Grand National the public the chance to ride in a flat race at Aintree on Grand National day. In total, thirty members of the public took part in the event before it was discontinued in 2010. In 2009, Mon Mome became the longest-priced winner of the National for 42 years when he defied outside odds of 100/1 to win by 12 lengths. The victory was also the first for trainer Venetia Williams, the first female trainer to triumph since Jenny Pitman in 1995. The race was also the first National ride for Liam Treadwell. In 2010 the National became the first horse
Woman on the Night Train catches up to them, she kills her sister with a razor blade and then kills herself. During "Woman on the Night Train"'s Japanese critics noted the influence of European filmmakers on Tanaka's style. The use of metaphor and symbolism in the film was said to be similar to some of Roger Vadim's films. Luis Buñuel's "Diary of a Chambermaid" (1964), and Octave Mirbeau's original novel were said to be particular influences on "Woman on the Night Train". In their "Japanese Cinema Encyclopedia: The Sex Films", Thomas and Yuko Mihara Weisser give "Woman on the Night Train" a rating of three