The 1982 Grand National was attritional, but the favourite, Grittar, survived the carnage to take the honours. Hereford, Edinburgh and Salisbury were the other meetings on Saturday 3 April. The Daily Mirror National pullout is downloadable below.
Grand National Day – Saturday 3 April 1982
BySteve
3 April 2025
DM 03-04-82
BySteve
Steve Bradley is the man behind this project, an unashamedly nostalgic website dedicated to horse racing’s golden days of the past, featuring vintage racecards, clippings and news stories plucked from the newspapers of the day. A devotee of horse racing’s halcyon days from the 1960s to the 1990s, Steve caught the racing bug as a small boy living near Catterick racecourse, where he was lucky enough to see the great Red Rum in action in the 1970s. He has undertaken private research commissions for various figures within the racing industry. Away from racing he enjoys spending time with his retired greyhound, bar billiards, music, TV, films, reading and travel.