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Grey Dawning reversed the 2024 placings of the Betfair Chase by defeating his gallant old rival Royale Pagaille. Harry Skelton’s wife Bridget gave birth to a baby girl on Thursday 18:16, 22 Nov 2025Updated 18:25, 22 Nov 2025 Jockey Harry Skelton receives a hug after the Betfair Chase(Image: PA) Harry …

Film scriptwriters couldn’t even dream up the tale of the 1981 Grand National. So they didn’t bother – they just took the story and made it into a film. While Elizabeth Taylor’s National Velvet used the world’s greatest steeplechase in the plot of the 1945 movie, the story of Bob …