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2011 Grand National
2011 Grand National Irish jockey Jason Maguire and was sent off at odds of
14/1.[4] The pairing completed the race in 9 minutes 1.2
Grand National seconds, the second-fastest time in Grand National histo-
ry.[5]
Race card
On 2 February 2011 Aintree released the names of 102
horses submitted to enter, including 34 Irish-trained and
three French-trained horses. Ten were trained by Paul
Nicholls, including a leading contender in Niche Market;
nine were handled by Irish trainer Willie Mullins, and
three by Jonjo O’Neill, the trainer of last year’s winner.
Ballabriggs, another leading contender, was trained by
Location Aintree Racecourse Donald McCain, Jr., the son of Ginger McCain who trained
Red Rum to three National victories in the 1970s and
Date 9 April 2011
returned with another winner, Amberleigh House, in
Winning horse Ballabriggs 2004.[6]
20 contenders were withdrawn in the first scratch-
SP 14/1
ings. After a second scratchings deadline on 24 March,
Jockey Jason Maguire 74 horses remained on the list of entrants, with the top
weight handicap of 11 st 10 lb allocated to last year’s win-
Trainer Donald McCain, Jr.
ner Don’t Push It. The official odds on 24 March placed
Owner Trevor Hemmings Mullins-trained The Midnight Club at 10/1 favourite.
Backstage and Oscar Time were given joint-second
Conditions Good (good to soft in places)[1] favourite odds of 12/1.[7]
At the five-day deadline on 4 April, nine further with-
drawals since the second scratchings left a total of 65
External videos contenders still in the running to compete. Nina Carber-
ry, the sister of 1999 winner Paul Carberry, became the
Replay of the 2011 Grand National in full[2] BBC Sport
first female jockey to take a third ride in the Grand Na-
tional. Four amateur jockeys lined up to compete. Offi-
The 2011 Grand National (known as the John Smith’s cial odds on favourite The Midnight Club were cut to 8/1,
Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 164th while What A Friend replaced Oscar Time as a joint-sec-
renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race ond favourite with Backstage on odds of 11/1.[8]
held at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England. On 7 April, Aintree declared the final confirmed list
The showpiece steeplechase began at 4:15 pm BST on of 40 runners and four reserves as follows. The reserves
9 April 2011, the final day of the three-day annual meet- would replace any withdrawals prior to 9 am on 8
ing. The maximum permitted field of forty runners com- April.[9] None of the reserves, however, were required.
peted for prize money totalling a record £950,000, mak- *Barry Geraghty rode Or Noir de Somoza after his original jockey,
ing it the highest valued National Hunt race in the United Tom Scudamore, withdrew due to an injury sustained in a race the
Kingdom.[3] day prior to the National.
Nineteen of the forty participants completed the 4½-
mile course; two of the twenty-one who did not suffered
fatal falls on the first circuit, reigniting debates over the Finishing order
safety of the event. Irish horse Ballabriggs won the race, Ten-year-old Ballabriggs led for much of the race, and
securing the first-place prize money of £535,135 and a the gelding eventually saw off a strong run-in challenge
first Grand National win for trainer Donald McCain, Jr., from amateur jockey Sam Waley-Cohen on Oscar Time
the son of four-time winning trainer Ginger McCain. who secured second place. Third was 2010 winner Tony
Owned by Trevor Hemmings, Ballabriggs was ridden by
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Number Horse Age Weight SP Jockey Trainer Owner
st-lb)
(st-lb)
1 Don’t Push It (IRE) 11 11-10 1009 9/1 Tony McCoy Jonjo O’Neill J. P. McManus
2 Tidal Bay (IRE) 10 11-09 1028 Brian Hughes Howard John- Mr. & Mrs. Graham Wylie
28/1 son
3 What A Friend 8 11-06 1012 Daryl Jacob Paul Nicholls Ged Mason & Sir Alex Fergu-
12/1 son
4 Vic Venturi (IRE) 11 11-06 1050 Andrew Lynch Dessie Hughes Seamus Dunne
50/1 (IRE)
5 Majestic Concorde 8 11-05 1020 Mr. Robbie Dermot Weld Dr. Ronan Lambe
(IRE) 20/1 McNamara (IRE)
6 Or Noir de Somoza 9 11-05 1050 Barry Ger- David Pipe Filsal Stadeg Racing
(FRA) 50/1 aghty*
7 Dooneys Gate (IRE) 10 11-04 1050 Mr. Patrick Willie Mullins Mrs. Jackie Mullins
50/1 Mullins (IRE)
8 Big Fella Thanks 9 11-01 1012 Graham Lee Ferdy Murphy Crossed Fingers Partnership
12/1
9 The Tother One 10 11-00 1050 Mr. Ryan Ma- Paul Nicholls Graham Roach
(IRE) 50/1 hon
10 Ballabriggs (IRE) 10 11-00 1014 Jason Maguire Donald Trevor Hemmings
14/1 McCain, Jr.
