Corbiere (horse) circuit. He was strongly challenged by the Irish horse Greasepaint in the run-in but held on to win by three-quarters of a length. His victory made Pitman the first woman to train a Grand National winner. Corbiere also came third in the 1984 and 1985 Grand Nationals, and after falling in 1986, he finished 12th in 1987. Corbiere (horse) Corbiere (1974–1988) was a racehorse who won the Grand National in 1983. Corbiere was a chestnut gelding with a broad white blaze bred in the United Kingdom by M Parkhill. During his racing career he was trained by Jenny Pitman at
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