Mr Frisk (c.1979 – September 2000) was a

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, which won the 1990 Grand National. He completed the course in record time of 8 minutes and 47.80 seconds, ridden by

Marcus Armytage Marcus Armytage orn is a journalist and former National Hunt jockey who won the Grand National as an amateur in 1990, riding Mr Frisk. He was educated at Scaitcliffe School and Eton College. Armytage's win in the 1990 Grand National on Mr Fri ...

; this still stands, even though the race has been shorter since 2013. The pair also went on to win the Whitbread Gold Cup three weeks later - the only horse to achieve the double. The second placed horse in the National, Durham Edition, also filled the second place at Sandown. After retirement from racing he continued as an

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, trained by Tracey Bailey. He was put down in September 2000 after fracturing a hind leg.

Grand National record

References

{{Grand National 1979 racehorse births 2000 racehorse deaths Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Grand National winners Thoroughbred family 23 National Hunt racehorses