1992 Grand National – Saturday 4th April 1992
Finishing Order
| Pos | Horse | Jockey | Age | Weight | SP | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Party Politics 14/1 | Carl Llewellyn | 8 | 10-07 | 14/1 | Won by 2½ lengths |
| 2nd | Romany King 16/1 | Richard Guest | 8 | 10-03 | 16/1 | 15 lengths |
| 3rd | Laura’s Beau 12/1 | Conor O’Dwyer | 8 | 10-00 | 12/1 | 8 lengths |
| 4th | Docklands Express 15/2 F | Peter Scudamore | 10 | 11-02 | 15/2 F | 2 lengths |
| 5th | Twin Oaks 9/1 | Neale Doughty | 12 | 11-07 | 9/1 | A head |
| 6th | Just So 50/1 | Simon Burrough | 9 | 10-02 | 50/1 | 4 lengths |
| 7th | Old Applejack 35/1 | Andy Orkney | 12 | 10-00 | 35/1 | 2½ lengths |
| 8th | Over the Road 22/1 | Robbie Supple | 11 | 10-00 | 22/1 | 4 lengths |
| 9th | Stay on Tracks 16/1 | Chris Grant | 10 | 10-00 | 16/1 | 2 lengths |
| 10th | Cool Ground 10/1 | Martin Lynch | 10 | 11-01 | 10/1 | 3½ lengths |
| 11th | Ghofar 25/1 | Hywel Davies | 9 | 10-03 | 25/1 | 2½ lengths |
| 12th | Forest Ranger 200/1 | Dai Tegg | 10 | 10-00 | 200/1 | A neck |
| 13th | What’s the Crack 20/1 | Jamie Osborne | 9 | 10-00 | 20/1 | 10 lengths |
| 14th | Rubika (FRA) 28/1 | Peter Niven | 9 | 10-02 | 28/1 | 7 lengths |
| 15th | Golden Minstrel 150/1 | Eamon Murphy | 13 | 10-00 | 150/1 | 2 lengths |
| 16th | Auntie Dot 12/1 | Mark Dwyer | 11 | 10-07 | 12/1 | 1 length |
| 17th | Roc de Prince (FRA) 40/1 | Charlie Swan | 9 | 10-09 | 40/1 | ¾ length |
| 18th | Mighty Falcon 80/1 | Paul Holley | 7 | 10-00 | 80/1 | ¾ length |
| 19th | Radical Lady 80/1 | Jason Callaghan | 8 | 10-00 | 80/1 | 3½ lengths |
| 20th | Willsford 16/1 | Michael Bowlby | 9 | 10-00 | 16/1 | 8 lengths |
The 1992 Grand National was run, on good to soft going, on April 4, just five days before the general election that year and produced a topical winner, in the form of Party Politics, trained by Nick Gaselee and ridden by Carl Llewellyn. Incidentally, it was also the last time that the late Julian Wilson commentated for the BBC on the world-famous steeplechase.
A distant second, behind Carvhill’s Hill, when well-fancied for the Welsh Grand National at Chepstow the previous December, Party Politics had been beaten on both starts since, but was always prominent at Aintree. He took the lead from the eventual second, Romany King, at the fourth-last fence and ran on well on the run-in to win by two-and-a-half lengths. Laura’s Beau stayed on well from the final fence to finish a never-nearer third, a further 12 lengths away, while the favourite, Docklands Express, could find no extra in the closing stages and finish fourth, eight lengths further back.
A maximum 40 runners went to post, of which 22 completed the course without mishap. Those that did not, though, included the marginal second-favourite, Brown Windsor, who fell at Becher’s Brook on the first circuit and the 1991 winner, Seagram, who was always struggling to keep up and was pulled up, when tailed off, before the third-last fence.
An imposing individual, who stood nearly 18 hands high, Party Politics was reportedly bought by owner David Thompson for £80,000 48 hours before the Grand National, but his share of the £99,943.20 winning prize money offset at least some of that purchase price. Party Politics ran in the Grand National three more times, including the infamous debacle that became known as ‘The Race That Never Was’ in 1993; in more ‘orthodox’ times, he finished second behind Royal Athlete in 1995 and fell at the third fence in what proved to the final race of his career in 1996.