11 The Midnight Club 10 10-13 1007.5 Ruby Walsh Willie Mullins Mrs. Susannah Ricci
(IRE) 15/2 F (IRE)
12 Niche Market (IRE) 10 10-13 1016 Harry Skelton Paul Nicholls Graham Regan
16/1
13 Silver by Nature 9 10-12 1009 9/1 Peter Ms. Lucinda Geoff Brown
(grey) Buchanan Russell
14 Backstage (FRA) 9 10-12 1016 Paul Carberry Gordon Elliott MPR & Capranny Syndicate
16/1 (IRE)
15 Chief Dan George 11 10-12 1040 Paddy Aspell Jimmy Moffatt Maurice Chapman
(IRE) 40/1
16 Calgary Bay (IRE) 8 10-10 1033 Hadden Frost Ms. Henrietta Mrs. Camilla Radford
33/1 Knight
17 Killyglen (IRE) 9 10-10 1066 Robert Power Stuart Craw- David McCammon
66/1 ford (IRE)
18 Oscar Time (IRE) 10 10-09 1014 Mr. Sam Martin Lynch Robert Waley-Cohen & S. &
14/1 Waley-Cohen (IRE) M. Broughton
19 Quinz (FRA) 7 10-08 1014 Richard John- Philip Hobbs Andrew Cohen
14/1 son
20 Becauseicouldntsee 8 10-08 1016 Davy Russell Noel Glynn Noel Glynn
(IRE) 16/1 (IRE)
21 Comply or Die (IRE) 12 10-08 1025 Timmy Mur- David Pipe David Johnson
25/1 phy
22 Quolibet (FRA) 7 10-08 1100 Mark Walsh Jonjo O’Neill J. P. McManus
100/1
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23 Grand Slam Hero 10 10-07 1066 Aidan Coleman Nigel Twiston- Walters Plant Hire Ltd.
(IRE) 66/1 Davies
24 State of Play 11 10-06 1028 Paul Moloney Evan Williams Mr. & Mrs. William Rucker
28/1
25 King Fontaine (IRE) 8 10-06 1080 Denis O’Regan Malcolm Jef- Trevor Hemmings
80/1 ferson
26 In Compliance (IRE) 11 10-05 1066 Leighton Dessie Hughes Westerly Breeze Syndicate
66/1 Aspell (IRE)
27 Hello Bud (IRE) 13 10-05 1020 Sam Twiston- Nigel Twiston- Seamus Murphy
20/1 Davies Davies
28 West End Rocker 9 10-05 1033 Robert Thorn- Alan King Barry Winfield & Tim Lead-
(IRE) 33/1 ton beater
29 Santa’s Son (IRE) 11 10-05 1100 Jamie Moore Howard John- Douglas Pryde & Jim Beau-
100/1 son mont
30 Bluesea Cracker 9 10-04 1025 Andrew McNa- James Mother- J. P. McManus
(mare) (IRE) 25/1 mara way (IRE)
31 That’s Rhythm 11 10-04 1050 James Reveley Martin Tod- Don’t Tell Henry
(FRA) 50/1 hunter
32 Surface to Air 10 10-04 1100 Tom Messen- Chris Bealby Tim Urry
100/1 ger
33 Piraya (FRA) 8 10-04 1100 Johnny Farrel- David Pipe Terry Neill
100/1 ly
34 Can’t Buy Time 9 10-04 1033 Richie McLer- Jonjo O’Neill J. P. McManus
(IRE) 33/1 non
35 Character Building 11 10-04 1025 Ms. Nina Car- John Quinn Patricia Thompson
(IRE) 25/1 berry
36 Ornais (FRA) 9 10-04 1100 Nick Scholfield Paul Nicholls The Stewart family
100/1
37 Arbor Supreme 9 10-03 1020 David Casey Willie Mullins J. P. McManus
(IRE) 20/1 (IRE)
38 Royal Rosa (FRA) 12 10-03 1100 Paul Gallagher Howard John- Mr. & Mrs. Graham Wylie
100/1 son
39 Skippers Brig (IRE) 10 10-02 1033 Dominic Nicky Richards Ashelybank Investments
33/1 Elsworth Ltd.
