Red Marauder (4 March 1990 – 22 November 2016) was a

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that won the 2001

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at 33/1. Only four horses completed the race successfully - two of those having been remounted - due partly to the desperate conditions at

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and mainly thanks to the loose horse Paddy's Return causing mayhem at the Canal Turn. Red Marauder and Smarty had the race to themselves for much of the second circuit before the former surged clear of his tired rival from two out to record a distance victory. It was the slowest time recorded for a Grand National for one hundred and eighteen years. The Grand National win was a first for

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-based horse owner Norman Mason who had entered Red Marauder in the previous year's race where he fell. Trainer Richard Guest was also the jockey that day and was in possession of the retired horse until the latter's death at the age of 26 on 22 November 2016.

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Career 1-2-3 Colour Chart
– ''Red Marauder'' 1990 racehorse births 2016 racehorse deaths National Hunt racehorses Non-Thoroughbred racehorses Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom Grand National winners {{Racehorse-stub