Racecourse Association Steeple Chase

Racecourse Association Steeple Chase

1916 Racecourse Association Steeple Chase
Location	Gatwick Racecourse
Date	24 March 1916
Winning horse	Vermouth
Jockey	Jack Reardon
Trainer	James Bell
Owner	P. F. Heybourne
←  1915 1917 (unofficial) →

The 1916 Grand National was cancelled because Aintree Racecourse was taken over by the War Office. However, a substitute race known as the Racecourse Association Steeple Chase was held at Gatwick Racecourse. The Gatwick races from 1916 to 1918 are not typically included in the true Grand National record books.

The race was won by Vermouth, ridden by jockey Jack Reardon and trained by James Bell.

Finishing Order

Position	Name	Jockey	Age	Handicap (st-lb)	SP	Distance
01	Vermouth	Jack Reardon	6	11-10	1012.5 100/8
02	Irish Mail	Charles Hawkins	9	12-05	1020 20/1
03	Schoolmoney	A Saxby	6	10-02	1033 33/1
04	Jacobus	Alf Newey	11	12-00	1016.6666666667 100/6
?	Couvrefeu II	Frank Dainty	12	12-07	1040 40/1
?	Ally Sloper	Jack Anthony	7	11-13	1004.5 9/2
?	Lord Marcus	Georges Parfrement	8	11-13	1005.5 11/2
?	Munster Vale	G Calder	6	11-00	1040 40/1
?	Hackler's Bey	Herbert Harrison	9	11-00	1012.5 100/8
?	Thowl Pin	Charles Kelly	11	10-12	1008 8/1
?	Denis Auburn	Edmund Driscoll	9	10-07	1008 8/1
?	Ballyneety	Bill Smith	?	09-07	1050 50/1

Non-finishers

Fence	Name	Jockey	Age	Handicap (st-lb)	SP	Fate
?	Eugenist	Herbert Smyth	?	11-10	1016.6666666667 100/6	Pulled Up
?	Lamentable	Spike Walkington	?	11-1	1025 25/1	Pulled Up
?	Strangeways	Tom Dunn	?	10-4	?	Pulled Up
?	Lynch Pin	Joe Dillon	?	1-0	?	Pulled Up
?	Hersperus Magnus	J East	?	9-10	?	Pulled Up
?	Drumlane	John Kelly	?	9-10	?	Pulled Up
?	Fleur-De-Lys	W Hives	?	9-7	?	Pulled Up
?	Bligh	B Roberts	?	9-7	?	Pulled Up
?	Stag's Head	Willie Smith	?	9-7	1020 20/1	Fell

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References

1. "Aintree 1916 Grand National".
2. The Grand National 1839-1930 by David Hoadley Munroe
3. "Grand National Winners – Sportsbook Guardian". Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2015.

http://www.grand-national.net/gatwick.htm