46 Years Ago Today...

[sandyRoe]

My old mum had £1 EW on Foinavon in the National. It won at 100-1. When I went to collect her winnings the bookie asked: 'How the **** did you pick that?'

[Barmaid]

*Chortlesplutters*

[mallyh]

i bet she felt like a queen with all that money

[emmie]

good for her, did she say f*** had nothing to do with it...

[bibblebub]

£1 in 1967 would be worth £13.69 today

[sandyRoe]

It seemed a fortune. She gave me and my brother a couple of quid each and treated her mates to a night at bingo.

[sandyRoe]

Near £130 she won. Worth about £1500 according to Bibblebubs inflation calculator.

[EDDIE51]

I remember that race Foinavon was so slow and so far behind the others that when the entire rest of the field fell at the last fence (due to a loose horse running straight across as they were about to jump the fence) Foinavon was able to pick a way through the chaos and just get to the post in time , even then he was so slow he was very nearly caught at the post.
Possibly the only time a horse has won a race by being the slowest in the field.

[Brinjal]

Seems the longshots often do well in the grand national

[sir.prize]

The memorable 1967 Grand National 'pile-up'

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/on-this-day--biggest-grand-national-upset-ever-135851269.html#D32GSFm

[sandyRoe]

First time I've seen it in colour.