Grand National Race Report 2009
Trainer Venetia Williams became only the
second woman, after Jenny Pitman, to land the Grand National when her MON MOME scored at
betting odds of 100-1.
Mon Mome ran away from his field to land the
Grand National by twelve lengths under his jockey Liam Treadwell, having his
first ride in the race. Fearless rider Liam Treadwell showed the more
experienced jockeys how to ride Aintree by hugging the inside all the way
around.
Mon Mome was the the biggest-odds winner since
1967 when Foinavon won his famous Grand National after carnage at one fence.
Runner up was the 2008 Grand National winner,
Comply Or Die, who ran a huge race off a 15lb higher mark than the
previous year. Comply Or Die was given a safety-first ride by Timmy Murphy
who kept on the wide outside from the start.
Butler's Cabin, ridden by Champion jockey Tony
McCoy started as Grand National favourite at 7/1 but came a distant seventh.
The Grand National nearly started in chaos
after two false starts, typical of the amateur way the race has been started
in the past.
The Grand National Result 2009
1. Mon Mome (100/1)
2. Comply Or Die (14/1)
3. My Will (8/1)
4. State Of Play
(14/1).
Distances: 12l; 1.25l. 40 ran. 17 finished.
1. Mon Mome 100-1: Ridden up the
inner and strongly ran clear from the last fence.
2. Comply or Die 14-1: Jockey Timmy
Murphy gave the outside to nobody. Looked big danger at the last fence. His
outside route may have been safe but he forfeited a ton of ground to the
winner as a result.
3. My Will 8-1: Bad mistake at Canal Turn on second circuit. Ran on at
one pace.
4. State of Play 14-1: Just behind the leaders most of the way, given
a positive ride but made too many costly mistakes.
5. Cerium 100-1: Always outpaced but ran a brave race after suffering
a fractured skull on the first circuit. may have finished closer otherwise.
6. Big Fella Thanks 14-1: Running a big race before fading late on.
7. Butler's Cabin 7-1 fav: Always mid pack and never threatened
leader. Champion jokcye Tony McCoy, yet to ride a winner of The Grand
National, had no hard-luck stories this time.
8. Southern Vic 33-1: Outpaced and ran on at the one pace.
9. Snowy Morning 33-1: Terrible error at water jump did not help his
chance.
10. Arteea 200-1: tailed off early on but passed beaten horses for a
creditable performance. Owners by the owners of Cerium, who usually run
total no-hopers in all the big races.
11. Irish Invader 16-1: Mistake at Canal Turn last time, weakened late
on.
12. Idle Talk 66-1: Up with the pace for most of the way but ran out
of gas and appeared not to stay the four and a half mile trip.
13. Darkness 16-1: never threatened to get involved and many mistakes
did not help. owner by Andrew Lloyd-Webber, Darkness proved a little out of
tune.
14. Priests Leap 100-1: Went wide and struggled for pace late on.
15. Offshore Account 20-1: Heading the field after the unseat of Black
Apalachi at Becher's second time around. he soon ran out of puff and faded
badly.
16. Battlecry 33-1: Never a threat and did it in his own time.
17. Cornish Sett 33-1: Always tailed off.
Himalayan Trail 28-1 & Golden Flight 66-1: Fell 1st
Ollie Magern 66-1 & Brooklyn Brownie 22-1: Fell 2nd
Chelsea Harbour 40-1: Fell 3rd.
Reveillez 100-1: Brought down 3rd
Stan 50-1: Fell 7th
Musical Bella 66-1: Fell 12th
Cloudy Lane 50-1: Fell 15th (The Chair)
Zabenz 200-1: Fell 16th (water)
Eurotrek 80-1: Pulled up 16th
Fleet Street 100-1: Unseated rider 18th
Can't Buy Time 33-1: Fell 18th
Rambling Minster 8-1: Pulled up 19th
Fundamentalist 100-1: Pulled up 21st
Kilbeggan Blade 20-1: Pulled up 21st
Kelami 200-1: pulled up 22nd
Black Apalachi 11-1: Unseated rider 22nd
Silver Birch 40-1: Fell 22nd
Parsons Legacy 20-1: Fell 22nd
Knowhere 50-1: Pulled up 25th
L'Ami 16-1: Pulled up before last
Hear The Echo 33-1: Exhausted, collapsed and died on the run-in.
Grand National betting
