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{{short description|British-bred
Thoroughbred racehorsee}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{See Wiktionary}}{{Infobox racehorse
| horsename = Specify
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| sire = Specific
| grandsire =
| dam = Ora Lamae
| damsire =
| sex = [[Gelding]]
| foaled = 1962<ref name="profile">{{cite web|url=https://www.racingpost.com/profile/horse/598162/specify/form
|website=Racing Post|title=Specify profile|access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
| country = United Kingdom
| colour = [[Bay (horse)|Bay]]
| breeder = Alan Parker
| owner = 	[[Fred Pontin]]
| trainer = John Sutcliffe
| record =
| earnings =
| race = [[Grand National]] ([[1971 Grand National|1971]])
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'''Specify''' (foaled 1962) was a British-bred [[Thoroughbred]] [[horse racing|racehorse]] who competed in [[National Hunt racing]] and is noted for winning the [[1971 Grand National]].
==Background==
Specify was a bay gelding bred in [[Norwich]], [[England]] by Alan Parker. He was initially purchased by [[Arthur Freeman (jockey)|Arthur Freeman]], a former jockey who had won the [[1958 Grand National]] riding [[Mr. What]]. In 1970 Specify was bought by [[Fred Pontin]].
==Racing career==
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|quote  = '''They're inside the final furlong now, Black Secret coming to challenge with Specify on the far side Sandy Sprite in between the two, it's Johnny Cook getting up on Specify... It's Specify and Black Secret, Specify is just gonna win it, at the line Specify is the winner! '''
|source = Commentator [[Peter O'Sullevan]] describes the climax of the 1971 National
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Specify won the 1969 [[Paddy Power Plate Handicap Chase|Plate Handicap Chase]] before being bought by Fred Pontin who entered him in the [[1970 Grand National]] where he was brought down at fence 22. He then went on to win the [[1971 Grand National]] in a tightly fought race between five horses, Specify managed to win by a neck. He would then compete in the [[1972 Grand National]] coming in 6th.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.grand-national.me.uk/1869/specify/|title=Specify 1971 Grand National Winner|publisher=Eddison-Media.com Ltd (www.grand-national.me.uk)|access-date=12 November 2021}}</ref>
==Grand National record==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
!Grand National
!Position
![[Jockey]]
!Age
!Weight
![[Starting price|SP]]
!Distance
|-
|[[1970 Grand National|1970]]
|DNF
|John Cook
|8
|10-7
|100/7
|Brought down at fence 22
|-
|[[1971 Grand National|1971]]
|1st
|John Cook
|9
|10-3
|28/1
|Neck
|-
|[[1984 Grand National|1972]]
|6th
|Barry Brogan
|10
|10-11
|22/1
|
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
[[Category:1962 racehorse births]]
[[Category:Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom]]
[[Category:Grand National winners]]