1922 Grand National

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1922 Grand National
Grand National
Location Aintree Racecourse
Date24 March 1922
Winning horseMusic Hall
Starting price 100/9
Jockey Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Lewis Rees
Trainer Flag of Wales (1959-present).svg Owen Anthony
OwnerHugh Kershaw
Conditions Good
  1921
1923  
External video
Nuvola apps kaboodle.svg Silent highlights of the 1922 Grand National (British Pathé)

The 1922 Grand National was the 81st renewal of the world-famous Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 24 March 1922.

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After two false starts, the race was won by Music Hall at odds of 100/9. The nine-year-old was ridden by Lewis Rees and trained by Owen Anthony, for owner Hugh Kershaw, who collected the winner's prize of £5,000. The winning jockey's brother, Fred Rees, had won the race the previous year on Shaun Spadah. [1]

Drifter finished in second place and Taffytus in third. Sergeant Murphy and A Double Escape were remounted after falling and finished fourth and fifth respectively. [2] There were only five finishers from the field of thirty-two horses. Most did not complete the first circuit, with many having been obstructed by Sergeant Murphy in an incident at the Canal Turn. [1]

After a second consecutive year with a small number of finishers, following the 1921 race when only four horses completed the course, The Manchester Guardian wrote that "it is often not a case of the survival of the fittest but of the survival of the luckiest", [3] while Robin Goodfellow in the Daily Mail described it as "a fit subject for the Chamber of Horrors". [1] The favourite, Southampton, and Shaun Spadah both fell at the first fence, and there were two equine fatalities: The Inca II at Becher's Brook and Awbeg at the Canal Turn.

Finishing Order

PositionName Jockey AgeHandicap (st-lb) SP Distance
1Music HallLewis Rees911-8100/912 lengths
2DrifterWilliam Watkinson810-018/16 lengths
3TaffytusTed Leader911-066/1A Distance
4Sergeant MurphyCharles Hawkins1211-0100/6
5A Double EscapeTuppy Bennet810-340/1

Non-finishers

FenceName Jockey AgeHandicap (st-lb) SP Fate
01Shaun SpadahFred Rees1112-3100/8
01SouthamptonHarry Brown611-10100/12 F
04VaulxTony Escott810-025/1Fell
05Clashing Arms Jack Anthony 711-39/1Fell
06Grey Dawn VAlf Newey910-025/1
06The Inca IIFred Brookes810-0100/1Fell
06WavertreeBryan Bletsoe1111-1025/1Fell
08All WhiteBob Chadwick811-0100/7Brought Down
08AwbegMr A Knowles1110-0100/1Fell
08General SaxhamMr P Dennis910-966/1
08NortonIsaac Morgan711-840/1Fell
?ClonreeJ Mahoney811-633/1
?St BernardMr R Pulford811-566/1
?The Turk IIIvor Anthony1210-1133/1
?Super ManRoger Burford710-9100/1
?Gay LochinvarF Croney610-8100/1
?DunadryJames Hogan jnr910-766/1
?Any TimeGilbert Wall1110-5100/1
?Square UpJ Rennison910-420/1
?Mask-OnJ Burns910-250/1
?Arabian KnightR Spares610-2100/1
?Sudan IIG Calder1310-0100/1
?MasterfulMr M Blair910-066/1
?DunstanburghH Watkins1010-0100/1
?ConfessorRobert Trudgill810-0100/1
?Such A SportCaptain A C Delmege1110-0100/1
22ArravalePercy Whitaker710-10100/7

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