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Well To Do (1963–1985) was a British-bred
Thoroughbred The Thoroughbred is a horse breed best known for its use in horse racing. Although the word ''thoroughbred'' is sometimes used to refer to any breed of purebred horse, it technically refers only to the Thoroughbred breed. Thoroughbreds are c ...
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who competed in
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. He is best known for winning the
1972 Grand National The 1972 Grand National was the 126th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 8 April 1972. The winner was Well To Do, whose price went down from 33–1 to 14-1 the day before. Former wi ...
giving
Tim Forster Captain Timothy Arthur Forster, OBE (27 February 1934 – 21 April 1999) commonly known as Tim Forster, was an English racehorse trainer and previously an amateur jockey. As a trainer he had 1,346 winners, including 3 Grand Nationals at Ain ...
his first Grand National win of three. He entered the National 14/1, a price which had dropped from 33/1 on confirmation that Graham Thorner would be his jockey.


Grand National record


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