The BBC Grand National 1983 - Corbiere
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- Опубліковано 26 вер 2024
- ...Jenny Pitman becomes the first woman to train a Grand National winner when Corbiere ridden by Ben De Haan gets the better of the Irish-Trained Greasepaint in a rousing finish...41 ran....
Such was the reputation of Bechers Brook back then that the 5th and 21st fence was often referred to as 'the one before Bechers '. Nowadays Bechers is just 'fence 6'
I recall in the building up to the race, the press would describe the fences as formidable, fearsome and daunting, now its just the grand national
Wow! What a finish very exciting! Corbiere didn't have the late sprint of Grease Paint but he just held him off... super.we 👏🐎
.....that Citroen DS camera car well served the BBC during its racing coverage years....
I love the footage from this period and earlier. The way it's filmed captures the excitement.
there away to a roar from the crowd you wont get that anymore, there away to a yawn from the crowd in 2019
Grittar was such an underrated horse..he won the Fox Hunters in 1981, won the National in 82, 5th in 1983, 10th in 84 ..never fell around the big old National Fences.. Always overlooked.
i wouldnt have said he was overlooked, his famous 82 win with the oldest jockey is well remembered, finished lame in 84 never ran again
Richard - finished 5th in the Gold Cup.
shaun spadah overlooked by the programmers of the Virtual Champions Grand National.
great national horse, seeing a clip of him in his last national age 12 carrying a huge weight at the 2nd canal turn a huge ditch in those days he just flew over it whilst the other horses at the back with him cried enough
@@shaunspadah5790 which horse are you referring to?
what a great National! the horses who dominated the Nationals of the early 80s all prominent
I bet hello dandy went into a lot of notebooks the next year
Great finish!!!!
My first ever bet on a horse race (50p each way, thanks mum) and I couldn't believe the fortune I had won. The run in was so exciting and I remember the race well. Luckily I wasn't bitten by the gambling bug because I've only picked 2 National winners since!!
Jenny pitman had national hunt in her veins...she loved this race...
Is Jenny Pitman still around? I can never forget this race because I backed Greasepaint that finished 2nd ...and that was the closest I ever came to having a Grand National winner. LoL.
Horrible woman
@@dlamiss I have heard
@@dlamiss I often feared for Dick Pitman......
@@richardtaylor8165 No wonder he "played away"
...how many Nationals in the eighties did Delmoss lead the field down to first-time Bechers...?
3 was behind when he fell early in 81, 83 was his last ever race
actually it was 4 was leading as a loose horse in 81 breifly
...nice research...
They should move this race to Ireland, they would make it great again....a proper jumping test, it's pathetic now..
Check out the Golden Button hunt
I did peaty sandy out and out stayer just starting at 4 mile
...ridden by "Geordie" Dunn I believe...
Was such a great race, until tampering with the fences from 2011
the grey horse tower moss after falling at the first is last running loose at bechers first time, he jumps all the fences and leading around fence 18 before refusing fence 20 ending jonjo o neils hope of completing,
Whilst running loose he looks a dead ringer for Shadowfax from the Lord of the Rings films. Sad to say, there was a certain difference in ability.
Poor greasepaint so close
One of the closest and most exciting finishes on record, Corbiere was fading and Greasepaint was coming up like an express train ! (he had been 4 lengths behind at the elbow). Credit surely has to be given to the plucky little Irish horse Greasepaint who ran in this race 4 times finishing a close 2nd twice (in this race and 1984 ) 4th in 1985 , and 6th in 1986.
One of the unluckiest runners ever.
My first ever bet, I think, was on this race for Greasepaint. I shouted for him, my sister for Corbiere because of the woman trainer, as Greasepaint closed in just that little bit too late.
you can just feel the excitement of the race back then, watching a proper grand national jumping those unique fences steeped in history , you can flush all the races from 2013 onwards down the toilet now for all i care
the modern race is mostly quite boring though the 18 race was ok, slightest problem and there missin fences, all crowds kept back, constanly meddlin with fences 3 fallers at bechers make the fence a bit smaller next year probably
the problem with the race today is there are no boogie fences, they can change the race like the old bechers used to do, the ditches also caused problems, theres not one fence that would worry the jockeys today meaning its lost all its uniqueness and is just the same as the scottish, irish and welsh nationals
Thanks Richard and Shaun, I agree with your comments. No right minded person wants to see injury and death, but the thrills of the spills at bogey fences like Bechers Brook made the race a real one off
Funny how odds have developed. Back in the 50s and 60s you got odds like 100-6 and he 100-7. Even in this race, odds like 13-1 and 60-1, you’d never see them today
Great race and my first national winner. Corbiere was surely one of the great Aintree horses.
mark199 After winning he would come 3rd in 1984 & 1985, surprisingly fell at fence 4 in 1986, and finally came 12th in 1987.
Was my first and only Grand National winner at the age of 12 when I was obsessed with horse racing.
I met Corbiere and Jenny Pitman that year, as Jenny was born in Leicestershre and I'm from Leicester and they came to a County Show in my area! I was actually star struck by a horse! And Jenny of course.
What a childhood memory to cherish. 👍🙂