A US racehorse owner whose ancestors won the 1923 Grand National is bidding to recreate his family’s success by winning the world famous race 100 years later.
Pierre Manigault and his family will travel more than 4,000 miles from South Carolina to watch Cape Gentleman, who was bought specifically to run in this year’s renewal of the £1 million.
The decision to buy a horse for the race was inspired by the story of Stephen ‘Laddie’ Sandford, Manigault’s great-uncle, who became the first American to ever own a Grand National winner when his horse Sergeant Murphy stormed to victory in 1923.
