.....100/1 outsider Foinavon(444/1 on the tote) wins a sensational 1967 Grand National after avoiding a pile-up at the 23rd fence...the winner was ridden by John Buckingham and trained by John Kempton.......44 ran....
It was my dads funeral today and as part of my lovely Uncle’s speech, he told us the story of how my dad drew Foinavon in the works sweepstake in 1967 and was that bloody minded that he bet a weeks pay on the horse to win. Everyone told him he was mad. He bought a brand new car with his winnings! That was my dad!
This is my first sporting memory, I was 5 years old. Foinavon was a brave horse to jump that fence with all that mayhem. There was another horse with jockey in light colours ahead of Foinavon who had a clear sight of the fence but refused. If you watch the British Pathe footage, you can see how close Foinavon came to being run out by loose horses at the Canal Turn. Honey End came from a long way back but did so much in closing the gap that he was being held by Foinavon at the end who just had the one pace. In fact, Red Alligator closed a lot on Honey End. Incredible story.
Despite the massive stroke of luck, on watching this, i was very impressed with John Buckingham. He could have blown it after the elbow. But he put his stick down, gathered the horse, and the horse actually ran away again towards the finish. Top horsemanship, that should not be forgotten or underestimated. R.I.P. both man & beast.
Got to credit Michael O'Hehir. He knew straight away the name of Foinavon, the only horse left standing, no checking through his notes to see who it was,great commentary. I watched this on the box in 1967 as it happened, so exciting.
@@PhilipKerry no I am not and any I was talking the trainer & the owner of the national winner both of them thought Foinavon does not have a chance to win The Grand National
Penny for John Buckingham's thoughts as he and Foinavon got over 'their' fence with it all going off around them. One of those thoughts must have been that his birthday and Christmas had both arrived at once!!!
Foinavon was like Arkle in two respects. Was originally owned by the Duchess of Westminster and was named after a Scottish mountain. Actually ran in the Gold Cup as his prep for this.
My girl friend at the time ( now my wife ) got Foinavon in the draw where she worked, she never had a penny on it because I told her it had no chance. I had backed Red Alligator oh dear I never lived it down. But I got my revenge in 68 when Red Alligator won I also backed the 2nd Moidores Token. two of the great Northern trainers at the time Deny's Smith and Ken Oliver ( The Benign Bishop) great days the fences then needed to be jumped not like today. Ahh sweet memories
This is basically the short form version of when Leicester City won the Premier League. All the favourites fell on their collective arse. The plucky outsiders picked the gap and made for the winning post. Isn’t probability fun?
He absolutely ran his heart out and came through even though his legs had turned to cheese strings and he would have been forgiven for falling or being caught by the rest. I'd have given him so many fat treats and mints for that effort he'd have been laminitic the next day. What an absolute superstar
My memory is that in that morning’s Daily Express, either Peter o Sullivan or Clive Graham reviewed the chances for each horse and for Foinaven they said something like ‘even for a race as unpredictable as the National this horse has no chance’ My other memory is that I had a little pocket money each way on Red Alligator!
At one stage, long after the melee at the 23rd fence I'm sure I caught sight of a riderless horse crashing through the fence on the inside of the course to rejoin the rest of the runners. Mayhem, utter mayhem in that race.
The same thing happened in the 1981 National where Aldaniti was neary taken out by a horse barging onto the course through the fence. Watched it on this channel earlier today.
My mother had an aunt who I always hear stories about. She was a memorable, intimidating women by all accounts. She placed a bet of one pound at 100/1 on Foinavon as it sounded like one of her medications ! She couldn’t believe her luck. She died in 1984, the same year they renamed the famous fence.
The reason Popham Down Ran a cross the inside of the fence causing such chaos is that there are no exit spaces either end of those fences!! to avoid it!Congratulations Fionavon!!
The noise of all those horses and jockeys piling up there must have been something else, the thumbnail picture of the winner is a beauty also, iv'e never seen blinkers that wide, they would have caught some mud.
If you listen really carefully you realise that Bob Haines was simultaneously commentating for BBC TV and radio. When the first hand over takes place, Haines has to wait because Peter Bromley takes a second or two longer to hand over from his radio commentary
I was 9 years old at the time and remember this. My mother put one shilling (5 pence in decimal money) on Foinavon because it was a local horse. She won £5 and was very pleased.
@@chatham43 until the pile up it was a rather average race nothing much to report the same can be said of the 56 race because of the events to come f23 and Devon loch there among the most famous races ever
I bet he shit his pants taking that last fence “Don't clip it - don't fall pony, not now - we're nearly home” Foinaven "MY LEGS HAVE STOPPED WORKING AND I'M LITERALLY ABOUT TO DIE"
Little known snippet. Foinavon wasn't the only horse to get a clear round. Packed Home also jumped the 23rd at the first attempt but in his case, he was so far behind that other horses were remounting or making their second attempt when he jumped.
