Grand National 1967: Remembering Foinavon's win after record pile-up
Armed police stood guard, smiling, as Liverpool's finest filed into Aintree on Ladies Day in warm sunshine, 50 years after a rainsoaked race unmatched in Grand National history.One of the fences the field of 40 will tackle in Saturday's big race is now called Foinavon, after the 1967 winner, who profited from Aintree's biggest pile-up.Jockeys fell left, right, and in the case of Stan Mellor on board The Fossa, into the fence.
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