The 1993 race had a couple of false starts then on the third attempt it was another false start but many jockeys didn't see the flag and set off blissfully unaware the race the were running in meant nothing. Quite how they managed to run 4 and a half miles without someone telling them to pull up was never quite explained
We listened to it in the coach waiting to get out of the Wembley car park after beating the Pigs
The then Mrs JBO had backed Esha Ness, the "winner", at 50/1 and was gutted
The 1997 National got put back to the Monday after a bomb scare had forced an evacuation of the course on the Saturday