Party Politics (horse)

Party Politics (1984–2009) was a Thoroughbred racehorse which won the 1992 Grand National at Aintree Racecourse, ridden by Carl Llewellyn, trained by Nick Gaselee and owned by Patricia Thompson. He also finished second to Royal Athlete in the 1995 Grand National.^[1] He was retired after falling at the first open ditch (fence 3) in the 1996 Grand National. He was put down in 2009, aged 25 due to old age.^[2][3]

Party Politics
Sire	Politico
Grandsire	Right Royal
Dam	Spin Again
Damsire	Royalty
Sex	Gelding
Foaled	1984
Country	Great Britain
Colour	Brown
Breeder	David Stoddart
Owner	David Stoddart Patricia Thompson
Trainer	Nick Gaselee
Major wins
Grand National (1992) Greenalls Gold Cup (1993) Rehearsal Chase (1993)
Last updated on August 23, 2007

Grand National record

Grand National	Position	Jockey	Age	Weight	SP	Distance
1992	1st	Carl Llewellyn	8	10-7	14/1	Won by 2½ lengths
1993	DNF	Carl Llewellyn	9	11-2	7/1 F	Pulled up at fence 17 in void race
1995	2nd	Mark Dwyer	11	10-2	16/1	6 lengths
1996	DNF	Carl Llewellyn	12	10–11	10/1	Fell at fence 3

Pedigree

Pedigree of Party Politics (GB) brown 1984^[4]

Sire Politico (USA) B. 1967	Right Royal (FR) B. 1958	Owen Tudor (GB)	Hyperion (GB)
			Mary Tudor (FR)
		Bastia (FR)	Victrix (FR)
			Barberybush
	Tendentious B. 1959	Tenerani (ITY)	Bellini (ITY)
			Tofanella (GB)
		Ambiguity (GB)	Big Game (GB)
			Amber Flash (GB)
Dam Spin Again (GB) B. 1975	Royalty (GB) B. 1968	Relko (GB)	Tanerko (FR)
			Relance
		Fair Bid (UK)	My Babu
			Market Fair (GB)
	Spin A Yarn B. 1967	Doubtless (ARG)	Cute Eyes (ARG)
			Sospecha (ARG)
		Spinning Coin (GB)	Kingsway (GB)
			Oh Fie (GB)

References

1. "NATIONAL HERO PARTY POLITICS PUT DOWN". Sportinglife. Retrieved 26 April 2011.^{[permanent dead link‍]}
2. "Grand National hero Party Politics put down". Racing Post. 21 July 2009. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 26 April 2011.
3. Grand National winner Party Politics dies; IOL sport
4. "Party Politics pedigree". pedigreequery. Retrieved 8 August 2015.