1904 Grand National

1904 Grand National

Grand National
Location	Aintree
Date	25 March 1904
Winning horse	Moifaa
Starting price	25/1
Jockey	Arthur Birch
Trainer	W Hickey
Owner	Spencer Gollan
Conditions	Good to soft
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The 1904 Grand National was the 66th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 25 March 1904.

The winner, Moifaa, was the first ever non-British/Irish winner of the race. He ran in the race again the following year, when he was owned by the King.

Finishing Order

Position	Name	Jockey	Age	Handicap (st-lb)	SP	Distance
01	Moifaa	Arthur Birch	8	10-7	1025 25/1	8 lengths
02	Kirkland	Frank Mason	8	10-10	1014.2857142857 100/7	Neck
03	The Gunner	Mr Joe Widger	7	10-4	1025 25/1
04	Shawn Aboo	A Waddington	6	10-1	1100 100/1
05	Robin Hood IV	A Magee	6	10-3	1033 33/1
06	Band of Hope	Patrick Cowley	8	9-13	1040 40/1
07	Napillah	Mr Arthur Wood	8	9-9	1100 100/1
08	Benvenir	Percy Woodland	8	9-10	1020 20/1
09	Manifesto	H Pigott	16	12-1	1020 20/1	Last to complete

Non-finishers

Fence	Name	Jockey	Age	Handicap (st-lb)	SP	Fate
03	Ambush II	Algy Anthony	10	12-6	1003.5 7/2	Fell
29	The Pride of Mabestown	Mr Arthur Gordon	8	11-0	1066 66/1	Fell
04	Inquisitor	Ernest Acres	9	10-11 [1]	1009 9/1	Fell
05	Patlander	E Matthews	8	10-10	1007 7/1	Fell
21	Deerslayer	James Phillips	8	10-10	1025 25/1	Fell
24	Detail	Arthur Nightingall	?	?	1007.1428571429 100/14	Knocked Over
04	Cushendon	Dennis Morris	9	10-7	1100 100/1	Fell
?	Knight of St Patrick	M Walsh	7	10-6	1100 100/1	?
14	May King	Bill Dollery	8	10-5	1025 25/1	Pulled Up
05	Comfit	Mr Frank Hartigan	6	10-4	1033 33/1	Fell
06	Biology	David Read	7	10-1	1033 33/1	Fell
05	Loch Lomond	Fred Freemantle	6	9-10	1066 66/1	Fell
01	Railoff	R Sullivan	7	9-9	1100 100/1	Fell
14	Old Town	Mr Harry Ripley	13	9-7	1100 100/1	Pulled Up
14	Honeymoon II	W Lynn	9	9-7	1050 50/1	Fell
05	Kiora	T McGuire	9	10-3	1040 40/1	Fell
05	Hill of Bree	George Goswell	8	10-4	1033 33/1	?

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Media coverage and aftermath

Shortly after his victory, a story emerged from the United States that the Grand National winner had come to England, the survivor of a ship wreck. The popularity of the story of the Robinson Crusoe Grand National winner gained weight through the decades and has been retold many times in books and on television regarding the race, with some versions telling of super equine feats of fifty mile swims to safety. While Moifaa is known to have sailed from Australia to England without incident, the story is not totally without a grain of truth as another New Zealand bred competitor in the 1904 National, Kiora had indeed been shipwrecked on its way to England. The horse had swum nearly half a mile through stormy seas to a reef before being rescued in a very exhausted state the following day. ^[6]

References

1. "1904".
2. "Aintree 1904 Grand National".
3. The Grand National 1839-1930 by David Hoadley Munroe
4. "Heroes and heroines of the Grand National". 1907.
5. "1904".
6. "Moifaa – Grand National Tales". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 21 July 2013.