20 questions

Test your Grand National knowledge

1 Golden Miller is the only horse to win the Gold Cup and the National in the same year (1934). But how many times did he contest the National, and how many times did he get round?

2 Which present-day racecourse general manager won the race on an 11th-hour spare ride?

3 What was the alternative venue for the National between 1916-18?

4 Nowadays the field is limited to 40. What is the record number of starters, and what year did they take part?

5 On which horse was John Francome placed in 1979 and 1980?

6 Name the four horses who completed the course in 2001.

7 Who rode Charles Dickens to finish third in 1974 and won the race as a trainer 13 years later with Maori Venture?

8 Sir Anthony McCoy won the National for the first and only time on Don’t Push it in 2010, but which horse was second?

9 Rough Quest won the 1996 renewal, but which horse beat him in the Gold Cup on his previous start?

10 What was the official distance that separated Neptune Collonges and Sunnyhillboy after they fought out a thrilling conclusion to the 2012 running?

11 Which ‘National’ did Monty’s Pass win on his way to glory at Aintree in 2003?

12 How many horses have won the race at odds of 100-1?

13 Which horse has run in the race more than any other and now has a race at the meeting named after him?

14 Name the current jockey who has ridden in the race more than any other without winning it?

15 Which female rider has achieved the best placing?

16 Lucinda Russell is aiming to join a list of how many female trainers to have won the race?

17 Arguably the most famous Grand National of them all was when Red Rum caught Crisp in 1973, but from where did Crisp hail?

18 Which future best-selling author rode the Queen Mother’s Devon Loch who threw away victory in 1956?

19 Who are the two jockeys currently riding on the Flat in Britain to have struck gold?

20 Which road bisects the racecourse and forms a famous part of the commentary?