Ben Nevis was a chestnut gelding with a white blaze bred in England by A S Pattenden.
He began his career on the amateur Point-to-point circuit but had little success and was exported to race in the United States.
In 1979, he was taken back to England to attempt to win the prestigious Grand National,[2] and was sent to be trained by Captain Tim Forster at Letcombe Bassett in Oxfordshire.
[1] In the 1979 Grand National, Ben Nevis was strongly fancied and started fourth choice in the betting but fell at The Chair obstacle.
He died of colic in early 1995 at the age of 27,[3] and was buried alongside the 13th fence at the Grand National course in Butler, Maryland.