THE annual parade of former Grand National winners is always well received and 10 of them took part on Saturday, led by the 2002 winner Bindaree who enjoys his retirement at trainer Nigel Twiston-Davies’s yard in Gloucestershire. He was followed in the ring by an excited Amberleigh House, who won in 2004 for the legendary Ginger McCain.

First of the Irish-trained winners was Hedgehunter who gave Willie Mullins victory in the 2005 race. He lives at his owner Trevor Hemmings’ stud on the Isle of Man with another winner, Donald McCain’s 2011 hero Ballabriggs who was also in the parade. The pair are inseparable.