40 Golden Kite (IRE) 9 10-02 1066 Shane Hassett Adrian Dr. Anthony Calnan
66/1 Maguire (IRE)
R1 Always Waining 10 10-02 Peter Bowen Mr. & Mrs. Peter Douglas
(IRE)
R2 Faasel (IRE) 10 10-01 David Pipe Jim Ennis
R3 Le Beau Bai (FRA) 8 10-01 Richard Lee Glass Half Full Syndicate
R4 Giles Cross (IRE) 9 10-00 Victor Dartnall KCMS Partnership
McCoy on Don’t Push It, twelve lengths behind the sec- Nineteen runners completed the course, including
ond. 15/2 favourite The Midnight Club made a mistake at three of the six 100/1 shots. This was the highest number
the third fence and finished sixth.[4] of finishers since 2005 when twenty-one horses passed
State of Play, the eleven-year-old 28/1 shot trained the finishing post.
by Welshman Evan Williams, finished in the top four for [11][12]
the third successive National.[10]
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Position Horse Jockey SP Distance Prize money
1 Ballabriggs Jason Maguire 1014 14/1 Won by 2¼ lengths £535,135
2 Oscar Time Mr. Sam Waley-Cohen 1014 14/1 12 lengths £201,590
3 Don’t Push It Tony McCoy 1009 9/1 2 lengths £100,890
4 State of Play Paul Moloney 1028 28/1 7 lengths £50,445
5 Niche Market Harry Skelton 1016 16/1 4 lengths £25,270
6 The Midnight Club Ruby Walsh 1007.5 15/2 F 13 lengths £12,635
7 Big Fella Thanks Graham Lee 1012 12/1 A head £6,270
8 Surface to Air Tom Messenger 1100 100/1 19 lengths £3,230
9 Skippers Brig Dominic Elsworth 1033 33/1 8 lengths
10 Backstage Paul Carberry 1016 16/1 ½ length
11 King Fontaine Denis O’Regan 1080 80/1 25 lengths
12 Silver by Nature Peter Buchanan 1009 9/1 5 lengths
13 In Compliance Leighton Aspell 1066 66/1 8 lengths
14 Bluesea Cracker Andrew McNamara 1025 25/1 16 lengths
15 Character Building Ms. Nina Carberry 1025 25/1 12 lengths
16 Golden Kite Shane Hassett 1066 66/1 A distance
17 Chief Dan George Paddy Aspell 1040 40/1 20 lengths
18 Royal Rosa Paul Gallagher 1100 100/1 A distance
19 Piraya Johnny Farrelly 1100 100/1 Last to complete
Non-finishers in obstacle) and the latter at fence six (the 5 ft Becher’s
Brook). According to one animal rights group, this
brought to 20 the total number of equine deaths at all
Aintree meetings since 2000.[14] Aintree had made signif-
icant modifications to its National Course in recent years,
including improving veterinary facilities and reducing
the severity of some fences, but another notable change
was highlighted in this race — that the course has been
widened to allow more fences to be bypassed if neces-
sary. As the remaining contenders on the second circuit
approached the 20th fence, arrowed signposts and mar-
shals waving chequered flags signalled them to bypass on
the outside as Ornais’ body was covered on the landing
side. Two jumps later and they were again diverted, this
Overview of the 4½-mile National Course at Aintree with thirty time around the famous Becher’s Brook, where veteri-
fences. nary staff attended to the fatally-injured Dooneys Gate.[1]
This was the first time since the modern course was fi-
Ten horses fell during the race, four unseated their rid- nalised in the 1880s that only 28 fences had been
ers, two were brought down by other fallers and five jumped.[4]
were pulled up.[1] [11]
100/1 outsider Santa’s Son had led the field over the
Canal Turn, but the short-distance runner eventually fell
out of contention and jockey Jamie Moore pulled him up
Broadcasting
before the 27th fence. Killyglen fell at the 27th, having The Grand National has the status of being an event of
been close to leader Ballabriggs at the beginning of the significant national interest within the United Kingdom
