Black Beauty ; Apalachi Leads Irish National Challenge [Eire Region]
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FINDING the winner of this afternoon's Grand National looks as tough as it has ever been. But that will not deter the vast legions who will set out this morning to try to find the name of the horse who will enter the winner's enclosure after the big race at Aintree this afternoon.
Everyone, it seems, employs a different approach to the annual conundrum. Some simply select their fancy from the list of Irishtrained runners in the line-up, something perhaps which many before them also did.See the full content of this document
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Black Beauty ; Apalachi Leads Irish National Challenge [Eire Region]
This 'buy Irish' custom could have begun in the 1950s, when the great Vincent O'Brien had his hat-trick of Grand National winners -- Early Mist ('53), Royal Tan ('54) and Quare Times ('55) -- and the late Tom Taaffe sent out Mr What, the 1958 winner.
But it was not until ten years ag...See the full content of this document
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