1975 Grand National

1975 Grand National
Grand National
LocationAintree
Date5 April 1975
Winning horseRepublic of Ireland L'Escargot
Starting price13/2
JockeyRepublic of Ireland Tommy Carberry
TrainerRepublic of Ireland Dan Moore
OwnerUnited States Raymond R. Guest
ConditionsGood
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External videos
video icon The 1975 Grand National in full (BBC)
video icon The 1975 Grand National (Part 1 of 2) BBC
video icon The 1975 Grand National (Part 2 of 2) BBC

And L'Escargot is going to avenge last year's defeat. Tommy Carberry is gonna become the first jockey in history to win the Gold Cup, the Irish National and the English National as L'Escargot strides near 12 years old to win the National for Raymond Guest, and here he comes to the line, L'Escargot the comfortable winner of the 1975 National!

Commentator Peter O'Sullevan describes the climax of the 1975 National

The 1975 Grand National (officially known as the News of the World Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 129th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 5 April 1975. The race was won by 13/2 second-favourite L'Escargot, ridden by Tommy Carberry, in a time of nine minutes and 31.1 seconds and by a distance of 15 lengths over 7/2 favourite Red Rum, who was thus denied a third consecutive win.[1]

  1. ^ The Grand National: the history of the Aintree Spectacular, by Stewart Peters & Bernard Parkin, ISBN 0-7524-3547-7