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Horse Racing News :: 100-1 chance Mon Mome wins the Grand National

Posted on 2009-04-04 by Gooner

The 100-1 chance Mon Mome caused a massive shock with a superb display to win the Grand National at Aintree.

Trained by Venetia Williams in Herefordshire and ridden by Liam Treadwell on his Grand National debut, the nine-year-old won by 12-lengths.

Mon Mome jumped the last alongside last year's winner Comply or Die but pulled away after the final fence.

MINOR PLACINGS
Comply or Die (14-1) finished second, My Will (8-1) was third, with Welsh-trained State of Play (14-1) in fourth.

Mon Mome was the first 100-1 shot to win since Foinavon in the freak 1967 race, and there has been no longer-priced winner in the race's 162 runnings.

Williams, a former Grand National jockey, became only the second woman after Jenny Pitman (Corbiere in 1983 and Royal Athlete in 1995) to train a National winner.

In a keenly contested race, there were still around a dozen horses in with chances with two fences to go - and Treadwell's mount was among those nicely in contention.

He kept Mon Mome out of trouble on the outside and a strong run between the last two fences left him at the head of the field alongside Comply or Die.

But he crucially carried six pounds less than the 2008 winner, and in the end that weight difference proved vital.

Sourced From : BBC Sport

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