1982 Grand National
| Grand National | |
| Location | Aintree Racecourse |
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| Date | 3 April 1982 |
| Winning horse | Grittar |
| Jockey | Mr. Dick Saunders |
| Trainer | Frank H Gilman |
| Owner | Frank H Gilman |
| Conditions | Good |
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 1982 Grand National in full BBC Sport |
And it's 48 year old Dick Saunders on Grittar from Hard Outlook. Grittar strides into the final furlong and is already being acclaimed as the National Hero of 1982. Frank Gilman's Grittar strides up to the line to win it in fantastic style, he's a fresh horse. Grittar wins the National!
The 1982 Grand National was the 136th renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 3 April 1982.
The race was won by 7/1 favourite Grittar, ridden by amateur Dick Saunders, who at the age of 48 became, and remains, the oldest jockey to have won the Grand National.
Saunders retired after the race and became chairman of the Aintree stewards. Grittar finished fifth in the next year's National and 10th in 1984. The horse retired to his owner's Leicestershire base and died aged 25.
The race was also notable for being the first in which a female jockey, Geraldine Rees, completed the course. She rode Cheers to be the eighth and last of the finishers.
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