Editing Grand National (section)

===The race that never was (1993)===
{{Main|1993 Grand National}}
The result of the [[1993 Grand National]] was declared void after a series of incidents commentator [[Peter O'Sullevan]] later called "the greatest disaster in the history of the Grand National."

While under starter's orders, one jockey was tangled in the starting tape which had failed to rise correctly. A false start was declared, but due to a lack of communication between course officials, 30 of the 39 jockeys did not realise this and began the race.

Course officials tried to stop the runners by waving red flags, but many jockeys continued to race, believing that they were protesters (a group of whom had invaded the course earlier), while [[Peter Scudamore]] only stopped because he saw his trainer, [[Martin Pipe]], waving frantically at him.

Seven horses completed the course, meaning the result was void. The first past the post was Esha Ness (in the second-fastest time ever), ridden by John White, trained by [[Jenny Pitman]] and owned by Patrick Bancroft.<ref name="autogenerated1">[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/3/newsid_4216000/4216143.stm BBC ON THIS DAY | 3 | 1993: Grand National ends in 'shambles'] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307120231/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/april/3/newsid_4216000/4216143.stm |date=7 March 2008 }}. BBC News (3 April 1996). Retrieved on 11 March 2011.</ref><ref>[https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/apr/03/esha-ness-1993-grand-national 3 April 1993: Esha Ness 'wins' the Grand National that never was | Sport] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104072032/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2010/apr/03/esha-ness-1993-grand-national |date=4 January 2017 }}. The Guardian. Retrieved on 11 March 2011.</ref><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2jHwZ1JerY 1993 Grand National] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170104072135/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2jHwZ1JerY |date=4 January 2017 }}. YouTube. Retrieved on 11 March 2011.</ref><ref>[http://grandnationalanorak.webs.com/theclassof93.htm Grand National Anorak |] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101126081550/http://grandnationalanorak.webs.com/theclassof93.htm |date=26 November 2010 }}. Grandnationalanorak.webs.com. Retrieved on 11 March 2011.</ref>