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
Paddy Brennan (jockey) UK stable in 2000. In the 2004/05 season he became champion conditional jockey. In the 2007/08 season he rode more than a century of winners in a season for the first time. On 19 March 2010 he won the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Imperial Commander. In the 2015 Grand National he rode Saint Are. He came second behind Many Clouds. On 16 November 2016 he rode his 1,000th winner on Colin's Sister at Warwick. Paddy Brennan (jockey) Paddy Brennan (born 13 April 1981) is an Irish jockey who won the 2010 Cheltenham Gold Cup on Imperial Commander. He rode his