Location Aintree Racecourse Winning horse Highland Wedding Trainer Toby Balding | Date 29 March 1969 Jockey Eddie P. Harty, Sr. | |
Owner Thomas H. McCoy, Jr. & Charles Burns | ||
The 1969 Grand National was the 123rd renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 29 March 1969.
Twelve-year-old Highland Wedding, running in his third Grand National, was the winner by 12 lengths. He was ridden by jockey Eddie Harty, Sr., for trainer Toby Balding. The favourite was Red Alligator who fell at the 19th fence.
References
1969 Grand National Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA