Aldaniti the gelding was assigned a weight of 153 pounds and started the 10/1 second favourite behind Spartan Missile a dual winner of the Fox Hunters' Chase. Aldaniti took the lead at the eleventh fence and maintained his advantage for the rest of the race, fighting off a challenge from Spartan Missile on the run-in to win by four lengths. On the following day more than 3,000 people turned out to welcome the horse back to his stable at Findon. Aldaniti also ran in the 1982 Grand National with Bob Champion, but fell at the first fence. Aldaniti was retired from
1987 Grand National Pardubicka six months later. http://www.grand-national-world.co.uk/gnw/the_race/past_winners_index.html 1987 Grand National The 1987 Grand National (known as the Seagram Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 141st running of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 4 April 1987. The race was won in a time of 9 minutes, 19.3 seconds, and by a distance of five lengths by the 28/1 each way chance, Maori Venture who provided jockey Steve Knight with his second Grand National ride. The winner was trained in East Hendred, Oxfordshire by Andy Turnell and ran in the black jacket and