A group of six Grand National Course fence flags from the race sponsorship era, comprising: i & ii) white Ladbroke's bookmakers flags with red text,

A group of six Grand National Course fence flags from the race sponsorship era, comprising: i & ii) white Ladbroke's bookmakers flags with red text, on inscribed in the hand of Ossie Dale 1979 iii to v) white Sun Newspaper flags with red text from the 1983 Grand National vi) a red Seagram flag with white text various sizes The first commercial sponsor of the race was Ladbroke's in 1976. The Sun newspaper sponsored the Grand National in 1983. Seagram sponsored the race between 1984 and 1991. Provenance: The Collection of the late Ossie Dale.