1844 Grand National

1844 Grand National
Grand National
Location	Aintree
Date	28 February 1844
Winning horse	Discount
SP	5/1 JF
Jockey	Mr John Crickmere
Owner	Mr Quartermaine
Conditions	Heavy rain
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The 1844 Grand Liverpool Steeplechase was the sixth annual running of a handicap steeplechase, later to become known as the Grand National Steeplechase, a horse race which took place at Aintree Racecourse near Liverpool on Wednesday 28 February 1844 and attracted a field of 16 runners. It was won by the 5/1 co favourite, Discount, ridden by John Crickmere.

Finishing order

Position	ame	Rider	Age	Weight	Starting Price	Distance or Fate
Winner	Discount	John Crickmere	6	10-12	5/1 co favourite	20 lengths
Second	The Returned	Bill Scott		12-00	15/1	1 length
Third	Tom Tug	H Rackley		10-07	Not quoted
Fourth	Caeser	P Barker		11-10	Not quoted
Fifth	Lather	Thomas Ball		11-02	Not quoted
Sixth	The Romp	Larry Byrne		10-07	25/1
Seventh	Marengo	Bartholomew Bretherton		10-10	5/1 co favourite
Eighth	Little Peter	H Hollingshead		10-12	Not quoted
Ninth	Louis Philippe	J Cowell		11-00	20/1
Non finishers
Remounted	Peter Simple	John Frisby		12-12	Not quoted	Fell, remounted to complete the course but may not have jumped all the fences
Remounted	Wiverton	Tom Olliver		12-04	8/1	Fell, remounted to complete the course but may not have jumped all the fences
Remounted	Heslington	William McDonough		12-00	8/1	Refused on the first circuit and fell two fences before Becher's on the second circuit, remounted to complete the course but may not have jumped all the fences
Remounted	Nimrod	Alan McDonough		10-10	14/1	Fell on the first circuit, remounted to complete the course but may not have jumped all the fences
Remounted	Charity	Horatio Powell		10-07	13/1	Fell at the first Valentine's and the water jump, remounted to complete the course but may not have jumped all the fences
	Robinson	Mr Parker		12-07	Not quoted	Refused
	Teetotum	Mr Sharkey			Not quoted	Pulled up on the second circuit

Details

The race was run in heavy rain, making it difficult for the spectators and press in the stands to see the action in the country. The story of what happened to those who did not complete the course was sketchy and was relayed mostly by the jockeys as they returned after the race.

Fourteen horses completed the course but the last five of those either finished so far behind that they came in among the mounted spectators who followed the race or just bypassed obstacles when victory was beyond them. In order of finishing the five, who were not recorded as official finishers were Peter Simple, Wiverton, Heslington, Nimrod and Charity. The only two who did not complete the course were Robinson, who refused and did not continue and Teetotum, who was pulled up during the second circuit.

All of the horses returned safely but Rackley, the rider of Tom Tug, was so exhausted on returning to unsaddle that he had to be lifted from his mount.^[1]

Alan McDonough, on Nimrod, Tom Olliver, on Wiverton and Bartholomew Bretherton, on Marengo all took a record sixth ride in the Grand National this year.

The winning rider, John Crickmere was riding in his second National having finished third the previous year. he was twenty-two years old and would go on to have one further ride in the race before dying of consumption in 1846. The previous year he had been very unlucky to lose the race and commented on this to the winning rider, Tom Olliver who had responded by saying that he had stopped for a smoke to allow Crickmere's mount to catch up. This year Olliver failed to complete the course, prompting Crickmere to ask him where Olliver had stopped for a smoke this year to which Olliver replied with a smile that this year he had instead stopped for a drink in Kirby. On the official Aintree records published each year in the race card he is listed as either Mr Crickmere or H Crickmere.

The owner was a Piccadilly horse dealer by the name of Mr Quartermaine.

The winning horse was by Sir Hercules out of Minikin and was originally named Magnum Bonum.^[2]

The race was run in a time of 13 minutes 58 seconds, which was 1 minute and 28 seconds slower than the record for the race.

Discount won the race by fifteen lengths with the third horse a further length behind.

References

↑ Reg Green, A race apart, ISBN 978-0-340-41578-8
↑ A to Z of the Grand National, John Cottrell & Marcus Armytage ISBN 978-1-905156-43-6

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Course	Aintree Racecourse Becher's Brook Canal Turn The Chair

Famous horses	Aldaniti Battleship Corbiere Crisp Devon Loch The Duke E.S.B. Foinavon Golden Miller L'Escargot Lord Gyllene Lottery Peter Simple Red Rum West Tip

Famous jockeys	Jack Anthony Martin Becher Tommy Carberry Bob Champion Richard Dunwoody Brian Fletcher Dick Francis Josh Gifford Bruce Hobbs Count Karl Kinsky Jem Mason Tony McCoy Tom Olliver Ernest Piggott Richard Pitman Ruby Walsh Fred Winter

Other people	Peter Bromley Ginger McCain Vincent O'Brien Michael O'Hehir Peter O'Sullevan Jenny Pitman Fred Rimell Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Lord Oaksey Lord Sefton

Lists	List of Grand National winners List of Grand National first four placings List of equine fatalities in the Grand National

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