1848 Grand National

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1848 Grand National
Grand National
LocationAintree
Date1 March 1848
Winning horseChandler
Starting price12/1
JockeyEngland Capt. Josey Little
TrainerTom Eskrett
OwnerEngland Josey Little
ConditionsHeavy
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The 1848 Grand National Steeplechase was the tenth official annual running of a handicap steeplechase horse race at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool on Wednesday, 1 March. It attracted a then record, field of 29 competitors for a prize valued at £1,015 to the winner.[1]

The race was won by Lieutenant Josey Little on Chandler trained by . Lieutenant Little wore Captain Peel's colours of white silks with a black cap. The horse won in a time of 11 minutes and 21 seconds, forty-two seconds slower than the course record set the previous year. With the proceeds of the race Lieutenant Little was able to purchase his promotion to the rank of captain in the 1st King's Dragoon Guards.[2] Tom Olliver rode in the race for a record tenth time, finishing second on . The race was marred by the fatal falls of three competitors at the same fence in the latter stages of the second circuit, taking the total number of fatalities in the history of the race to five.

Finishing order[]

No official returns for the Grand National exist prior to 1865. The return below is that published by the reporter of The Times newspaper the day after the race.

position name rider age weight starting price distance or fate
Winner Chandler Lieut Josey Little 12 11-12 12/1 1/2 a length
Second Tom Olliver 11-02 4/1 favourite 1 & 1/2 lengths
Third 10-12 100/6
Fourth Mr 10-08 Not quoted
Fifth J.G. Murphy 11-01 15/1
Non Finishers
Bartholomew Bretherton 11-12 Not quoted
11-11 Not quoted Refused at the first fence on the second circuit, stopping many others.
Mathew 10 11-10 8/1 Brought down on the first circuit
Jerry W. Sanders 11-07 Not quoted Pulled up
11-06 Not quoted Fell
Mr O'Higgin's 8 11-06 25/1 Brought down
11-05 Fell
J. Collis 6 11-03
W. McGee 11-02
J. Rowlands 11-01 Not quoted
H Rackley 11-00 25/1 Pulled up
11-00 Not quoted
D. Freeze 11-00 Not quoted
Johnny Broome 10-13 Not quoted Fell at Becher's Brook 2nd time when tailed off
J Neale 10-13 Not quoted Brought down
N Burke 10-13
10-12 25/1 Fell fatally at the ditch and bank along the canal side on the second circuit
10-10 33/1 Fell
6 10-08 Fell fatally at the bank and ditch on the canal side on the second circuit
W. Whitfield 10-06 Refused
Horatio Powell 10-08
W Allensby 10-03 Fell fatally at the bank and ditch along the canal side on the second circuit
T Turner 10-00 Fell
Naworth 9-08

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References[]

  1. ^ Green, Reg (1989). A Race Apart: The History of the Grand National. Hodder & Stoughton. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-340-41578-8.
  2. ^ "1st Dragoon guards regimental history". Archived from the original on 4 May 2009. Retrieved 5 April 2009.
  3. ^ "1848".
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