<P> In the 1979 Grand National , Ben Nevis was strongly fancied and started fourth choice in the betting but fell at The Chair obstacle . In the 1980 edition of the race , he went off a odds of 40 / 1 outsider in a race run on heavy going . He was ridden by the American amateur Charlie Fenwick , a merchant banker . By the second circuit , he had taken the lead . At the last jump , he was in front by 10 lengths , and at the end of the race he won by 20 . Ben Nevis became the third American - owned jumps racehorse to win the Grand National . He died of colic in early 1995 at the age of 27 , and was buried alongside the 13th fence at the Grand National course in Butler , MD . </P>
<P> In the 1979 Grand National , Ben Nevis was strongly fancied and started fourth choice in the betting but fell at The Chair obstacle . In the 1980 edition of the race , he went off a odds of 40 / 1 outsider in a race run on heavy going . He was ridden by the American amateur Charlie Fenwick , a merchant banker . By the second circuit , he had taken the lead . At the last jump , he was in front by 10 lengths , and at the end of the race he won by 20 . Ben Nevis became the third American - owned jumps racehorse to win the Grand National . He died of colic in early 1995 at the age of 27 , and was buried alongside the 13th fence at the Grand National course in Butler , MD . </P>
when did ben nevis win the grand national
when did ben nevis win the grand national
1980
1980