Miinnehoma, winner of the 1994 Grand National, dies at the age of 29 He was the oldest living winner of the world's greatest steeplechase and was a regular at Aintree for the popular parade of former winners. During his career Miinnehoma won 11 of his 25 starts including the Listed Philip Cornes Saddle of Gold Hurdle at Newbury in 1990, the Grade One Sun Alliance Chase at the 1992 Cheltenham Festival and the Grade Two Newton Chase at Haydock in 1995. He was also placed in other top races including the Welsh National and Cheltenham Gold Cup, but he will always be most famously remembered for providing my father with his Grand National victory under Richard Dunwoody. He was a wonderful old horse - a real character and he remained at the yard under the care of our former head lad until the very end. He was a great champion and will be missed by all associated with him. Dunwoody, a three-time champion jockey, has fond memories of Miinnehoma's Aintree triumph. It was Dunwoody's second National victory, following on from his success on West Tip eight years earlier. He said: "He was a great horse and he's had a good innings. Aintree was obviously a very special day. It was my second National and because I was a bit older I think I appreciated it more than the first time. It was probably the best single day of my riding career. It was also a bit of a surprise as you couldn't go into the race expecting to win on that heavy ground. He was a very wild horse and I know they had to re-break him every season, but he was also very clever. In the National he was down on one knee jumping Becher's the second time but he got himself out of trouble. He was brilliant round Aintree. He was a class horse as well. He won the Sun Alliance Chase and was placed in a Gold Cup.