. | :20:35. | :20:39. | |
Congratulations! The moment that that was announced, what was it | :20:39. | :20:47. | |
like? It is so good! I said I would do him proud and you can't beat | :20:47. | :20:53. | |
this! Just take us through the run from the elbow to the finish line. | :20:53. | :21:01. | |
It looked as if you were not going to get there! I always said I would | :21:01. | :21:06. | |
ride the Grand National and I am glad I have done it. You have got | :21:06. | :21:09. | |
him his first Grand National winner and you have got your first, well | :21:09. | :21:15. | |
done. This man has been trying for so long to win this race and with | :21:15. | :21:21. | |
your 53rd horse, you have done it. Probably the best horse we have put | :21:21. | :21:29. | |
in the race. Genuine... It was a fantastic ride, from Daryl Jacob. | :21:29. | :21:34. | |
Absolutely brilliant. I know my landlord will be watching. If it | :21:34. | :21:40. | |
was not for his support, I would not be here now, so thank you, Paul. | :21:40. | :21:45. | |
Given the races you have one, where does this rank? It has blown Nicky | :21:45. | :21:54. | |
Henderson out of the water! This is a good race, this is the one we | :21:54. | :22:00. | |
wanted as well. Let's get ready for a picture, we will let you do that. | :22:00. | :22:04. | |
Katie Walsh, the ride of your life on Sea Bass. You are the highest | :22:05. | :22:11. | |
place female jockey ever. I got an unbelievable spin. I was wrong a | :22:11. | :22:16. | |
couple of times and he put me right, and it was a fantastic experience | :22:16. | :22:21. | |
and I can't believe it is over, I want to do it again! It looked as | :22:21. | :22:27. | |
though you might win? Yes, as I was turning in, that reset, how are you | :22:27. | :22:33. | |
going? He couldn't last. I was never going to win but it was the | :22:33. | :22:39. | |
best I was going to be. They need to check their weight. The coolest | :22:39. | :22:43. | |
thing she did was to pull down her goggles so she could have a clear | :22:43. | :22:51. | |
vision at the last! For John Hales, the owner of the grey, he has had | :22:51. | :22:55. | |
moment of delight and tragedy. He has never had a runner in the Grand | :22:55. | :23:00. | |
National, he did not want to do it. His very first one, Neptune | :23:00. | :23:04. | |
Collonges, has come home as the winner and you have to feel for | :23:04. | :23:08. | |
Ritchie McLernon on Sunnyhillboy beaten in the tightest of finishes. | :23:08. | :23:14. | |
Daryl Jacob, we can speak to you again. All of the people that have | :23:14. | :23:18. | |
supported you through your career, who are you thinking of most? | :23:18. | :23:24. | |
Kieren Kelly, he has been a big help to me and he told me to come | :23:24. | :23:28. | |
over to England and this is massive for him. I am delighted for Robert | :23:28. | :23:33. | |
and Sally for bringing me on the way that they have, and also Paul | :23:33. | :23:38. | |
for looking after me this year. That had to be amazing. Did you | :23:38. | :23:43. | |
know you had one? It was very tough, it was a very close finish but I | :23:43. | :23:48. | |
just kept my head down. Fair place to the horse, he went deep today. | :23:48. | :23:53. | |
He jumped from fence to fence. is the moment you can celebrate | :23:53. | :23:59. | |
your victory. Than Skelton smacking you on the back! It was a massive | :24:00. | :24:04. | |
team effort. All credit to everybody, it was a team effort and | :24:04. | :24:09. | |
I am very lucky to be a part of it. If I am so pleased for you. We must | :24:09. | :24:14. | |
offer congratulations to John Hales, the owner, you have been involved | :24:14. | :24:18. | |
in a lot of good horses and this has to be the greatest but almost | :24:18. | :24:24. | |
the most heart-stopping moment of all. Yes. When he crossed the line, | :24:24. | :24:29. | |
I thought he might have got it and my first thought was, if he has got | :24:29. | :24:35. | |
it, Paul has retained the championship and I thought thank | :24:35. | :24:42. | |
you, you owe me this one. He split the family coming here. My wife was | :24:42. | :24:47. | |
fifty-fifty. Lisa, my daughter, could not face it but now she is | :24:47. | :24:50. | |
overwhelmed by emotion because we had sad memories of coming to | :24:51. | :24:54. | |
Aintree. We have nothing against entry, we love coming here, and | :24:55. | :24:59. | |
thank God we have come up trumps today. I am so pleased for you, or | :24:59. | :25:02. | |
well done. Neptune Collonges has his name | :25:02. | :25:08. | |
painted on the legendary roll of honour and becomes the first grey | :25:08. | :25:12. | |
since 1961 to win the Grand National. His owner, John Hales, | :25:12. | :25:17. | |
has always had an affinity for the grey and Neptune Collonges gave him | :25:17. | :25:21. | |
his greatest moment in racing, as he held aloft the trophy for the | :25:21. | :25:31. | |
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Apology for the loss of subtitles for 119 seconds | :25:31. | :27:30. | |
There was a terribly sad postscript to the Grand National. | :27:30. | :27:34. | |
Unfortunately two horses were killed. Synchronised and According | :27:34. | :27:39. | |
To Pete. The managing director of Braintree -- Aintree racecourse is | :27:39. | :27:44. | |
with me. What happened? I would like to say how desperately sad we | :27:44. | :27:48. | |
are went any horse is lost and these were two very sad accident | :27:48. | :27:55. | |
today. Unfortunately, Synchronised fell at Becher's Brook, but got | :27:55. | :27:59. | |
back up and continued, jumped five more fences and then suffered a | :27:59. | :28:05. | |
fractured leg was jumping the 11th fence. According To Pete, | :28:05. | :28:09. | |
unfortunately, was involved in an incident at Becher's Brook where it | :28:09. | :28:14. | |
was brought down and fractured his leg. In specifying the injuries | :28:15. | :28:19. | |
regarding Synchronised, he got used before the race and some people may | :28:19. | :28:22. | |
wonder whether that had any contributing factor to his injury - | :28:22. | :28:30. | |
- he got to lose. Can we clear that up? The three new racecourse | :28:30. | :28:34. | |
veterinary surgeon was there and checked the horse over before AP | :28:34. | :28:43. | |
McCoy was able to get on it and, and there was plenty of time to | :28:43. | :28:48. | |
check everything was in order. People will be concerned about last | :28:48. | :28:53. | |
year, the difficult aftermath, and this year. What is the situation in | :28:54. | :28:59. | |
terms of safety? You have put in a lot of improvements? Safety is our | :28:59. | :29:04. | |
priority. We will never stand still on safety. We will review these | :29:04. | :29:10. | |
incidents in detail. It will involve organisations like the arts | :29:10. | :29:13. | |
-- RSPCA and the British Horseracing Authority and if | :29:13. | :29:17. | |
changes are necessary, we will make them. We understand how this event | :29:17. | :29:27. | |
is so important to the general public. I am joined by Tim Morris | :29:27. | :29:30. | |
from the British Horseracing Authority. What happened was | :29:30. | :29:35. | |
unfortunately, coming round from the start, AP McCoy, they | :29:35. | :29:40. | |
reexperienced, came off and the horse cantered away, it was not a | :29:40. | :29:45. | |
gallop, and AP McCoy was first leaked checked over by a doctor and | :29:46. | :29:51. |