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GRAND NATIONAL NEWS: Lucinda Russell, Gary Moore and Sam Waley-Cohen 2024-02-21

Burrows Saint looks primed to win racing's biggest prize on what will be a sombre afternoon In the shadows of the tragic passing of Prince Philip, the nation will have the distraction of the enthralling 173rd Grand National 10 April 2021 • 8:00am Burrows Saint jumps the last on the way to winning the Boylesports Irish Grand National Steeplechase Credit: David Fitzgerald /Sportsfile My two wishes for Grand National day were: Tiger Roll and a monsoon. We haven’t got either. Tiger Roll going for a third National would have been the biggest racing story for decades, while bad weather is alwa...

“TO talk of drama is to speak of the very essence of the Grand National, but in the long and compelling history of this extraordinary race there have been few finishes to match the breathtaking late, late surge by the favourite Rough Quest on whom Mick Fitzgerald seized the most spectacular of victories.” So wrote John Karter for The Sunday Times of the 7/1 shot trained by Downings man Terry Casey in 1996. It was, as they say, a thriller and as the runners go to post this Saturday for the biggest steeple chase in the world, no doubt commentators will look back on the magic masterminded by...