What 4 horses where in the top 4 in the National this year?

Question

or have I thrown my money away?

Answer 1

1st Comply Or Die (7-1 joint-favourite)

Jockey Timmy Murphy: "It's everybody's dream to win the National. David [Pipe, trainer] prepared him fabulously and said he was a certainty and wouldn't get beat, so what more can you ask for?"

2nd King Johns Castle (20-1) Four lengths behind

Paul Carberry: I was a bit short at the second-last but he winged the last and I thought I was going to pick Timmy [Murphy] up at the Elbow. But he pulled out a bit more. The whole way up the straight I thought I was going to get there."

3rd Snowy Morning (16-1) 1½l

David Casey: "He ran great, he jumped super and I just wish I had held on to him a bit longer, but he gave me a super ride. When Hedgehunter won I'd schooled him round for Ruby (Walsh) the year before and the same might happen again."

4th Slim Pickings (10-1) 16l

Barry Geraghty: "He ran a blinder, I had a great spin off him and I just said to the lads it is the best craic you'll have all year. He's only nine so hopefully he'll be back next year."

5th Bewleys Berry 8l

Denis O'Regan: "A brilliant run. I got a great run and he jumped great. He probably didn't get home, but he's run to his mark."

6th Cloudy Lane 3l

Jason Maguire: "He gave me a great ride. He's run really well and he's jumped great. Turning in, I thought if I could tag on to the winning bunch that he would pick up, but the trip has taken a bit of the quickness out of him and he just kept going one pace to the line."

7th Nadover 13l

Robbie Power: "He was deadly. He gave me a serious spin. He'll not be 150-1 next year."

8th Baily Breeze 9l

Paddy Flood: "Fantastic. He jumped well and travelled well."

9th Chelsea Harbour 1¾l

Davy Russell: "A savage spin. He jumped from fence to fence. He did jump a bit left, but he is a game. Perhaps I made a bit too much use of him."

10th Mon Mome 1½l

Aidan Coleman: "He gave me an absolutely brilliant spin. He was going well but Tony McCoy's horse fell in front of us at Becher's second time and half fell in front of my horse and that took him out of the race."

11th Hi Cloy 3¼l

Tom Doyle: "He jumped round, I thought I had a chance jumping Becher's second time round but he just didn't get home from the second-last."

12th Cornish Sett 1¼l

Nick Scholfield: "He gave me a serious spin. He was starting to get into it, but was flat out and for me to finish was just like winning it."

13th Hedgehunter 13l

Ruby Walsh: "He was grand. He jumped round, but he justwasn't good enough."

14th Idle Talk 28l

Brian Harding: "He gave me a great ride. I was getting excited at Becher's second time, but he just fell in a heap."

15th Milan Deux Mille dist

Tom Malone: "He's such an exuberant horse, but I knew if I dropped him in he'd be too keen. In the end I wasn't competitive, but I got round and he's a fantastic old horse."

Answer 2

1st Comply Or Die (7-1 joint-favourite)

2nd King Johns Castle (20-1)

3rd Snowy Morning (16-1)

4th Slim Pickings (10-1)

The rest were

5th Bewleys Berry

6th Cloudy Lane

7th Nadover

8th Baily Breeze

9th Chelsea Harbour

10th Mon Mome

11th Hi Cloy

12th Cornish Sett

13th Hedgehunter

14th Idle Talk

15th Milan Deux Mille

Casualties:

2nd fence: Black Apalachi, Backbeat, L'Ami (all fell)

3rd fence: Tumbling Dice, Iron Man (both unseated)

4th fence: Ardaghey, Fundamentalist (both fell)

6th fence: No Full (fell)

8th fence: Madison Du Berlais, Philson Run (both fell)

11th fence: Contraband, Kelami (fell)

17th fence: Point Barrow (pulled up)

19th fence: Vodka Bleu, Bob Hall, Naunton Brook (all pulled up)

20th fence: Joaaci (fell), McKelvey (unseated)

22nd fence: Butler's Cabin (fell)

25th fence: Turko (fell), Knowhere (fell), Simon (unseated)

27th fence: D'Argent (fell)

29th fence: Dun Doire (pulled up)

30th fence: Mr Pointment (pulled up.