Jenny Pitman recalls ‘comedy show’

JENNY Pitman has recalled the day her Esha Ness “won” the 1993 Aintree Grand National, which was voided.

By The Newsroom

Published 3rd Apr 2013, 04:08 BST

After two false starts, a large proportion of the field set off again despite being called back and several completed full four-and-a-half miles. In an interview with BBC Radio 5 Live to be broadcast tonight, Pitman calls it a “comedy show of incompetence of the highest order”. She said: “It was a complete nightmare. I knew something wasn’t quite right on the morning of the race. I just had a strange feeling and it wouldn’t leave me alone.”