1985 Grand National had befallen the horse they had backed. Twenty-five years after jockey Hywel Davies' win, his hometown of Cardigan in Mid Wales held a commemorative dinner to celebrate the anniversary of his Grand National victory. Champion jockey Peter Scudamore, who finished the race third on Corbiere, and Neale Doughty, who won the race in 1984, were among the guests at the dinner in February 2010. Davies said of the horse "In the last race before the National, at Warwick, we went about halfway round and he just pulled up and as a result his owner nearly didn't run him at the
1986 Grand National former champion jockey Josh Gifford. The remaining public support was placed in former winners, Corbiere and "Last Suspect" who would both set off at 14/1 in company of their riders in victory, Ben de Haan and Hywell Davies. Aside from these main contenders the majority of the remainder of public support was placed with "The Tsarevich", former twice runner up, "Greasepaint" and 1984 winner "Hallo Dandy" at 16/1. Mark Dwyer was considered to have the best chance of the seven riders taking part in their debut National on board 18/1 shot "Knock Hill". Among the other six debut riders was