Mon Mome is an AQPS

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, which won the

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, run on April 4, 2009. It was ridden by Liam Treadwell and trained by Venetia Williams. He won by 12-lengths at odds of 100–1, making Mon Mome the largest-priced winner since

Foinavon Foinavon (1958–1971) was an Irish racehorse. He won the Grand National in 1967 at odds of 100/1 after the rest of the field fell, refused or were hampered or brought down in a mêlée at the 23rd fence. The fence was officially named after ...

in 1967. Mon Mome was victorious in the second of three attempts to win the Grand National, having finished tenth in

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and parting company with rider Aidan Coleman in the

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race at the twenty-sixth of the thirty fences. His victory in the 2009 race was exactly a century since the previous victory by a French bred horse in the Grand National. He was also third in the 2010 Cheltenham Gold Cup. He was retired at the age of 13, with his last appearance being at Warwick on 10 March 2013. Trainer Williams said: "He's been an amazing horse to train and gave me the best day of my career when winning the Grand National."Grand National: Mon Mome, 100-1 winner in 2009, is retired
- BBC Sport

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