1922 Grand National

1922 Grand National
Grand National
Location Aintree Racecourse
Date 24 March 1922
Winning horse Music Hall
Starting price 100/9
Jockey Lewis Rees Wales
Trainer Owen Anthony Wales
Owner Hugh Kershaw
Conditions Good
External video
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.

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

Position Name Jockey Age Handicap (st-lb) SP Distance
1 Music Hall Lewis Rees 9 11-8 100/9 12 lengths
2 Drifter William Watkinson 8 10-0 18/1 6 lengths
3 Taffytus Ted Leader 9 11-0 66/1
4 Sergeant Murphy Charles Hawkins 12 11-0 100/6
5 A Double Escape Tuppy Bennet 8 10-3 40/1

Non-finishers

Fence Name Jockey Age Handicap (st-lb) SP Fate
01 Shaun Spadah Fred Rees 11 12-3 100/8
01 Southampton Harry Brown 6 11-10 100/12 F
04 Vaulx Tony Escott 8 10-0 25/1 Fell
05 Clashing Arms Jack Anthony 7 11-3 9/1 Fell
06 Grey Dawn V Alf Newey 9 10-0 25/1
06 The Inca II Fred Brookes 8 10-0 100/1 Fell
06 Wavertree Bryan Bletsoe 11 11-10 25/1 Fell
08 All White Bob Chadwick 8 11-0 100/7 Brought Down
08 Awbeg Mr A Knowles 11 10-0 100/1 Fell
08 General Saxham Mr P Dennis 9 10-9 66/1
08 Norton Isaac Morgan 7 11-8 40/1 Fell
? Clonree J Mahoney 8 11-6 33/1
? St Bernard Mr R Pulford 8 11-5 66/1
? The Turk II Ivor Anthony 12 10-11 33/1
? Super Man Roger Burford 7 10-9 100/1
? Gay Lochinvar F Croney 6 10-8 100/1
? Dunadry James Hogan jnr 9 10-7 66/1
? Any Time Gilbert Wall 11 10-5 100/1
? Square Up J Rennison 9 10-4 20/1
? Mask-On J Burns 9 10-2 50/1
? Arabian Knight R Spares 6 10-2 100/1
? Sudan II G Calder 13 10-0 100/1
? Masterful Mr M Blair 9 10-0 66/1
? Dunstanburgh H Watkins 10 10-0 100/1
? Confessor Robert Trudgill 8 10-0 100/1
? Such A Sport Captain A C Delmege 11 10-0 100/1
22 Arravale Percy Whitaker 7 10-10 100/7

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References

  1. 1 2 3 4 Robin Goodfellow (25 March 1922). "Grand National". Daily Mail.
  2. 1 2 "The Grand National". The Times (42989). London. 25 March 1922. p. 5.
  3. ↑ "The Grand National". The Manchester Guardian. 25 March 1922.
  4. ↑ http://www.greyhoundderby.com/GN1922.html
  5. ↑ The Grand National 1839-1930 by David Hoadley Munroe
  6. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 27 December 2013. Retrieved 2015-05-27.
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