Red Rum. Foinavon. Aldaniti. We should be used to it by now.
In its 183 years, the Grand National has made a routine of morphing the impossible into matter of fact. Twelve months on from Rachael Blackmore’s history-making success aboard Minella Times, the grey mare Snow Leopardess comes in search of a new National first.
It’s not her colour or gender that has headline writers hovering over their keyboards – Neptune Collonges became the third winning grey in 2012 and Nickel Coin the latest of 13 mares in 1951. No mare has ever captured the great race having first experienced motherhood.
