▁Se vent een ▁horses , ▁including ▁rem ount ed ▁ones , ▁gave ▁ch ase , ▁and ▁ 1 5 / 2 ▁favour ite ▁H oney ▁End ▁closed ▁the ▁gap ▁to ▁within ▁ 2 0 ▁lengths ▁by ▁the ▁final ▁f ence , ▁but ▁F oin av on ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁maintain ▁this ▁lead ▁over ▁the ▁run - in . ▁Red ▁All ig ator , ▁who ▁went ▁on ▁to ▁win ▁in ▁ 1 9 6 8 , ▁was ▁a ▁distant ▁third . ▁ ▁BBC ▁comment ator ▁Peter ▁O ' S ul lev an ▁remarked ▁on ▁" a ▁really ▁enter pr ising ▁piece ▁of ▁j ockey ship ▁by ▁young ▁John ▁Buck ingham ". ▁In ▁the ▁winner ' s ▁en closure ▁former ▁j ockey ▁Tim ▁Brook sh aw ▁put ▁the ▁winner ' s ▁blue ▁s ash ▁on ▁F oin av on ' s ▁neck . ▁Buck ingham ▁was ▁interview ed : ▁" Every thing ▁seemed ▁to ▁stop ▁in ▁front ▁of ▁me . ▁I ▁managed ▁to ▁pull ▁onto ▁the ▁outside . ▁I ▁nearly ▁got ▁stopped ▁by ▁two ▁loose ▁horses ... ▁after ▁he ▁jump ed ▁it , ▁we ▁were ▁just ▁on ▁our ▁own . ▁I ▁couldn ’ t ▁believe ▁it . ▁It ▁was ▁wonderful ." ▁As ▁neither ▁F oin av on ' s ▁tra iner ▁nor ▁owner ▁were ▁at ▁the ▁race course , ▁his ▁tra iner ' s ▁father ▁stepped ▁into ▁the ▁winner ' s ▁en closure . ▁▁ ▁Two ▁days ▁later , ▁a ▁report ▁in ▁The ▁Times ▁newspaper ▁described ▁how ▁the ▁race ▁" de generated ▁into ▁a ▁far