second circuit.[13] and thus is listed on the Ofcom Code on Sports and Other
Ornais and Dooneys Gate both suffered fatal falls on Listed and Designated Events. The race therefore must
the first circuit, the former at fence four (a plain, 4 ft 10 be covered live on free-to-air terrestrial television in the
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Fence Horse Jockey SP Fate
1 That’s Rhythm James Reveley 1050 50/1 Fell
2 Becauseicouldntsee Davy Russell 1016 16/1 Fell
2 Vic Venturi Andrew Lynch 1050 50/1 Brought down
4 Calgary Bay Hadden Frost 1033 33/1 Fell
4 Ornais Nick Scholfield 1100 100/1 Fell
6 (Becher’s Brook) Or Noir de Somoza Tom Scudamore 1050 50/1 Fell
6 (Becher’s Brook) Dooneys Gate Mr. Patrick Mullins 1050 50/1 Fell
6 (Becher’s Brook) The Tother One Mr. Ryan Mahon 1050 50/1 Fell
6 (Becher’s Brook) West End Rocker Robert Thornton 1033 33/1 Brought down
10 Tidal Bay Brian Hughes 1028 28/1 Unseated rider
11 Quoilbet Mark Walsh 1100 100/1 Unseated rider
13 Grand Slam Hero Aidan Coleman 1066 66/1 Fell
15 (The Chair) Quinz Richard Johnson 1014 14/1 Pulled up
18 Can’t Buy Time Richie McLernon 1033 33/1 Fell
24 (Canal Turn) Majestic Concorde Mr. Robbie McNamara 1020 20/1 Unseated rider
27 What A Friend Daryl Jacob 1012 12/1 Pulled up
27 Santa’s Son Jamie Moore 1100 100/1 Pulled up
27 Killyglen Robert Power 1066 66/1 Fell
28 Comply or Die Timmy Murphy 1025 25/1 Pulled up
28 Arbor Supreme David Casey 1020 20/1 Fell
29 Hello Bud Sam Twiston-Davis 1020 20/1 Pulled up
UK. The BBC aired the race on radio for the 80th consec- The race commentary team was led by Jim McGrath,
utive year and on television for the 52nd year. who called the winner home for the 14th consecutive
As they race towards the elbow, Ballabriggs is being tack- year; he was supported by Ian Bartlett and Darren
led now by Oscar Time... but Jason Maguire is getting an- Owen.[16]
other tune out of Ballabriggs! Ballabriggs with a hundred As well as being streamed to UK viewers on BBC On-
yards left to go, he’s three lengths in front, he’s going line, BBC Radio 5 Live also aired the race, presented by
to outstay them I reckon. He’s drifting towards the out- Mark Chapman.[16]
side, but he’s done enough to win. Ballabriggs and Donald The BBC later received some criticism for failing to
McCain, its the McCain family back with another Nation- mention the deaths of Ornais and Dooneys Gate until the
al. Ballabriggs, Jason Maguire the winner! end of its broadcast.[5] A spokesman later said: "During
“ the race and the re-run [the fatalities were] covered with
” as much sensitivity as possible."[17]
BBC commentator Jim McGrath describes the climax of
the race[15]
Clare Balding presented the BBC’s television coverage,
Quotes
supported by Rishi Persad and retired jockey Richard Pit- Selected quotes of participating jockeys speaking after
man, which was broadcast on BBC One and, for the sec- the race:[11]
ond year, BBC HD. Former National-winning jockeys He missed the first by about five foot!
Richard Dunwoody and Mick Fitzgerald provided expert “
analysis, while betting news was provided by Gary Wilt- ”
shire and John Parrott. Suzi Perry was due to be provid- James Reveley, who rode That’s Rhythm and fell at the
ing soundbites from spectators but did not take part in first fence
the programme. Her place was taken by last-minute re- • (Ballabriggs, 1st): "He loved it... I got him to the front
placement Dan Walker who had been at Aintree to pre- to get him relaxed and put breathers into him and
sent Football Focus, aired prior to the National. that helped him get the trip."
