2016 Grand National runner profile: Pineau De Re

David Metcalf | March 31, 2016

Coral’s horse racing experts profile all 40 entrants in the 2016 Crabbie’s Grand National, the most prestigious steeplechase of the National Hunt season.

Pineau De Re

Age: 13
Weight: 10st 2lb

Owners: John Provan and Dr Richard Newland

Their Grand National record:
2014 PINEAU DE RE (WON)
2015 Pineau De Re (12th)

Trainer: Dr Richard Newland

Grand national record:
2014 PINEAU DE RE (WON)
2015 Pineau De Re (12th)

Jumps Form

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Pineau De Re won the 2014 Crabbie’s Grand National as the first-ever runner in the great race for both owner John Provan and trainer Dr Richard Newland.

Looking out of sorts last season, Pineau De Re could only finish 12th in defence of his Grand National crown. He has posted some better efforts this time around, headed by a victory over hurdles in a Pertemps Qualifier at Carlisle in December, and was also previously runner-up in a veterans’ handicap chase at Sandown Park in November.