Grand National | |
Location | Aintree |
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Date | 5 April 1940 |
Winning horse | Bogskar |
Starting price | 25/1 |
Jockey | Sgt. Mervyn A. Jones |
Trainer | Lord Stalbridge |
Owner | Lord Stalbridge |
Conditions | Good to firm |
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The 1940 Grand National was the 99th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 5 April 1940.
Thirty horses ran in the steeplechase, which was won by Bogskar, a 25/1 shot ridden by Royal Air Force sergeant Mervyn Jones. MacMoffat finished in second place, Gold Arrow was third, and Symaethis fourth.
It was the last true Aintree Grand National before a five-year break due to World War II.
Finishing order
[edit]Position | Name | Jockey | Age | Handicap (st-lb) | SP | Distance |
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01 | Bogskar | Mervyn Jones | 7 | 10-4 | 25/1 | 4 lengths |
02 | MacMoffat | Ian Alder | 8 | 10-10 | 6 Lengths [1] | |
03 | Gold Arrow | Percy (Ben) Lay | 8 | 10-3 | ||
04 | Symaethis | Matthew Feakes | 8 | 10-7 | ||
05 | Venturesome Knight | Reg Tweedie | 10 | 10-8 | ||
06 | The Professor | George Owen | 9 | 11-8 | ||
07 | Takvor Pacha | Otho Prior-Palmer | 8 | 10-4 | ||
08 | Away | Ian 'Kim' Muir | 9 | 11-13 | ||
09 | Inversable | Matt Hogan | 12 | 10-6 | ||
10 | Dominick's Cross | Cyril Mitchell | 9 | 11-1 | ||
11 | Luxborough | Eric Brown | 6 | 10-3 | ||
12 | Kilstar | George Archibald | 9 | 11-0 | ||
13 | Rockquilla | Thomas F Carey | 10 | 11-5 | ||
14 | Downright | James Seely | 11 | 10-3 | ||
15 | Lazy Boots | James Ward | 14 | 10-3 | ||
16 | Red Eagle | Tommy Elder | 9 | 11-2 | ||
17 | Tuckmill | Glen Kelly | 10 | 10-3 |
Non-finishers
[edit]Position/Fate | Name | Jockey | Age | Handicap (st-lb) | SP |
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Fell (29th) | Royal Danieli | Dan Moore | 9 | 11-13 | |
Fell (13th) | Dunhill Castle | Gerry Wilson | 10 | 11-5 | |
Black Hawk | Fred Rimell | 9 | 11-0 | ||
Knightsbrook | ? | ? | 10-9 | ||
Milano | Danny Morgan | 9 | 10-9 | ||
Litigant | Richard 'Dicky' Black | 9 | 10-7 | ||
Le Cygne | WT O'Grady | 7 | 10-7 | ||
Boyo | Richard Morgan | 9 | 10-4 | ||
Fell (14th) | National Knight | Hywel Jones | 8 | 10-4 | |
Red Freeman | Bill Redmond | 9 | 10-3 | ||
Underbid | Frenchie Nicholson | 8 | 10-3 | ||
Batchelor Prince | Mr R Loewenstein | 13 | 10-3 | ||
Second Act | Jack Dowdeswell | 9 | 10-3 | ||
Sterling Duke | Tim Hyde | 9 | 10-3 | ||
Corn Law | Thomas McNeill | 8 | 10-3 |
References
[edit]- ^ "1940".
- ^ "Aintree Grand National 1940".
- ^ "Jockeypedia".
- ^ "Past Winners of the Grand National". Archived from the original on 4 November 2011. Retrieved 18 November 2011.
- ^ "The Grand National".