This was run on 9th April 1988 and 40 ran.

GRAND NATIONAL 1988

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The British Pathe website and bank of film clips provide excellent coverage of the Grand National. The link below is a 10 minute 0 seconds clip of the Grand National. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5hLQNhkVYiM&feature=related

Pos. Horse Jockey Owner
1 RHYME 'N' REASON Brendan Powell Miss Juliet E Reed
2 DURHAM EDITION Chris Grant Mr Robert Oxley
3 MONANORE Tom Taaffe Full Circle Thoroughbreds E Plc
4 WEST TIP Richard Dunwoody Mr Peter Luff
5 ATTITUDE ADJUSTER Niall Madden Mrs John Magnier
6 FRIENDLY HENRY Neale Doughty Mr R V Wright
Also SACRED PATH C.Cox Mrs Christopher Heath
Also YOU'RE WELCOME Peter Hobbs Mr & Mrs S N J Embiricos
Also

LEAN AR AGHAIDH

G.Landau Mrs W Tulloch
Also HARD CASE K.Morgan Lady Thomson
Also THE TSAREVICH J.White Major I C Straker
Also BORDER BURG S.Sherwood Mr J S Delahooke
Also LITTLE POLVIER T.Morgan Mr M L Shone
Also LUCISIS Mr J Quealy Mrs H McParland
Also MIDNIGHT MADNESS M.Richards Mr D Bloomfield
Also BUCKO M.Dwyer Mr J P McManus
Also STRANDS OF GOLD P.Scudamore Independent Twine Manufacturing Co Ltd
Also GEE-A Gee Armytage Mr G A Hubbard
Also REPINGTON C.Hawkins Mr J R Gilman
Also TRACY'S SPECIAL Steve Knight Mr L A H Ames
Also MEMBERSON R.J.Beggan Mr P Dufosee
Also NORTHERN BAY H.Davies Mr Robert Graham
Also SIR JEST K.Jones Mr P Piller
Also KUMBI C.Llewellyn Mr D A Lunt
Also SMITH'S MAN M.Perrett Smith Mansfield Meat Co Ltd
Also BIG BROWN BEAR R.Stronge Mr G B Barlow
Also BRIGHT DREAM R.Rowe Mr John F Holmes
Also INSURE B.de Haan Mrs Eileen Turner
Also COURSE HUNTER P.Croucher Mr David Buik
Also LASTOFTHEBROWNIES T.Carmody Mr M J Smurfit
Also ETON ROUGE D.Browne Mrs Bryan P Jenks
Also MARCOLO Miss V Williams Mr Duncan Ferguson
Also POLLY'S PAL J.K.Kinane Mr S G Payne
Also SMARTSIDE Mr A Hambly Mrs Virginia Hambly
Also BRASS CHANGE M.Kinane Mr N J Goodliff & Mr John N L Banister
Also PREBEN FUR S.J.O'Neill Mr J A Thole
Also TULLAMARINE M.Bowlby Mr Patrick Burfield
Also SEEANDEM P.Leech Mr B J Caffrey
Also OYDE HILLS M.Brennan Mrs B N Bletsoe & Mr R C Parker
Also HETTINGER Penny Fitch-Heyes Miss Lynda Quick
17/2 fav SACRED PATH
10/1 RHYME 'N' REASON
11/1 WEST TIP
13/1 YOU'RE WELCOME
20/1 DURHAM EDITION
33/1 MONANORE
33/1 ATTUTUDE ADJUSTER
100/1 FRIENDLY HARRY
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Clive Cox suggesting it was like a bad dream in the 1988 Grand National. These are the titles of chapters from Chris Pitt’s book ‘Go Down to the Beaten’, which looks at personal stories by connections of horses which failed to win the Grand National, a copy of which can be purchased by clicking the link below:-
http://astore.amazon.co.uk/wwwgreyhoundd-21?_encoding=UTF8&node=341