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Aldaniti (25 June 1970 - 28 March 1997) was a racehorse who won the Grand National on 4 April 1981. His jockey on that day, Bob Champion, had recovered from cancer, while Aldaniti had recovered after suffering a career-threatening injury. The horse was trained by Josh Gifford .
Features | 1 st April 2021. This year’s Grand National marks the 40th anniversary of one of the greatest sporting stories, Aldaniti and Bob Champion winning the famous race. When they lined up at Aintree in 1981 for the world‐famous race, Aldaniti and his jockey Bob Champion had overcome incredible odds just to be there.
Significant horses. Aldaniti. Robert Champion CBE (born 4 June 1948) is an English former jump jockey, who won the 1981 Grand National on Aldaniti. His triumph, while recovering from cancer, was made into the 1984 film Champions, with John Hurt portraying Champion.
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Apr 2, 2011 · But the tale kept rolling after Bob Champion passed the Aintree finishing post on Aldaniti, 30 years ago this week. It kept going into a new realm of illness, and defiance, and a fund-raising...
Aug 7, 2020 · Few stories in racing have captured public imagination like that of Bob Champion piloting Aldaniti to victory in the 1981 Grand National. The jockey had very nearly lost his life to cancer;...
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It’s Aldaniti from Spartan Missile and here comes John Thorne, 54 year old John Thorne putting in a storming finish. “It’s Aldaniti from Spartan Missile. Aldaniti is gonna win it, at the line, Aldaniti wins the National!” You can watch Bob winning the Grand National below…
Apr 7, 2021 · Two years after being diagnosed with cancer, Bob Champion won the 1981 Grand National on Aldaniti; their victory is one of the most famous in the Aintree steeplechase's history; now 72,...
