I never felt the pressure beforehand. I walked the course with Dad, but it never really sank in that I was riding in the Grand National. In the race, plenty fell around me, but fortunately, nothing fell in front of me, and I was able to challenge for the lead over the last.
"Niall "Slippers" Madden" is an Ireland/Irish jockey who rode the racehorse Numbersixvalverde to win the 2006 Grand National steeplechase at Aintree Racecourse.
Madden's nickname is "Slippers", as a comparison with his father Niall Boots Madden/Niall Madden, also a jockey, whose nickname was "Boots". He rides for Noel Meade and won the 2006 Christmas Hurdle for Meade on Jazz Messenger.
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