1986 Grand National was again heavily supported at 15/2 with many of his supporters feeling that he had been unlucky when falling at Becher's Brook while disputing the lead last year. His jockey on that occasion, Richard Dunwoody was released from his retainer on "Port Askaig" to take the mount on the second favourite. Four months before the National, West Tip had been defeated by the impressive chaser, "Door Latch", considered by the racing press as owner, Jim Joel's best chance of winning the race in his almost thirty years of trying. Richard Rowe took the mount on the 9/1 chance trained by
Horse and Jockey offices used Irish language postmarks since 1922, "Baile na Páirce" was the postmark used in Horse and Jockey post office, which opened in 1923, Horse and Jockey is not served by public transport of any kind. All transport is by car. In the early 19th century, the village was on the route of a mail coach. In November 1823, it was the site of an attack on a south-bound coach. Horse and Jockey railway station, on the line between Thurles and Clonmel, opened on 1 July 1880, closed for passenger traffic on 9 September 1963 and finally closed altogether on