The winner was Earth Summit which was owned by The Summit Partnership with Suny Bay second and Samlee third. There were 37 runners but only 6 finished.

GRAND NATIONAL 1998
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Youtube and the BBC provide excellent coverage of the 1998 Grand National. The link below is of a 11 minute 14 second clip of the entire race.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSxsqpPracA

Pos. Horse Jockey Trainer
1 EARTH SUMMIT C Llewellyn N A Twiston Davies
2 SUNY BAY G Bradley C Brookes
3 SAMLEE R Dunwoody P J Hobbs
4 ST MELION FAIRWAY A Thornton P R Webber
5 GIMME FIVE K Whealan E J O'Grady
6 KILESHIN S Curren H J Manners
also BANJO R Johnson D Nicholson
also DIWALLI DANCER R Thornton M C Pipe
also WHAT A HAND C Maude P F Nicholls
also CHALLENGER DU LUC A P McCoy M C Pipe
also PASHTO J R Kavanagh N J Henderson
also FABRICATOR J Supple A M Naughton
also DO RIGHTLY P Holley M Bradstock
also CELTIC ABBEY N Williamson C Deuters
also GRIFFINS BAR G Torney P Sly
also CHOISTY R McGrath H E Haynes
also COURT MELODY T J Murphy P F Nicholls
also DUN BELLE T P Tracey P A Fahy
also DAMAS J Evans M C Pipe
also GENERAL CRACK Mr J Tizzard P F Nicholls
also NAHTHEN LAD R Farrant J Pitman
also POND HOUSE T Dascombe M C Pipe
also MAPLE DANCER G Shenkin D L Williams
also JOE WHITE Mr T McCarthy J Howard Johnson
also INTO THE RED D Gallagher M Reveley
also HILLWALK Mr R Wakley R Curtis
also RADICAL CHOICE B Storey J I A Charlton
also GO UNIVERSAL Mr S Durack N T Chance
also YEOMAN WARRIOR R Guest R Rowe
also WINTER BELLE Mr C Bonner J Howard Johnson
also BRAVE HILANDER P Hide J T Gifford
also GIEL DE BRION T Douman F Douman
also SCOTTON BANKS L Wyer T D Easterby
also GREENHILL TAREAWAY S McNeill P J Hobbs
also DECYBORG P Carberry M C Pipe
also HIM OF PRAISE C F Swan O Sherwood
also ROUGH QUEST M A Fitzgerald T Casey
   
  Earth Summit
  Suny Bay
  Samlee

Tom Dascombe on Pipe’s outsiders in the 1998 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