2010 Grand National
| Grand National | |
 |
|
| Location | Aintree Racecourse |
|---|---|
| Date | 10 April 2010 |
| Winning horse | Don't Push It |
| SP | 10/1 joint-favourite |
| Jockey | Tony McCoy |
| Trainer | Jonjo O'Neill |
| Owner | J. P. McManus |
| Conditions | Good (good to soft in places) |
|
← 2009
2011 →
|
|
The 2010 Grand National (known as the John Smith's Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 163rd renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at the Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 10 April 2010.
The main race was held at 16:15 BST and was won by Don't Push It, ridden by Tony McCoy, five lengths ahead of Black Apalachi in second, and twenty ahead of State of Play in third.
It was McCoy's first win in the Grand National at his fifteenth attempt. Don't Push It started the race as 10-1 joint-favourite, having been backed down from 20-1 in the hours prior to the race. In the process of winning, McCoy avoided equalling the record for most rides in the National without winning, held by Jeff King.
The main race was seen by the largest attendance at Aintree since 2005, with a crowd of 70,341 on the day, and a total of 150,426 attending over the course of the three-day meeting.
Originally, Cerium and Royal Rosa were reserves, but were run because of the withdrawals of Mr. Pointment and Abbeybraney. Silver Birch was originally due to be the first reserve, but was drawn-out so that he could run in the Topham Chase instead.
For the first time since 2005, there were no equine fatalities in the main race. In each of the previous four years there was one casualty.
Plaisir d'Estruval and Prudent Honour both died instantly after jumping Valentine's, the 13th fence in the Topham Chase on 9 April, a handicap over two miles and 5½ furlongs. Both horses broke their necks. Earlier the same day, in the grade one Melling Chase over standard chase fences on the Mildmay track, Schindlers Hunt was put down after fracturing a leg in a fall at the third fence. Schindlers Hunt's jockey Paddy Flood broke his collarbone in the fall; the other jockeys were unhurt.
Coral bookmakers took the decision to refund bets placed on race-day for King John's Castle. The horse was bidding to become the first grey to win the National since 1961, but refused to run when the race started. Although under betting rules customers bets should have been classified as losers, Coral took the decision to make a goodwill refund gesture to their customers.
...
Wikipedia