This article lists the first, second, third and fourth-placed runners in the
Grand National
The Grand National is a National Hunt horse race held annually at Aintree Racecourse in Liverpool, England. First run in 1839, it is a handicap st ...
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National Hunt
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horse race held annually over a distance of 4 miles 3½ furlongs at
Aintree Racecourse in England.
Shaded areas indicate the unofficial precursors of the Grand National (1836–38), the wartime substitutes at
Gatwick Racecourse
Gatwick Racecourse was a racecourse in the county of Surrey, England near to Horley and Lowfield Heath. It was in use from 1891 to 1940 when it was closed at the start of the Second World War. The land is now part of London Gatwick Airport.
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(1916–18), the cancelled period during World War II (1941–45) and the void race in
1993
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The list features two horses called Peter Simple and two called Royal Mail. It also includes two with slightly different spellings, Mathew (1847) and Matthew (1902). For the purposes of this article, the horses with identical names are distinguished by
(1) and
(2).
Grand National 1–2–3–4
Horses placed more than once
A list of horses which have achieved a first-four placing in the Grand National on more than one occasion.
Shading indicates a horse placed in an unofficial 1830s precursor or a wartime substitute race.
References
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External links
aintree.co.uk– ''Grand National Media Guide.''
archive.org– ''Read Online: "A History of Steeple-Chasing" (1901).''
archive.org– ''Read Online: "Heroes and Heroines of the Grand National" (1907).''
bbc.co.uk– ''National finishes year-by-year.''
galopp-sieger.de– ''The Grand National Steeplechase at Aintree.''
pedigreequery.com– ''Grand National – Aintree.''
– ''Grand National.''
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