Red Marauder Explained

Horsename:Red Marauder
Sire:Gunner B
Grandsire:Royal Gunner
Dam:Cover Your Money
Damsire:Precipice Wood
Sex:Gelding
Foaled:4 March 1990[1]
Death Date:22 November 2016
Country:Chestnut
Colour:United Kingdom
Breeder:Mrs D Jenks
Owner:Norman Mason
Trainer:Norman Mason
Record:21: 9-3-1
Earnings:£392,206
Honours:First National Bank Gold Cup (1998)
Grand National (2001)
Updated:16 April 2012

Red Marauder (4 March 1990 – 22 November 2016) was a race horse that won the 2001 Grand National at 33/1. Only four horses completed the race successfully - two of those having been remounted - due partly to the desperate conditions at Aintree and mainly thanks to the loose horse Paddy's Return causing mayhem at the Canal Turn.[2]

Red Marauder and Smarty had the race to themselves for much of the second circuit before the former surged clear of his tired rival from two out to record a distance victory. It was the slowest time recorded for a Grand National for one hundred and eighteen years.

The Grand National win was a first for Sunderland-based horse owner Norman Mason who had entered Red Marauder in the previous year's race where he fell.

Trainer Richard Guest was also the jockey that day and was in possession of the retired horse until the latter's death at the age of 26 on 22 November 2016.[3] [4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Red Marauder pedigree . equineline.com . 2012-05-08 . 2014-01-31.
  2. News: Grand National win for Red Marauder. 7 April 2001.
  3. Web site: Red Marauder 2001 Grand National Winner. 15 March 2010.
  4. Web site: Horse Racing News | Latest Racing Updates | Racing Post. https://web.archive.org/web/20161124092639/http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/grand-national-hero-red-marauder-dies-aged-26/2198973/#newsArchiveTabs=last7DaysNews. 24 November 2016.