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The 1946 Grand National was the 100th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 5 April 1946. It was the first true Aintree Grand National since 1940 due to World War II. The National was won by 25/1 shot Lovely Cottage, ridden by jockey Captain Robert Petre and trained by Tommy Rayson.
The Grand National is a National Hunt horse race which is held annually at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England. ... 1941-1945 due to World War II, 1993 due to ...
Aintree Racecourse is a racecourse in Aintree, Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside, England, bordering the city of Liverpool. The racecourse is the venue for the Grand National steeplechase, which takes place annually in April over three days. Aintree also holds meetings in May, October (Sunday), November and December (both Saturdays).
The Grade 2 Mildmay Novices 'Chase is run at Aintree over the Mildmay Course on the 2nd day of the Grand National Meeting. He was commemorated in The Mildmay Course at Aintree Racecourse, which opened in memory of him, in 1953.Aintree Liverpool Grand National History. The Mildmay course at Aintree was designed by Lord Mildmay and Sir John ...
The 1936 Grand National was the 95th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree near Liverpool, England, on 27 March 1936.. Reynoldstown, a 10/1 shot owned and trained by Major Noel Furlong and ridden by amateur jockey Fulke Walwyn, won the race for the second year in a row after being left clear by Davy Jones running out at the last fence.
The 1920 Grand National was the 79th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 26 March 1920. The race, which was run in heavy rain [1] and attended by King George V, was won by the Irish horse Troytown by twelve lengths. Poethlyn, the winner of the race the two previous years ...
The 1928 Grand National was the 87th renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool, England, on 30 March 1928.. Before the race, Tipperary Tim's amateur jockey, William Dutton, heard a friend call out to him, "Billy boy, you'll only win if all the others fall!"
The 1923 Grand National was the 82nd renewal of the Grand National horse race that took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool on 23 March 1923.. The race was won by Sergeant Murphy, a 13-year-old 100/6 shot ridden by Captain Tuppy Bennet and trained by George Blackwell for its owner Stephen Sanford, who collected the £5,000 prize for the winner.