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• (Oscar Time, 2nd): "The plan was always to come
with one smooth run. We knew he had a huge jump
in him so I was just trying to get him to pop a little
bit and save and not get too keen. He did everything
I asked of him."
• (Don’t Push It, 3rd): "He ran a great race and all
credit to the horse. He was off the bridle a little bit
early and he got a little bit low at a couple of fences
late on which was energy-sapping."
• (State of Play, 4th): "He’s an incredible horse - he’s
just a little bit slower this year because time is
catching up with him. He couldn’t lay up with the
pace and the ground was probably a little slower
than ideal, but he’s a fabulous horse."
• (Niche Market, 5th): "He ran an absolute blinder and
has given me a tremendous ride." Ballabriggs, pictured two weeks after his Grand National win.
• (King Fontaine, 11th): "My horse ran a blinder. I was
a bit slow earlier and nearly got brought down. He The race received a significant amount of negative
jumped like a buck. He’s only a novice and will be an media coverage over the two equine fatalities, which
ideal spin next year." were more publicly noticeable than in prior Nationals
• (Bluesea Cracker, 14th): "The ground was a bit quick due to two fences being bypassed for the first time. Those
for her." watching the race on television were given clear views
• (Character Building, 15th): "I was nearly brought of the tarpaulin-covered body of Ornais and of veterinary
down at Becher’s and that was his race over." staff attending to the fatally-injured Dooneys Gate while
• (Calgary Bay, fell at the 4th fence): "He jumped the the runners diverted around them.[21][22]
fence fine, but landed a bit steep, which any horse Andrew Taylor, director of the animal rights group
could do. We were just behind Ballabriggs at the time Animal Aid, called for an outright ban of the Grand Na-
so we were in the right place. Maybe we’ll come back tional, saying: "It’s a deliberately hazardous, challenging
and try again." and predictably lethal event."[23] The RSPCA’s equine
• (Majestic Concorde, unseated rider at 24th): "We consultant David Muir stated: "I was gutted that two
were too keen early. I was just starting to get him horses died... What I will do now is go back and have a
switched off when we came into the Canal Turn and look at each element, with the BHA and the racecourse
got in too close and tipped up." management, to see if the jump contributed to what hap-
• (Comply or Die, pulled up before 28th): "I would say pened, look at the take-off and landing side and so on,
that’s his last race. He got very tired and he’s not and see if the evidence suggests something can be done
getting any younger, but he’s a special horse to me about it. I’m trying to make the race better, safer where
and it’s nice to think he’s ended up at the course I can, but the one thing I can never do is eliminate risk:
where we achieved our finest hour." that’s always going to be there." Muir did however add:
"There’s no way I’m going to get the National
Aftermath banned."[24]
Aintree’s managing director Julian Thick said: "We
The unusually warm and sunny weather conditions were are desperately sad at the accidents during the running
credited with helping the 2011 meeting set a Grand Na- of the Grand National today and our thoughts go out to
tional attendance record. A crowd of 70,291 people at- the connections of Ornais and Dooneys Gate... Only the
tended the main Saturday race day, and a total of 153,583 best horses and the best jockeys are allowed to enter and
attended over the course of the three-day meeting, beat- all horses are inspected by the vet when they arrive at
ing the previous record of 151,660 set in 2005.[18] Aintree to ensure that they are fit to race. This year we
The Grand National is always a major event for book- had 20 horse catchers, at least two fence attendants at
makers, particularly in the United Kingdom. An estimat- each of the 16 fences, four stewards to inspect the course,
ed £300 million in bets were estimated to be struck on the two BHA course inspectors, ten vets, 50 ground staff and
2011 race,[19] including some from as far afield as Aus- 35 ground repair staff... We work closely with animal wel-
tralia, Bermuda and Kazakhstan, with British troops in fare organisations, such as the RSPCA and World Horse
Afghanistan also joining in. It is estimated that nearly Welfare, to make sure we are up to date with the latest
half of the adult population of the UK bets on the Grand thinking and research... and to make sure that the horses
National.[20]
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