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The 2006 Grand National (known as the John Smith’s Grand National for sponsorship reasons) was the 159th official annual running of the Grand National steeplechase which took place at Aintree near Liverpool England on 8 April 2006 and attracted the maximum permitted field of forty competitors for total prize money of £689360 including £399140 to the winner.11-1 Irish shot Numbersixvalverde ridden by Niall ‘Slippers’ Madden won the race ahead of 5-1 joint-favourite and the previous year’s winner Hedgehunter in second place.
