1919 Grand National

1919 Grand National

Grand National
Location	Aintree
Date	28 March 1919
Winning horse	Poethlyn
Starting price	11/4 F
Jockey	Ernest Piggott
Trainer	Harry Escott
Owner	Gwladys Peel
Conditions	Good to soft
←  1918 (unofficial) 1920  →

The 1919 Grand National was the 78th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 28 March 1919. ^[1]

It was the first true Aintree Grand National since 1915, with the intermittent races being cancelled due to World War I and substituted by a "Racecourse Association Steeplechase" and later a "War National Steeplechase" at Gatwick Racecourse.

The 1919 National was won by the Poethlyn, ridden by Ernest Piggott. The pair had won an unofficial National at Gatwick in 1918 and on the back of this started 11/4 favourites, the shortest starting odds of any Grand National winner to date. ^[2]

Finishing order

Position	Name	Jockey	Age	Handicap (st-lb)	SP	Distance
01	Poethlyn	Ernest Piggott	9	12-7	1002.75 11/4 Fav	8 Lengths [3]
02	Ballyboggan	W Head	8	11-10	1009 9/1
03	Pollen	Tony Escott	10	11-4	1014.2857142857 100/7
04	Loch Allen	John Kelly	8	10-0	1033 33/1
?	Pay Only	Tom Hulme	9	11-4	1014.2857142857 100/7
?	Abou Ben Adhem	A Stubbs	8	12-0	1100 100/1
?	Ally Sloper	Ivor Anthony	10	11-3	1100 100/1
?	Shaun Spadah	Richard Morgan	8	11-2	1033 33/1
?	Vermouth	Georges Parfrement	9	10-12	1020 20/1
?	Sergeant Murphy	Spink Walkington	9	10-7	1025 25/1
?	All White	T Williams	5	9-10	1066 66/1
?	Fargue	Willie Smith	9	9-9	1050 50/1
?	Chang	John Reardon	9	9-8	1050 50/1

Non-finishers

Fence	Name	Jockey	Age	Handicap (st-lb)	SP	Fate
?	Irish Dragoon	Henry Bletsoe	5	9-8	1100 100/1	Pulled Up
?	Rubinstein	William Payne	12	11-0	1050 50/1	Fell
?	Picture Saint	F McCabe	7	10-0	1100 100/1	Fell
?	Ballincarroona	Ian Straker	11	9-13	1020 20/1	Fell
?	Schoolmoney	Frank Cullen	10	9-10	1033 33/1	Fell
?	Sunloch	Edmund Driscoll	13	9-10	1025 25/1	Pulled Up
?	The Turk II	Peter Roberts	9	9-7	1100 100/1	Fell
?	Charlbury	Percy Woodland	11	9-7	1007 7/1	Pulled Up
?	Svetoi	A Saxby	9	9-7	1040 40/1	Fell

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References

1. "Grand National Winners - Sportsbook Guardian". Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
2. "What's It Worth? Grand National Race Cards / Programmes - Horse Racing Collector". Archived from the original on 21 July 2015. Retrieved 23 August 2015.
3. "1919".
4. "Aintree 1919 Grand National".
5. The Grand National 1839-1930 by David Hoadley Munroe
6. "Grand National Winners – Sportsbook Guardian". Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
7. "1919".