Superstition (1982)

Jockeys and their superstitions
It is a well known fact that jockeys are known for their superstitions and rituals, and it is certainly true of the jockeys who run in the Grand National. It should be noted that not only jockeys who have superstitions? a large number of sportsmen and women have. David Beckham is such a confession of self that suffers from obsessive compulsive behavior, which operates blows again and again, and must have everything in a straight line or a couple! Thus, the jockeys are just one of many sportsmen and women who are prone to this kind of obsessive behavior.

An example in the world of horse racing is Graham Thorner, who after winning the Grand National in 1972 on the best thing to do, chose to wear the same pair of underwear for every race he has always participated from the time . They eventually became so decayed that he had to wear another pair over them to prevent them from falling!

When Dick Saunders won the National in 1982 Grittar he assured himself and his wife were exactly the same outfits as they had worn when traveling to Aintree the previous year for the Fox Hunters Chase. Mick Fitzgerald always thought the number seven as his lucky number and it is true that Rough Quest was 7 when he won the Grand National. Timmy Murphy always puts his right boot before the left one, while John Buckingham, who was the Grand National winner Foinavon always takes care to shake magpies. Timmy Murphy, who won the National on Lord Gyllene never leaves the weighing room first!

This is not just the jockeys who have superstitions? owners, relations of the riders and trainers are also prone to a little superstition. Noel Furlong, owner and coach of Reynoldstown, when on the road race at Aintree in 1935 adopted a funeral in transit. Reynoldstown won the race and the legend tells that the following year, Furlong drove around Liverpool looking for a funeral procession. He worked as Reynoldstown won again as Davy Jones, who seemed extremely likely to win, had failed at the last minute that the buckle on his reins broke.

In 1985, Richard Dunwoody West Horse Council at its premiere and has declined to Becher's Brook. His parents had attended the race have decided that they had brought misfortune upon himself and never went to the National again! Maybe their ruse has worked as he began to establish itself as an exceptional record in the National.

The majority of jockeys who win the national will insist on having the same PEG in the locker room for the rest of their racing career. However, the most superstitious of all the people involved in the Grand National is Jim Lewis? when his best friend is due to run in the Gold Cup, he would not leave his home until he found a plate of the vehicle which added up to 25. And when Best Mate scored his 3rd successive Gold Cup, Lewis insisted on traveling the same road, wearing his lucky black cat sweater and wearing her black coat with a chance Aston Villa tie and scarf!