Moifaa was a New Zealand-bred racehorse who won the 1904

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by eight lengths. The jockey was Arthur Birch and the owner at the time was

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. After winning the Grand National the 17

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was purchased for

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, but never won again and was soon thereafter retired to the hunting fields of

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. The popular story that Moifaa survived a shipwreck before winning the Grand National is not true. Another contender in the 1904 Grand National, an Australian-bred gelding named Kiora, did survive a shipwreck off the coast of

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in October 1899, where he was found standing on a rock near the site of the wreck. Another horse on board named Chesney allegedly swam a great distance to shore.

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Moifaa's pedigree
1896 racehorse births Racehorses bred in New Zealand Racehorses trained in New Zealand Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom New Zealand Racing Hall of Fame horses National Hunt racehorses Grand National winners Byerley Turk sire line Non-Thoroughbred racehorses {{racehorse-stub

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