1971 Grand National

1971 Grand National

Grand National
Location	Aintree
Date	3 April 1971
Winning horse	Specify
Jockey	John Cook
Trainer	John Sutcliffe
Owner	Fred Pontin
Conditions	Good
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External videos
The 1971 Grand National in full (BBC)
Highlights of the 1971 Grand National, along with 1970 and 1972 BBC Sport

The 1971 Grand National was the 125th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 3 April 1971.

Gay Buccaneer was very unlucky having been the clear leader at the Canal turn on the first circuit, only to be interfered with by a loose horse which resulted in him going from first to last, and finishing tenth. Specify was the winner from a close finish between the leading five in the final furlong.

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A special Grand National Grandstand was presented by David Coleman on the BBC for the twelfth year. Three commentators were used this year, Peter O'Sullevan, Raleigh Gilbert and Julian Wilson. Peter Bromley was the lead commentator on BBC radio.

John Cook retired from racing the following year on medical advice and emigrated to Australia where he died after a long illness in 1999^[4]

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• "Past Winners of The Grand National". grand-national.net. Archived from the original on 4 November 2011. Retrieved 27 August 2014.

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