Party Politics before
the start of the 1992
Grand National
Party Politics never put a foot wrong and the only time I had any cause for concern was when he had to swerve round Brown Windsor who had fallen at Becher's on the first circuit.
He is the biggest horse I have ever ridden standing at 18.1 hands. A hand is 4in, so he is a fraction over 6ft tall at the withers.
Large size is generally regarded as a disadvantage because big horses
tend to be clumsier and more unbalanced than smaller, lighter
ones.
Party Politics has good claims to be regarded as the tallest-ever National
winner. The 1904 winner, New Zealand-bred Moifaa, is usually referred to
as a "giant", but contemporary accounts describe him merely as
"over 17 hands"
Jumping the last
on his way to winning the Grand National