LOG-IN & WATCH: From the archive - free replays of feature races at Aintree's 2014 Grand National Festival
By Sporting Life
08:47 · MON March 30, 2020
Log in and relive some of the finest moments from Grand National Festivals in recent years as we continue with the 2014 meeting.
We'll be running a Grand National special 'From the archive' in the coming days so for now soak up some of the memorable replays from the supporting races at one of the most eagerly-anticipated meetings of the jumps sea
Simply click on the links and press play to watch the videos.
Second the year before when bustling up Zarkandar as a novice, The New One went one better in typically gutsy fashion. He was the odds-on favourite but it got desperate for his backers near the finish, Rock On Ruby and a fast-finishing Diakali making him pull out all the stops. There was a head and a nose between the trio at the line.
Holywell was another to feature in yesterday's archive when second to Solwhit over hurdles but he went on to be even better as a chaser and this was a superb novice performance from the Jonjo O'Neill-trained runner. Beating subsequent Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Don Cossack and the Grand National hero Many Clouds - who was fourth - must be regarded as one of Holywell's career highlights.
Nicky Henderson has done really well in the Topham over the years and it was his mare Ma Filleule who turned the 2014 Topham into something of a procession. She went on to be second in the following season's Ryanair Chase and was evidently well treated running off a mark of 150.
Balder Succes came to a sad end at Aintree in 2015 but that was also the scene of his greatest triumph in the Maghull Novices' Chase. Alan King's horse has a fantastic engine and was a fine jumper on his day, flying at the final fence here before going on to beat the gallant Simply Ned.
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