The 1986 Grand National (officially known as the

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Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 140th running of the

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horse race that took place at

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near

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, England, on 5 April 1986. The race was won by nine-year-old 15/2 second favourite

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, ridden by jockey

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. in a time of 9 minutes, 33 seconds for a prize of £57,254. The winner was owned by Mr Peter Luff and trained in Droitwich, Worcestershire by Michael Oliver.

Build-up, leading contenders and the race

One hundred and nine horses were entered the 1986 Grand National of which fifty six stood their ground and declared to runGrand Nationals of the 1980s, Christopher Simpson For health and safety reasons only a maximum field of forty could take part so the sixteen entrants given the lowest handicap mark by handicapper, Captain Christopher Mordaunt were balloted out. These included former competitors, ''King Spruce'', ''Onapromise'' and ''Colonel Christy'' The previous year's runner up, ''Mr Snugfit'' was installed as the 13/2 favourite despite having been injured for a time during the season and having run unimpressively in his last four starts. Phil Tuck took the mount, as he had done last year.