WE didn’t get much of a run for our money in the Randox Health Grand National at Aintree – sorry about that – with Definitly Red broadsided at first Becher’s and the enigmatic Tenor Nivernais never a factor. But in other respects it was an edifying spectacle, which has not always been the case over the years.

Forty set off, and only 19 completed, but the majority of the others pulled-up and there were no serious injuries to human or horse yet plenty of thrills along the way. It had a deserving winner, as well, in One For Arthur, who came from a long way back to storm to victory by four and a half lengths from Cause Of Causes.