| Grand National | |
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| Location | Aintree |
|---|---|
| Date | 7 April 1997 |
| Winning horse |  Lord Gyllene |
| Starting price | 14/1 |
| Jockey |  Tony Dobbin |
| Trainer |  Steve Brookshaw |
| Owner | Stanley Clarke |
| External videos | |
|---|---|
 1997 Grand National in full Racing UK, BBC Sport, YouTube | |
| Replay of the latter stages of the 1997 Grand National BBC Sport |
The 1997 Grand National (known officially as the Martell Grand National and also informally as the Monday National) was the 150th official running of the Grand National steeplechase held at Aintree near Liverpool. The race was scheduled to be run on Saturday 5 April 1997, but was postponed by two days to Monday 7 April after a Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) bomb threat forced the evacuation of the course.
The race was won in a time of nine minutes and 5.9 seconds and by a distance of 25 lengths by New Zealand-bred Lord Gyllene at odds of 14/1. He was ridden by jockey Tony Dobbin, trained by Steve Brookshaw at his Preston Farm base in Uffington, Shropshire, and ran in the colours of Stanley Clarke. Brookshaw collected £178,146 of a total prize fund of £303,300 shared through the first six finishers.[1] There were two equine fatalities during the race.[2]
- ^ "BBC Sport – GRAND NATIONAL – Tony Dobbin". BBC News. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
- ^ "Results From The 5.00 Race At Aintree – 7 April 1997". Racing Post. Retrieved 18 November 2014.