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Paterson Inducted Into Aintree Hall Of Fame

Late Aintree Chairman Rose Paterson, who died last June, was on Saturday inducted as an Aintree Legend. She joins distinguished figures from the jumps racing world including Ginger McCain, Sir Peter O'Sullevan and Jenny Pitman.

Paterson's husband Owen Paterson, MP for North Shropshire, announced the launch of the Rose Paterson Trust, which will raise funds for suicide prevention causes.

“For us it's just a very sad day,” he said. “Normally we'd have come in early and we'd have walked the course and she'd be picking out all the details, and she's not here. But what we've done–and I pay massive tribute to my three children–we've set up the Rose Paterson Trust. Our very simple aim is to raise money for suicide prevention and to publicise that in the next 90 minutes someone will take their life–which is nearly 15 jumbo jets per year. We feel very strongly that this should be talked about more and if we can possibly prevent one single family going through the extreme anguish that we went through.

“The reaction of racing has been quite extraordinary and I'd like to thank everyone who has pledged so far. We will put the money forward to projects and charities which we hope will prevent suicide and might just save that one family.

“Could I thank you all very much for the immensely kind reaction to what's happened. We look forward to coming back for future years and we'll be very proud to see Rose sitting proudly on the wall as an Aintree Legend.”

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Award, Trust Launched In Paterson’s Honour

The Rose Paterson Community Sportswoman Award and the Rose Paterson Trust will be launched in honour of the late Aintree Chairman Rose Paterson, who died last June.

Paterson's daughter Evie Paterson shared the news while introducing the sixth annual Aintree Grand Women's Summit, which was held via Zoom. The theme was Sport and Mental Health: A Powerful Relationship.

Evie Paterson said, “It shouldn't be me here at all; it should be my mother. She always did the introductions to the Grand Women's Summit so beautifully and so gracefully, and I cannot hope to fill her shoes. What I can do is say a few words about her legacy. It is easy to forget what a novel initiative the Grand Women's Summit was when it was set up, and even now remains a fairly unique event in the racing calendar. As the first female chairman of a National Hunt racecourse, she herself understood what it was like to operate in a man's world and was passionate about helping women succeed in racing and sport more broadly.

“I would also like to touch on Aintree's ties with the Merseyside community. She [Rose] understood that Aintree and the Grand National belonged to Liverpool, and did a huge amount to forge and strength the links between the racecourse and Merseyside. To bring all these aspects of her legacy together, we are launching the Rose Paterson Community Sportswoman Award. This will be an annual award given by Aintree to recognise a girl or woman from Merseyside who is making a difference to grassroots community sport, through participation or support. We want to reward girls and women, sportspeople or otherwise, who display the qualities that my mother possessed in abundance–perseverance, selflessness, devotion and inclusiveness.”

The Rose Paterson Trust, to aid suicide prevention, will be launched on Saturday, Grand National Day at Aintree.

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Rose Paterson Honoured During Randox Grand National Festival

The Hon. Rose Paterson will be remembered on the first day of the 2021 Randox Grand National Festival, Randox Liverpool's NHS Day on Thursday, Apr. 8, The Jockey Club announced on Thursday. Chairman of Aintree Racecourse since 2014, Paterson will be honoured with the day's fifth race–the Rose Paterson Randox Foxhunters' Chase over the Grand National fences over a distance of two miles and five furlongs. Paterson passed away last June, but she was first involved with Aintree Racecourse as Racecourse Committee Director in 2005. She was also appointed a Steward of The Jockey Club in 2019.

Nicholas Wrigley, Chairman of Aintree Racecourse, commented, “It is still hard to believe that Rose will not be joining us for the Randox Grand National Festival this year and it only seems right that she is remembered with her name attached to one of the races over the Grand National fences.

“Rose had a true love and passion for everything related to Aintree, with her Chairmanship involving the securing of Randox as title sponsor and the development of the Grand Women's Summit and the award winning Aintree Community Programme. When combined with her love of the grassroots of the sports and her own accomplished riding skills, the Foxhunters' Chase was the natural race to put her name to. We hope this gesture will go a small way to preserving Rose's memory and recognising the huge amount she gave to Aintree Racecourse and the Randox Grand National.”

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Aintree Chairman Paterson Dies

Rose Paterson, chairman of Aintree Racecourse, has died suddenly. Paterson’s husband, Conservative former cabinet minister Owen Paterson, said, “It is with great sadness that I must inform you that my wife, Rose, has been found dead at our family home in Shropshire,” he said. “Rose and I were married for 40 happy years. She was a wonderful, caring wife, mother and grandmother. Her death has come as a terrible shock to us all. I would ask the media to respect the privacy of myself and my family at this extremely difficult time.”

Paterson was appointed chairman of Aintree in 2014, having been a racecourse committee director there since 2005. She was appointed a steward of The Jockey Club in 2019.

Sandy Dudgeon, senior Jockey Club steward, said, “This is tragic news, and our thoughts go out to Rose’s husband Owen and all members of her family.

“Rose was a wonderful person and involved in so many aspects of our sport. She was a skilled chairman at Aintree, a valued member of our board of stewards and headed up our Horse Welfare Group. She also enjoyed participating at grassroots level over many years. We appreciated her contribution very much, and my fellow stewards and I looked forward to hearing her sound views on a subject, where she was always sensitive to the best course of action for racing. She will be missed greatly for the person she was.”

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