The Trophy for the 1994 Martell Grand National won by Freddie Starr's Miinnehoma, in the form of a bronze sculpture by Philip Blacker, signed with the

The Trophy for the 1994 Martell Grand National won by Freddie Starr's Miinnehoma, in the form of a bronze sculpture by Philip Blacker, signed with the initials PB, dated 1986 and numbered 10/10, deep brown patina, modelled as a runner and rider landing steeply over a Grand National fence, mounted on an oval shaped polished mahogany base set with a plaque inscribed 1994 MARTELL GRAND NATIONAL, overall height 38cm., 15in., length 43cm., 17in., width 20cm., 8in.; sold together with a further presentation from the race sponsor Martell in the form of a wooden brandy cabinet; and three framed photographs of Miinnehoma, one signed to the reverse by winning owner Freddie Starr (5) The winning owner was also presented with the perpetual trophy to be kept for a year. This is a larger sculpture by Philip Blacker sculpted as three steeplechasers on the landing side of a Grand National Fence. The present trophy presented to the owner on a permanent basis with the single horse & jockey is the third runner & rider landing over the fence in the perpetual version. Ran in heavy ground, only six runners and riders completed the course. The race was won by the Liverpool comedian Freddie Starr with his Irish-bred gelding Miinnehoma trained by Martin Pipe and ridden by Richard Dunwoody at odds of 16-1. Miinnehoma was always kept in a prominent position and survived a bad mistake at Becher's second time round and a late challenge from Just So to win by 1 1/4 lengths. Miinnehoma had advertised his class in his novice chase season winning in the Sun Alliance at Cheltenham and recorded a total of 11 career wins. It was the only win in the big race for the multi-time champion NH trainer Martin Pipe and was Richard Dunwoody's second win in the race.