1848 Grand National
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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, March 1. It attracted a, then record, field of twenty-nine competitors for a prize valued at £1,015 to the winner.
The race was won by Lieutenant Josey Little
on Captain William Peel's Chandler
trained by Tom Eskrett. 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.
Tom Olliver
rode in the race for a record tenth time, finishing second on The Curate. 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.
newspaper the day after the race.
Grand National
The Grand National is a world-famous National Hunt horse race which is held annually at Aintree Racecourse, near Liverpool, England. It is a handicap chase run over a distance of four miles and 856 yards , with horses jumping thirty fences over two circuits of Aintree's National Course...
Steeplechase was the tenth official annual running of a handicap steeplechase
Steeplechase
Steeplechase may refer to:* Steeplechase, an event in horse racing* SteepleChase, a Danish jazz label* Steeplechase , a 1975 arcade game released by Atari...
horse race at Aintree Racecourse
Aintree Racecourse
Aintree Racecourse is a racecourse in Aintree, Merseyside, England.It was served by Aintree Racecourse railway station until the station closed in the 1960s....
near Liverpool
Liverpool
Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough of Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. It was founded as a borough in 1207 and was granted city status in 1880...
on Wednesday, March 1. It attracted a, then record, field of twenty-nine competitors for a prize valued at £1,015 to the winner.
The race was won by Lieutenant Josey Little
Josey Little
James Lockhart Little known as Josey or the captivating captain was a soldier and steeplechase rider whose most notable racing victory was on board Chandler to win the 1848 Grand National....
on Captain William Peel's Chandler
Chandler (racehorse)
Chandler, so called because he once pulled a Chandler's cart was the winner of the 1848 Grand National steeplechase at Aintree near Liverpool, England when ridden to victory by Josey Little in the colours of Captain William Peel....
trained by Tom Eskrett. 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.
Tom Olliver
Tom Olliver
Thomas 'Tom' Olliver , born Oliver or Olivere, was a steeplechase jockey and racehorse trainer, who won three Grand Nationals as a rider in the 1840s and 50s....
rode in the race for a record tenth time, finishing second on The Curate. 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 TimesThe Times
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newspaper the day after the race.
| position | name | rider | age | weight | starting price | dstance or fate |
| Winner | Chandler Chandler (racehorse) Chandler, so called because he once pulled a Chandler's cart was the winner of the 1848 Grand National steeplechase at Aintree near Liverpool, England when ridden to victory by Josey Little in the colours of Captain William Peel.... |
Lieut Josey Little Josey Little James Lockhart Little known as Josey or the captivating captain was a soldier and steeplechase rider whose most notable racing victory was on board Chandler to win the 1848 Grand National.... |
12 | 11-12 | 12/1 | 1/2 a length |
| Second | The Curate | Tom Olliver Tom Olliver Thomas 'Tom' Olliver , born Oliver or Olivere, was a steeplechase jockey and racehorse trainer, who won three Grand Nationals as a rider in the 1840s and 50s.... |
11-02 | 4/1 favourite | 1 & 1/2 lengths | |
| Third | Standard Guard | William Taylor | 10-12 | 100/6 | ||
| Fourth | British Yeoman | Mr Charles Bevill | 10-08 | Not quoted | ||
| Fifth | Sir Arthur | Murphy Murphy Murphy is an Anglicized version of two Irish surnames: Ó Murchadha/Ó Murchadh , and Mac Murchaidh/Mac Murchadh derived from the Irish personal name Murchadh, which meant "sea-warrior" or "sea-battler"... |
11-01 | 15/1 | ||
| Non Finishers | ||||||
| Wolverhampton | Bartholomew Bretherton Bartholomew Bretherton Bartholomew Bretherton was a coach proprietor from Rainhill near St Helens who also rode many times in the Grand National as an amateur rider, winning the race in 1840 in the colours of Henry Villebois on his horse Jerry... |
11-12 | Not quoted | |||
| Saucepan | Terry Abbott | 11-11 | Not quoted | Refused at the first fence on the second circuit, stopping many others. | ||
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Denny Wynne | 10 | 11-10 | 8/1 | Brought down on the first circuit | |
| Jerry Jerry (racehorse) Jerry was a racehorse. He won the 1840 Grand National, defeating twelve rivals. He was ridden by Bartholomew Bretherton, trained by George Dockeray and owned by Henry Villebois.-External links:*... |
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11-07 | Not quoted | Pulled up | ||
| Father Matthew | John Lamplugh | 11-06 | Not quoted | Fell | ||
| Mr O'Higgin's Pioneer | Captain William Peel | 8 | 11-06 | 25/1 | Brought down | |
| The Switcher | Lord Strathmore | 11-05 | Fell | |||
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6 | 11-03 | |||
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11-02 | ||||
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11-01 | Not quoted | |||
| Khondooz | H Rackley | 11-00 | 25/1 | Pulled up | ||
| Sophia | William Ford | 11-00 | Not quoted | |||
| The Irish Bard | Frisot | 11-00 | Not quoted | |||
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10-13 | Not quoted | Fell at Becher's Brook 2nd time when tailed off | ||
| Mr Harrison's Pioneer | J Neale | 10-13 | Not quoted | Brought down | ||
| Picton | N Burke | 10-13 | ||||
| Counsellor | John Frisby | 10-12 | 25/1 | Fell fatally at the ditch and bank along the canal side on the second circuit | ||
| Fortune Teller | Neptune Stagg | 10-10 | 33/1 | Fell | ||
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William Holman | 6 | 10-08 | Fell fatally at the bank and ditch on the canal side on the second circuit | ||
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10-06 | Refused | |||
| Variety | Horatio Powell | 10-08 | ||||
| Blue Pill | W Allensby | 10-03 | Fell fatally at the bank and ditch along the canal side on the second circuit | |||
| Sparta | T Turner | 10-00 | Fell | |||
| Naworth | William Archer | 9-08 |