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The turf

The Grand National a predictable affair? Not a bit of it

The winners upset the odds —  and while the race was casualty-free for the fourth year running it lost nothing of its spectacle

16 April 2016

9:00 AM

16 April 2016

9:00 AM

With great victories in Flat racing you witness hats-in-the-air exultation. You see the pride of trainers who nurtured the winner to full potential or of jockeys who timed their challenge perfectly. Sometimes you even spot the quieter satisfaction of the owners and breeders who framed the mating that brought it all about.

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