@@shaunspadah5790 nope Packed Home was well behind Foinavon coming to Bechers. Foinavon is the last to jump Bechers that you can see in this video and there are actually five behind, you can see this much better in the colour Pathe version which shows all the horses at Bechers, Packed Home was actually last you can just see him approaching the Foinavon fence in this video, he was hampered but must have crawled over as Packed Home is called in third place at the Canal Turn and actually finished 5th
“And over Beechers, and the loose horse is in front and doesn’t seem to interfere with anyone… “. And then to paraphrase a different commentator a few jumps later, “I’ve never seen a horse at this stage so far (ahead in the National)… “. I kid you not.
I was 17 when this Grand National took place. I grew up I’m Melling and we would walk to the Anchor bridge to get a glimpse of the horses. I backed Popham Down who fell at the first but them without his rider raced on only to pop most of them down at the 17th fence. It’s the first time since then that I’ve seen this race since those early days. Now aged 74 the Grand National is still one of the highlights of my year. That said, I don’t like the new format they have brought in for 2024. A lot of the thrill of the race has been lost and it no longer appears to be the lottery it once was.
I remember the race well although only wight years old. I picked out Basnet and my Dad put 50 pence ew on for me. Unfortunately he fell at the first fence. 😅
I didn't prophesy the winner, but in my works sweepstake much to my disgust I picked Popham Down. I was never fond of him as a chaser, and at the time said "that's probably what he'll do, pop them down". On the other hand my uncle Clem got Foinavon in his works sweepstake, so not really being a horseracing fan, he also put a fiver on it at the bookies. My actual bet in the race was Red Alligator, but then I didn't back him the next year when he won, so 67/68 were two bad Nationals for me personally.
Wow. Your uncle Clem took a bit of a gamble there. Five quid back in 1967 was pretty much an average weeks wages for an unskilled worker. He must have had a good job. With his £500 winnings and a few quid more, he could have bought a two-up-two-down house in most towns in England.
@@gary1961 Back in 67 I was an apprentice printer, with OT I was getting just over 20 pounds a week, my uncle Clem worked with my father at HMSO and they also got Saturday night work on the newspapers in Fleet St., I don't how much a week he got at HMSO, but I know Saturday night on the papers payed about 11 pounds per night. One of my other uncles Albert Gunter was the Bus Driver of the 78 Bus that jumped the gap on Tower Bridge, after TV appearences on Tell the Truth and some other TV shows he did indeed get enough to buy his four storey house in Theberton St. Islington, just off Upper St, I think he paid about 400 pounds for it in the fifties. It's worth millions now.
The same commentator who said no pair had fallen at ? Beechers on the first circuit, while in front of us a horse sprawled on its side whilst the jockey tried to scramble away, was also the chap who, at the preceding fence to the fateful one, said “The riderless horse doesn’t seem to be interfering with anyone.” The luck of the Irish...
Jumping Beecher's second time round the majority of starters were still going, then...! Even with all that a significant number of runners still finished.
The ironic aspect of this legendary race is that 44 started the race and the majority were still on their feet when the melee occurred, even the loose horses were jumping straight. Foinavon gets no credit for being the only horse brave enough to jump through the chaos and though he was being steadily reeled in, he won going away again at the finishing post. I remember backing Honey End, so at the time I was rather miffed and failed to see the funny side.
We were supporting our old favourite Freddie who was going well until all hell broke loose at the 23rd - Pat McCarron got him over at the third attempt but by then...in his own words..."we were in the next parish..."
I'm crying at the excited Irishman's commentary when they pile up "Ah Jaysus! Sure the horses are all over the feckin place they're not even going the right way ah Jaysus Mary n Joseph this is a bollocks of a job"
Packed home who's last at the 23rd gets stuck on the fence then struggles over and continues has now in the leading pack chasing foinavon only foinavon cleared the fence without mishap
Just read that Wisden book about this race. On the Tote there was only about 20 winning bets. The first National ever where they could take an early night.
Looking at this again i would guess coming round the final turn with 2 to jump Foinavon wasnt as far clear as Crisp 6 years later but Foinavon looked fresher
I disagree.Crisp was still cruising rounding the bend between 3 out and 2 out. The red light only came on between 2 out and the last and then the tank was empty.
1977 (Red Rum's third triumph), 1981 (Aldaniti and Bob Champion) and 1993 (the race that never was) also immediately spring to mind in the past National stakes in terms of fame.
"National Colours" has uploaded every Pathe /BBC National including colour footage of the 1959 national which I've never seen before and the entire 1979 National....
I always felt Foinavon never got the credit he deserved x he had the agility and knowhow to avoid the melee x he kept up the gallop x he came home first x that s what racing s all about x Michael O Hehir s on the mic for the pileup the stars aligned. x.
Such a shame that the national has now turned into nothing more than a long distance hurdle race. I understand it is for the safety of the horses and that is to be applauded in many ways, but what a spectacle it used to be.
