2001 Grand National 2001 Grand National The 2001 Grand National (known as the Martell Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 154th official running of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 7 April 2001. The steeplechase was won by a distance by 33/1 shot Red Marauder, ridden by jockey Richard Guest, in a time of over 11 minutes. The winner was also trained by his jockey and owned by Norman Mason, in whose name the training licence was held, with Guest as his assistant, though Guest did all the training at his base in
2001 AFL Grand Final top of the ladder on percentage ahead of second placed Brisbane (both had won 17 games). Brisbane had won fifteen consecutive games leading up to the Grand Final, a streak which commenced with a major upset of Essendon at the Gabba in Round 10. It was the Brisbane Lions' first appearance in a Grand Final. Essendon were the dominant team between 1999 and 2001, losing just 11 games (including just one in 2000) from the start of 1999 until the 2001 Grand Final. In the 2001 finals series, Essendon defeated Richmond by 70 points in the first qualifying final and