Aldaniti

Aldaniti

Thoroughbred racehorse infobox
horsename = Aldaniti


caption =
sire = Derek H
grandsire = Court Harwell
dam = Renardeau
damsire = Revnard Volant
sex = Gelding
foaled = 1970
country = Great Britain flagicon|UK
colour = Chestnut
earnings = £6m
updated= January 18, 2008

Aldaniti (1970 - Friday 28 March 1997), (Chestnut - Gelding), was a famous racehorse who won the Grand National on 4 April 1981. Jockey Bob Champion famously recovered from cancer while Aldaniti recovered after suffering a career threatening injury. The horse was trained by Josh Gifford. He died of old age in 1997.

His name was derived from the names of his breeder Tommy Barron's four grandchildren: Alastair, David, Nicola, Timothy. He starred as himself in the 1983 film "Champions" alongside John Hurt and was voted 62nd in the 100 greatest sporting moments in a Channel 4 poll.

A British Rail Class 86 electric locomotive is named after him.

External links

*http://www.findonvillage.com/0134_aldaniti.htm
*http://www.findonvillage.com/0403_after_the_race.htm
* [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/htmlContent.jhtml?html=/archive/1997/03/28/nhors28.html Champion's Aldaniti dies at 27]
* [http://www.allbreedpedigree.com/aldaniti Aldaniti's pedigree]
* [http://www.pedigreequery.com/aldaniti Aldaniti's pedigree and racing stats]


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