تقطعت كبدي من الحزن والخوف حزني على نفسي وخوفي عليها بكيت حتى خفت لا يطلع الشوف مع الدموع اللي غدا الشوف فيها أنا ضحية حب و ذنوب وظروف يكفي لتدمير أي طيب حديها اشعر بنارٍ تلتهب داخل الجوف ما يقدر الماء لو شربته يجيها
Don't know, but the only one I've found who had issues with the Canal Turn the second time was Kirtle-Lad, who refused to jump it. Kirtle-Lad was bay or light brown I think, but it's hard to tell the colour in monochrome, and I can't make out the silks. So it might be Kirtle-Lad, who had just had enough! If so, he ran again in 1970, when he fell, but survived.
foinavon got lucky and riggled through you see a horse with his jockey on with the white cap at 6 49 turns back to the right then another horse with his jockey on dark colours pass each other and foinavon goes straight through the gap just as they have passed
@@johnshort5003 in those days John any horse that got round the national course was a class horse . From that year so many jockey s who came down said they would of won which is arrogance in my view and not relevant n that's racing, I admit the winner had a bit of luck but John Buckingham was very underrated jockey n RIP now as you know .my kind regards sir n Greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands..Glynn
@@glynnevans1851 I remember watching this on my grandparents' TV when I was nine. There has never been a National quite like this one. What a drama! Those jockeys who said they would have won? Not arrogance, more like wishful thinking. Of course, these days they can't remount so such an entertaining drama can't happen any more. Keep well!
@@chatham43 Really? As I remember, my other horse. Bassnet, fell early on - maybe even the 1st fence.......Mind you, when I was about 7 I did put my sixpence on OXO and it won!!!!! Never bet since Foinaven though :)
خلوني أقطع فجوج الحزم خلوني في خاطري ضيقةٍ ما أحدٍ بعارفها الديرة اللي هواها اغلى من عيوني القى وناسة ضميري في طوارفها ملجاي عقب الولي لي خابت ظنوني أما على سهولها وألا مشارفها بأساير الوقت والدنيا على هوني والدمعة الغالية ماني بذارفها أنا لي ثقل حملي كبرت متوني تقوى عزومي لو إن الوقت كارفها الله لا يقطع رجا الأصحاب من دوني ويش الرجاجيل لي ضاعت معارفها
الليل ممسي والمخاليق ممسين وأنا سهير العين ما امسيت مرة واللي خلق ياسين وآيات ياسين إن القدر قاسي والأيام مرة ياسين من دورات الأيام ياسين ما تقبل إلا بالشقا والمضرة من عصر ابوي آدم وحواء لذلحين والوقت خيره في محاذيف شره إن قالها الله لأرد المنهل الزين عد الروى ماهو ملزام حرة للخيل سرج وللمعارك ميادين وفي كل ريعٍ للرجاجيل جرة الله لا يكشف لنا غرة.. آمين ولا يبينا على كل غرة
@@larrybrown6068 That's racing Larry, John Buckingham needed to stoke him up thou but my late Dad said going across the Melling road they would not catch him. Did you know Fornavion was 445/1on the old tote and one on course book maker had him at 750/1. Sadly the National as been gradually diluted since 1990 to 0. For me a long distance N.H race and no test of skill or credibility to say a rider gets round just simple hedges. Best Aintree jockey with out doubt Brian Fletcher a very acumlished horse man and modest too. Sadly now RIP and I don't think he ever got over been taken off Red Rum by Mr McCain in October 1975.Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK 🤝
هود التالي وأنا عيني سهيرة كن بارود الثميدي في طرفها بين هم وبين حزن وبين حيرة وا هني الداله اللي ما عرفها سالمٍ هم التناهتة الأخيرة ما بعد دق النحر في منتصفها ما يحس العاقل ويجرح ضميره غير لي شاف المواجيب وحرفها ردته شهب السنين المستطيرة والظروف اللي يمشيها سلفها لي طرى له طاري جاء في كسيرة يتدارك قلها وألا صلفها أشهد إنها خيبة آمال كبيرة لتهقواها و عوّد ما وقفها الزمن الأشقر غدا شره بخيرة والنوايا البيض ملعون جدفها
in the first circuit there where no lose horses next them yet in the second circuit there plenty of loses horses with them that I find it strange how did those lose horses catch up with horses who still have jockey on them so quick
the trainer & the owner thought they will have more fun in the sun then the National but that bad they thought of Foinavon they wished wrong after wining they wish they stayed there to watch the national sadly he fell in the next National but at the water jump
عليك امالي والرجا والتوكال ياللي على عرشك سماك وعليته تردني بين ال عمران وانفال ف أخر ايات كتابك اللي تليته اللي خذتني من تلاوته الاشغال والحمد لله يومني ما سليته يدعيك عبد مبلي خايف ذال ياللي الا حبيت عبدك بليته
