Frank Gilman's Grittar strides up to the line to win it in fantastic style, ear's pricked, he's a fresh horse.
In preparation for the National, he won at a canter at Leicester before finishing a creditable sixth in the Cheltenham Gold Cup.
[2] The victory at Liverpool was enough for him to get the support of BBC Radio 2 commentator, Peter Bromley[3] though several newspaper pundits expressed concern at the horse being a hunter chaser.
His age and amateur status did little to deter the betting public although leading professional gambler, Alex Bird commented "I immediately pencilled him in for the '82 National, but I'm not happy about the jockey - I'll be keeping my money in my pocket.
"[4] Grittar had a virtually trouble free run beating the other 7 finishers by 15 lengths with Saunders retiring immediately after the race and becoming chairman of the Aintree stewards.