Sir Alex Ferguson made more than £ 80,000 in a winning bet at Aintree, in which he saw a remarkable 1-3 finish on Grand National Day.
In Saturday, Hitman had three victories of 23 points to date this season, with an impressive 10 second placed finishes to add that, but could not build on his success on Merseyside.
The legendary ex-Man United Manager's Horse, however, lashed in the Grand National, while his only runner Hitman was withdrawn halfway through the big race.
Despite his earlier success at Aintree, where Hitman finished in the top three in the top three in the top three in the top three, the horse was picked up during this year's Grand National.
Nevertheless, Sir Alex 'Fortuinen run into the next race, while Kalif du Berlais first crossed the line in the Chase of Grade 1 Maghull Novices to win the Scot £ 67,524.
In the meantime, L'Au du Sud – trained by Dan Skelton and driven by Harry Skelton – third to Netperuson another £ 12,732.
The total profit of the 83-year-old in the day came to £ 80,526 of the two horses.
The splitting of the stallions of Sir Alex was 25-1 Brookie, trained by veteran Anthony Honeyball.
Sir Alex added his victory to this year's Cheltenham festival, where Caldwell Potter, a galloping Gray, bought in February 2024 for £ 630,000, landed his first victory over the prestigious festival in the Limited Handicap Chase of the Jack Richards Novices.
Horses under ownership of Ferguson have now received more than £ 6.8 million in prize money.
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