IRISH GRAND NATIONAL - IN COLOUR

(10 Apr 1972) SV Irish Grand National trophy zoom back & pan to GV horses parading in paddock. LV ditto. LV crowds in grandstand. CU pan woman wearing short fur coat. SV pan No 3 "The Dikler" in paddock parading. LV bookies & tic-tack man. LV No 4 "Dimwit" in paddock parading. SV line of bookies. CU pan bookie to board showing prices. SV No 10 "Bania Dorada" parading. SV people watching. CU 2 angle shots bookies boards 10/0 and 20/0 bets. CU bookie taking money from punter. GV jockeys mounting. LV crowds watching. GV horses parading up course. SV "Dimwit" No 4 followed by No 5 "Kinloch Brae". LV horses parading up course. SV No 14 "Beggars Way". LV start of race, pan No 10 in lead with 2 others followed by Nos 6 & 13, they jump 1st fence pan to BV. CU pan No 9 with leaders including No 10 they all jump another fence. FV ditto. GV pan ditto with Nos 9 & 10 still with leaders No 6 & 7 followed by Nos 4,3 & 13. LV crowd watching. GV horses over penultimate fence with No 7 "Veuve" in lead - Veuve falls bringing down last year's winner "King's Sprite" No 8 and "Dimwit" No 4 goes into lead. SV pan as "Dimwit" races home to win, passes post. SV zoom back from presentation of trophy to crowds watching. STORYLINE: Fourteen horses took part in the Irish Grand National, the biggest racing event in the Irish racing calendar. "Dimwit" ridden by Matt Curran won the event by 8 lengths, followed by "Beggar's Way" and then "Bahia Dorada". Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter: https://twitter.com/AP_Archive Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/APArchives ​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/APNews/ You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/youtube/2c4a51da27154075a272490491792553