1985 Grand National Bradley responded that the criticisms were unfair, stating the horse merely landed too steeply at the first fence. 1985 Grand National The 1985 Grand National (known as the Seagram Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 139th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 30 March 1985. The race was won by eleven-year-old, 50/1 outsider, Last Suspect, ridden by Hywel Davies in a time of 9 minutes 42.7 seconds for a prize of £54,314. The winner was owned by Anne, Duchess of Westminster and trained by Captain Tim Forster in
1986 Grand National fell at the fourth. "Last Suspect" was always well to the rear before being pulled up at the eighteenth fence but both "West Tip" and "Mr Snugfit" were well in contention in a leading group of eight crossing the Melling Road towards the second last fence. "West Tip" had cruised up into second place at that point behind the 66/1 outsider, "Young Driver" with "Classified", "The Tsarevich" and "Sommelier" the other challengers with "Mr Snugfit" having dropped back to eighth. "West Tip" moved upsides "Young Driver" after jumping the final fence and always looked comfortable on the run in despite