Al Dancer (5-1) was a poignant winner of the Best Odds Guaranteed On Racing Grand Sefton Handicap Chase at Aintree Racecourse.
Owner Dai Walters and trainer Sam Thomas were involved in a helicopter crash this week. The 77-year-old Walters remains in intensive care and was among five injured when a helicopter he was travelling in with trainer Thomas crashed in woods in Llanelidan, near Ruthin, north Wales on Tuesday evening.
But at Aintree in the first race run over the famous of the Randox Grand National fences of the season the Thomas-trained Al Dancer, under Charlie Deustch, just held on for a poignant success.
